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that these chtians christians, profess & practise, & to declare, I can not joyne with the multitude, that would cast them all into the Same Lumpe with the profaine & bruitish heathen, who are as great enemies to our christian Indians, as they are to the English, For though some of them were captivated by the Enimy & Escaped with their lives, (so many of the English that were taken captive also did), yet this I observed all along in this warre. that the wicked Indians (& Enimies) I did very industrosly ndeed. to bring the chtian Indians into dissestreeme? with the English, & to this end raised severall false reports concerning them, as if they held at correspondncy with them, & on the other side sent their secret messages, to the chians Indians that the English designed in the conclusion, to destroy them all or send them out of the country for Bond slaves; and indeed of the consunclear & pious rulers of the country had not acted contrary to the minds of sundry men: this last might have proved too true.

1675 September the 7

the councill gave order to Lieutenant Thomas Henchman of Chelmsford, to send out an Indian messenger or two with a safe conduckt to wannalancet. Sachem of Naamhok, who with some few others (related to him) had withdrawne into the woods for fear & quartered about penagoog:,this sachem being a wiseman and true to the English, & a great lover of our nation, perceiving the English were highly provoked against all Indians, hee thought Best prudence to withdraw farre into the country, until the warrs were abated & accordingly did so, about six weeks before, the messenger sent could not meet him, but they sent their message to him but hee could not bee prevailed with to returne but travyld up into the woods further afterward & kept about the head of connecticut river all winter, where was a place of Good hunting, for moose, deare, beare & other such wild beasts, & came not nearer either to the English or his owne country men our enemies, And now I am speaking of this sachem wannalanset, I shall mention a few things concerning him that are of Remarke, declaring his honesty, love & fidelity