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62 which brought more troubled disquiet to the country & the indians & was a great ocasion of their defection as hath beene above declared. This Captaine accordingly came to Concord with a party of his men, upon the Sabath day into the meeting houses, where the people were convened in the worship of God, and after exersise was ended, hee spake openly to the congregation, to this effect, That hee understood there was some heathen in the towne comited to one Hoare which he was informed were a trouble and disquiet to them, therefor if they desired it hee would remove them to Boston to which spech of his most of the people being silent exept two or three that incouradged him. Hee tooke as it seems the Silence of the rest for consent and imedially after the Assembly were dismissed hee went with 3 or 4 files of men and a hundred or two of the people men women and children at their heel, and marched away to mr Hoars house, and there demanded of him to see the Indians under his care, Hoare opened the doore and shewed them to him and the were all numberd & found theire, the captain then said to Mr Hoare that hee would leave a Corporall and Soldiers, to seruve them, But mr Hoare answered there was no need of that for they were all ready seruved, and were comitted to him by order of the council and here would keepe and seruve them, But yet the Captain left his corporal and Soldiers there who were abusive enough to the poore indians by ill language The next morning the captain came again to take the indians and send them to Boston - - But mr Hoare refused to deliver them unless