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their prejudice or that we might contrive some way for me to make my escape from them by his assistance. but the poor man they censured entirely wrongfully, not being so well acquainted with his principles as I was, for I had reasons to believe he had so much affection for the Indians and so much good will to the English, that he would sooner have gon five miles to deliver an Englishman into their hand, then one mile release him from them. at about 5 in the morning then came order from the General that we must pack up our bagages in order for marching I was in great hopes and expected that my master would have had compasion on me and lighten my pack for that day as he saw my feet was exceedingly swelled and sore with my carrying a large pack the day before, but I was disapointted in my expectation, as our furmishing our selves with provissions at this place for our jorney obliged us to carrey the larger packs at about cut word of the clock we took our departure, we travelled