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Rumors of Treachery on the Part of
Miantonomo
News from
Connecticut of Hostile Indian Alliance
Cutahamekin,
Passaconaway, and Miantonomo are disarmed
Two Sachems Desire to be Received
Under Massachusetts Government Text of the Agreement with the
Sachems War Between Uncas and Miantonomo Indian War Against Uncas Prevented Mrs. Hutchinson and her Family
Killed by Indians Near Manhattan Pumham asks aid
against the Narragansetts Peace arranged
between the Mohegans and Narragansetts Uncas remonstrated with for Attacking at
Pequot River Rev. John Eliot's
Methods of Instructing Indians Connecticut Paugaussett Indians
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News from Connecticut of Hostile Indian Alliance 1642 Mo. 7 ( September) 1.] There came letters from the court
at Connecticut, and from two of the magistrates there, and from Mr. Ludlow, near
the Dutch, certifying us that the Indians all over the country had combined
themselves to cut off all the English, that the time was appointed after
harvest, the manner also, they should go by small companies to the chief
men's houses by way of trading, etc. and should kill them in the houses and
seize their weapons, and then others should be at hand to prosecute the
massacre; and that this was discovered by three several Indians, near about
the same time and in the same manner; one to Mr. Eaton of New Haven, another
to Mr. Ludlow and the third to Mr. Haynes. This last being hurt near to
death by a cart, etc., sent after Mr. Haynes, and told him that Englishman's
God was angry with him, and had set Englishman's cow to kill him, because he
had concealed such a conspiracy against the English, and so told him of it,
as the other two had done. Upon this their advice to us was, that it
was better to enter into war presently, and begin with them, and if we would
send 100 men to the river's mouth of Connecticut, they would meet us with a
proportionable number. Upon these letters, the governor called so
many of the magistrates as were near, and being met, they sent out summons
for a general court, to be kept six days after, and in the mean time, it was
saw fit, for our safety, and to strike some terror into the Indians, to diarm
such as were within our jurisdiction. Accordingly, we sent men to
Cutshamekin, at Braintree, to fetch him and his guns, bows, etc., which was
done, and he came willingly, and being late in the night when they came to
Boston, he was put in the prison; but the next morning, finding upon
examination of him and divers of his men, no fround of suspicion of his
partaking in any such conspiracy, he was dismissed.
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