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 until 24, years of age, both in this order and in Plymouth Records, ., 207, 223.

The Court, in the following year (1678), found caue to prohibit “all and every peron and perons within our juridiction or elewhere, to buy any of the Indian children of any of thoe our captive alvages that were taken and became our lawfull prioners in our late warrs with the Indians, without pecial leave, liking and approbation of the government of this juridiction. Ib., 253.

In the ucceeding year (1679), the following entry appears in the records:

"Tn reference unto everall Indians bought by Jonathan Hatch of Capt. Church, the brothers of the woman, deireing hee might be releaed, appeared in Court with the aid Jonathan Hatch, and came to compoition with her for the freedom of both her and her huband, which are two of the three Indians above named; and her brothers payed on that accompt the ume of three pounds ilver mony of New England, and have engaged to pay three pounds more in the ame pecie, and then the aid man and woman are to be releaed; and for the third of the aid Indians, it being younge, the Court have ordered, that it hall abide with the aid Jonathan Hatch untill it attains the age of 24 years, and then to be releaed for ever." Plymouth Records, ., 15

It were well if the record were no wore; but to all this is to be added the baenes of treachery and falehood. Many of thee prioners urrendered, and till greater numbers came in voluntarily to ubmit, upon the promie that they and their wives and children