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 conduct alienated all the Indians who were doubting, and even those who were trongly predipoed to join the Englih."

Eaton, in his Relation, p. 21, says: "Philip being flead; about a 150 Indians came in to a Plimouth Garrion volentarly. Plimouth authority ould all for Slafes (but about ix of them) to be carried out of the country."

Church's authority from Plymouth Colony to demand and receive certain fugitives (whether men, women, or children) from the authorities of Rhode Iland government, Augut 28, 1676, is printed in Hough's Eaton's King Philip's War, p. 188. He was "impowered to ell and dipoe of uch of them, and oe many as he hall ee caue for, there: to the Inhabitants or others, for Term of Life, or for horter time, as there may be reaons. And his actinge, herein, hall at all Times be owned and jutefied by the aid Collony."

Nor did the Chritian Indians or Praying Indians ecape the relentles hotility and cupidity of the whites. Beides other cruelties, intances are not wanting in which ome of thee were old as laves, and under accuations which turned out to be utterly fale and without foundation. ''Gookin's Hit. of the Christian Indians.''

Some of them are probably referred to by Eliot, in his letter to Boyle, Nov. 27, 1683, in which he ays, "I deire to take boldnes to propoe a requet. A veel carried away a great number of our urpried Indians, in the times of our wars, to ell them for laves; but the nations, whither he went, would not