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The following is the treaty of July 3d, 1676 :
Pascataqua River, Cochecho 3: July [1676]
At a meeting of y e Committee appointed by y e Hono rd Gen 1
Court for to
treat y e Indians of the Eastern Parts in order for y e procuring an Hon bl"
Peace with them. Wee w th
y e mutuall consent of y e Sagamores Underwritten
in behalfe of themselves & the Men—Indians belonging to them being
about 300 in Number, have agreed as followeth :
l ly That heuceforwards none of y e said Indians shall offer any Violence
to y e persons of any English, nor doe any Damage to theyr Estates in any
kind whatsoever. And if any Indian or Indians shall offend herein they
shall bring or cause to bee brought y e offender to some English authority,
there to be prosecuted by y e English Lawes according to y e Nature of y e
Offence.
2 ly That none of said Indians shall entertain at any Time any of our
Enemies, but shall give gseut notice to y e Comittee when any come among
them, Ingaging to goe forth w th y e English against them (if desired) in
order to y e seizing of them. And if any of s d Indians shall themselves at
any time bring such o r Enemies unto us, they shall for their Reward have
£3, for each they shall so bring in.
8 ly The Indians performing on theyr part, aa is before expressed, wee
y e Committee doe ingage in y e behalfe of y e English not to offer any Violence
to any of their persons or estates, and if any injury be offered to said
Indians by any English, they complaini ng to Authority, y e offender shall be
prosecuted by English Lawes according to y e nature of y e offence. In
witnes to each & all y e gmises we have mutually shaken hands and
subscribed o r Names.
The mark -f- Wannalancet* Sagam r
* Richard Waldern The mark -j- Sampson Aboquacemoka
Committee < Nic: Shapleigh The mark -{- Mr. W m Sagamore
( Tho: Daniel The mark -j- Squando, Sagamore
The mark -f- Dony
The mark -f- Serogumba
Sam 11 Numphow
The mark -{- Warockomee
Mass. Arch. Vol.30, p. 206.
It is not known how much influence the captive Indians, who
escaped from Dover, exercised on the Kennebec Indians in the renewal
of hostilities, but it is certain that "Simon" was at the head
of those who struck the first blow at Casco (now Portland, Me.),
in which attack the Brackets and others to the number of thirty-
four were killed or captured. And this party immediately after
joined those who had surprised Arrowsick and the settlements ad-
* Each of these made his own mark before his name, which was written by a clerk.
The original paper is preserved in Mass. Archives, Vol. 30. Of the Indians here signing,
except Wannalancet and Squando, not much is known. Sampson is supposed to have
been from the east as far as Kennebec. Mr. W ra Sagamore was probably a teacher of the
" Praying Indians." Dony was of the Ammoscoggins ; Serogumba perhaps of the Ossi-
pees, and Warockomee of the Pequakets, though the assignment of these two last is
scarcely more than a guess. Sam 11 Numphow was a ruler of the Wamesits, a Christian
Indian.