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divers of these sent, not servicable & two or three disenabled in o r last ingagement,
please to dispatch o r supply of flints &c. sent for in my last to
Maj r
Clark we are in distress for want of
m
y , especially bread not having
but two dayes bread left at a cake a clay w ,h
y e allowance I reduced o r souldiers
unto at first coming, w ch bread is borrowed from fishermen and myself
we have no grinding nearer than Piscataquay, not else but begging prayers
and y* y e deluge of sin w ch I grieve is among o r souldiers as well as inhabitants
may be stopped by reason whereof this overflowing scourge pursueth
us (this place being now y e seat & center of y e Eastward war) Casco &
Kenebec being all quiet & peace as by yesterdies intelligence I understand,
I humbly subscribe myself
ffrom y e Head quarters at Blackpoint y rs & y e Countries
at 3: o:clock in y e morning this 6 th
most humble serv 4
9 br L675 Josh: Scottow.
(Postscript.)
May it please you to take notice that instead of the 50 designed here are
but 38 sent div rse of y m insufficient for service & some soe mutinous that
we cant with safety inflict y e punishment they deserve, for the pursueing
of my comition here is need of 100 men completely armed and bread sent,
for flesh I hope we have enough. J. S.
Mass. Archives, Vol. 68, p. 44.
The following letter is evidently in answer to the above from
Capt. Scottow.
Council's Letter to Capt. Scottow.
Capt. Scottow. We received yo r lett er & saw another sent by you to Maj r
e
Walderne; we gceive y Indians do sometimes allarum you and obstruct
y e getting in of provisions & corne if such another overture as that Indian
1 e e e made y met y soldier in y marsh for a treaty of peace to deliver y english
prisouers should be made againe wee advise order & som of you there
to treat w tb
y m & see what termes you can come to & Apoint a cessation of
armes untill their offers may be considered by us & endeavour to procure
y e delivery of prisoners & wee will deliver as many of theirs y* are at
Boston, peace is better if it can be obtained upon good termes & som
pledges or hostages given ; for security ; as for a supply of more men we
cannot comply w th you therein ; wee have so many places to strengthen y l
wee cannot doe alle; wee are sure you have as great a proportion as most
places of y e like concernement, we here you want neither corne, flesh nor
fish & so long you be in straits & though yo r mills ly at a distance yet a
samp morter or two will make a supply to gvent any great sufferings as
for sending of Bisket we dare not give y* rj'sedent, for all other places
garrisoned by the country soldiers are g'vided for with victualls by y e people
they secure; it is enough for y e Country to pay wages & find ammunition
; our armies y 4 are in motion require more y n the Country is well able
to beare especilly yo r easterne parts are concerned to ease the publicke
purse what they may because we know of nothing y l
was ever put into it
from thense. Therefore wee desire you to make the best Improvement
you can w th the strength you have fo r your owne deffense & offense of the
enimy until God send beter times ; wee have inclosed the printed laws to
restrayne mutinous soldiers let y m be read to y e soldiers. And notice
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