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he entered the congregation on the Sabbath and harangued the people
against the peaceful Nashobah Indians, whom the Council had
placed in the charge of Mr. Hoare, and then seized the Indians,
allowing his soldiers to plunder all their possessions in spite of Mr.
Hoare's remonstrances, and marched them down to Boston, whence
the Court was constrained to send them to Deer Island, where with
many other friendly Indians they were subjected to fearful privations.
A full account of all these transactions may be found in the History
of the Praying Indians by that upright and noble man, Gen. Daniel
Gookin.
Capt. Mosely marched with Major Savage from Marlborough to
Quaboag, April 2, 1676. They were there joined by the Connecticut
troops, and all moved on towards Northampton, and he was engaged
in the succeeding campaign in the west. On May 5th he received
the independent commission referred to above, and it will be noticed
that the wages of his soldiers were to be raised by popular subscrip-
tion, and besides they were to have all the profits accruing from the
plunder or sale of captives, and if these resources failed the Court
was to make up the balance ; and this irregular way of settling may
be the reason that no larger credits appear in the later months. In
June, Mosely and his men were sent in company with Capt. Brattle
and his troop to assist the people of Plymouth Colony, and were
still there after July 2 2d ; and they there took part in the capture of
the 150 captives, and probably soon after returned to Boston. The
faithful services of the friendly Indians in the later campaigns had
caused a reaction of popular feeling towards them. The fame
of Church, who succeeded in destroying Philip at Mount Hope,
August 12th, somewhat eclipsed that of Capt. Mosely, and we hear
no more of his military service thereafter, if he performed any. On
August 24th, at a great sale of Indian captives, he is charged with
" 1 boy and girle 6£ ; & 13 sqawes & papooses 20£" ; and this is
the last notice I find of him throwing light upon his succeeding
career.
The date and circumstances of Capt. Mosely's death are not, as
yet, definitely known. Savage says he died January, 1680.
The " Inventory of the Estate of Cap tn 1 Sam Mosely " deceased was
taken Jan. 26, 1679 (N. S. 1680), and may have been Mr. Savage's
authority. In Judge SewalPs Interleaved Almanac Diary (Reg-
ister, vii. 208) this item appears: "1677, Oct. 20, 7, Capt S.
Mosely." But we are left in doubt as to its meaning. His final
account as found in Hull's 3d Ledger (the 2d Ledger is lost), un-
der date of July, 1678, credits him with military service, £67 05 06,
which I presume was in full for his whole service. Sometime after
September, 1678, £1 credit is given "per. Isaac Addington," to
balance Mosely's account with the government. He died insolvent.
The careful inventory, rendered by Sewall, of the worldly posses-
sions as produced by Ann Mosely the widow, who was admitted ad-