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advance of the troops, and then dodging around them, struck a blow
in the rear. Two days after the tragedy at Munjoy's Island, another
party struck a sudden blow at Wells, and anon at Cape Neddick,
which occasioned the immediate return of the forces to that place,
as will appear by the following letter
Wells: 2: 8: 1676
Hon rd Sen at Att 9 clock morning
I received your Ord r e th r c th e
of y 16 of Sept on y 25 of y same. In
Answare to w cl \ I have sent Capt. Hunting from here to Maj r Walden ; y e
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occation of our Returne was y sad news of y Enimy, burning Cape nettick
e e & destroying y people to y number of 6 or 7 persons besids those of this
towne which are : 3 : two of them j" 24th y e other : 27 th : of the month ; In
our Returne wee mett with divers things of concernment w ch I Ingadged to
Aquaint your Hon" with; Impmi8 , att blackpoint, the people there are in
great distraction and disorder ; I know not of former Neglects but now
c they are a people ungoverned, & Attend little to y Government there
established soe that y e most of y e towne desert y e place, though we told
them of a law they were Ignorant of w ch we think we doe perfectly remember
of 20 Ib penalty for any that desert y e frontiers, w ch we thinke is most
Rational! , y e Inhabitants there having little to doe; we are ready to thinke
they might better be Imployed there than many of ours, who have famillys
att home and a considerable charge, to be briefe Capt. Joslin & Capt.
Scottow desire an Expresse from your Hon r8 they having had noe knowledge
of y e law.
2 dly Major Pembleton att Winter Harbour w th Whome I would have
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left some men ; as Also w Mr. Warrin they made these objections ; The
Maj rs were these : That he could not subsist long, & he had as good remove
while he had something as to stay while all was spent, Therefore unlesse
e Country sends a supply or Maintaine y Garrison there; he cannot hold
out, Mr. Warrin is otherwise minded but I cannot Enlarge, supposing
Maj' Clarke can Inform your Hon 19
, Since our Comming Heither we have
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consulted y Millitia, who Informe us that the mind of this towne In Gen
e r(i
is to leave the place, & though y Hon
given an Ord r
concerning them ; In paticul r yett yy now begg that itt might
:
Court or Councell have formerly
be renewed & that your Hon" would Ord r as to these Numb" of Garrison
Souldiers, Soe to maintaiuance, they being poore yet many of them willing
According to Abillity, The next thing I shall trouble your Hon" w tb is y e
disatisfaction that is among 6 ' our selves, about y e drawing y e Indians off, &
Maj r Waldens libberty to Command off Capt. Frost, w ch he pretends to
have, the w ch are two thirds and more of y e Army, Capt. Sells Company &
myne being not above .9. or .10. fyles now who are judged here not more
then is necessary to Garrison this towne & York, we would be bold to speak
our minds further, & Crave that your Hon" may not be offended at us, or
Receive from others false Information, The Indians thus drawne off by
themselves as long as they have only Ind n Speritts, will doe little or noe
service for y e Country who In tyme of Ingadgment ever took y c English
for there bullwark, & will not Charge to Any purpose until y e Enimy ffly,
I think some of us have had tyme to be Aquainted w th there manners As
to my selfe I would Humbly Request your Hon" to call me home; though
I have An Earnest desire to doe god & y e Country service, yett there is a
Straing Antypathy in me Against lying in Garrison, Here is many of our