These p^resents Testifie That Chauk alias Chaque thesachem of
Pacomtuck for good & valluable consi=
dirations him there unto moveing, hath Given Granted Bargained & sold, & by these p^resents doth (for himself &
his Brother Wapahoale) fully clearely & absolutely give grant Bargaine & sell unto Cap^t John Pynchon of Springfeild
for y^euse & behoofe of Major Eleazer Lusher & Ensign Daniel ffisher & other English of Dedham their associates & successsors &
to them & theire heires for ever Certaine persels of Land at Pacomtuck on y^efurther side or upper side or North side of Pa=
comtuck river, that is to say beginning a little above where Pukcommeagon river runs into Pacomtuck river and so a little
way up Puckommeag river & then leaving Puckcomeagon river runs off to y^ehill Sunsick westward: All y^eland from y^ehill Sunsick on westward, downe y^eRiver Pacomtuck eastward below Nayyaocossick to Pochewee, neare y^eMouth
of Puckcomeagon river, w^chpersells of Land are called Nayyyocossick, Tomholissick, Masquomcossick, vssowwack
Wusquiawwag & so to Sunsick hill, or by what ever other Names y^esd Land is or may be called: All y^eaforedescri
bed Tract of Land, being called by several names as aforesd viz. Nayyocossick Tomholissick Masquomcossick vssowwack
Wusquiawawag & Sunsick, or by what ever names it may be called, Togither w^ththe Trees, waters, mea=
dows, woods, Brooke, upland, stone, proffits, comoditys & advantages thereoff & there unto belonging or in any wise
appertaining, the aforesd Major Eleazer Lusher & Ensign Danl ffisher of Dedham, theire Associates & successors, & their
Heires are to Have Hold & Injoy & that forever, only the s^d Chauk alias Chaque doth reserve Liberty of fishing
for y^eIndians in y^eRivers or waters & free Liberty to hunt Deere or other Wild creatures & to gather Walnuts
chestnuts and other nuts things &c on y^ecommons: And the sd Chaque doth hereby covenant & promise to & w^thy^e sd Maj
Eleazer Lusher & Danl ffisher, That he will saue y^esd Major Lusher & Danl ffisher, therire Associates & theire
Heires & assignes, Harmless or & from all manner of Claimes of any person or persons Lawfully claiming any
right Title or Interest in any of y^esd lands hereby Sold or in any part or parsell thereof & will Defend the same
from any molestation or Imcumbrance by Indians otherwise than as before reserved. In witness whereoff the sd
Chaque hath hereunto set his hand this 24^th ffebr 1666-7 The marke of Chaque
In p^resence of
JoⁿPynchon Ju^r
Wequanock an Indian witness The day aforementioned Chaque acknowledged
his V mark who helped y^ethis Instrume^tto be his act & Deed
Sachem in making y^eBargaine Before me
John Pynchon, Asist

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Five deeds were supposedly drawn up by the English and witnessed by members of the Pocumtuck nation to transfer 8000 acres of land from Native American ownership to the people of Dedham, Massachusetts. This paper is dated February 24, 1667. The land is sold, but rights are saved by the Pocumtucks to fish in the rivers, hunt deer and other wild animals, and to gather nuts and berries.

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