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isfy the Commissioners conforming his proseedings and Improve
their enterest for makeing his peace; The Commissioners are willing
to attend the same;
3. That we haue giuen charge to the Pocumtucke and Tunksis or
other Indians to forbeare all acts of hostilitie towards him or his
people during the siting of the Commissioners and doe expect and
require of him that hee cause all his people to forebeare all hostile
acts towards said Pocumticke Tunksis and other Indians; while the
Commissioners shall continew att hartford; and while said Indians
shalbee applying themselues to the commissioners
Hartford the 3: of September 1659
Subscribed by all the Commissioners
The result of this mission is told by John Pynchon in a
letter received at Hartford, Sept. 7th or 8th, 1659:
Much Honored Gentlemen,
The messengers sent according to youer desires tot he Pocumtucke Sachems being returned; I shall briefly giue youer worshipes
an account of the Successe of the Journey; Coming to Pocumtucke;
hee that was Interpreter declared youer message to the Sachems
there, according to his seuerall Instructions; and whoe to the first
thing redily returned this answare; that it was all theire desires that
peace and friendship betwixt themselues and the English should continew; and whereas in the message sent to them, there is mension
of wronges and Injuries done by them to the English: They answered; first, that knew of none; and if any were done; it was not
by the allowance of the Sachems; for they had charged theire men
to doe noe wrong to any English or their Cattle:
2condly if it were made out to them; that any of theire men had
done the wrong, they would make Satisfaction to the English Soe
fare they would bee from countenancing any, in offending the English and what more to say to it they know not:
to the second thinge that in the warrs they presse to neare the
English &c; they say that as frinds, they come to the English for
victualls, and charge theire people to carry it friendly; but if that
the English Sachems will say they doe not alow of it; and will prescribe another way or Course for them to take if it bee reasonable
they will attend it;
3d. To the desire of the Commissioners to speake with them:
they say they can not come to Hartford; neither doe they know any
engagement that lyes on them to come to the meetings of the English Sachems; and they doe not send for the English Sachems, to
theire meetings; The Reasons why they can not come to the Commissioners, are two, first, because they haue a great meeting
amongst themselues three daies hence, and must attend that; it being all one with the Commissioners meeting. 2condly they are in
confederacye with many others, as with the Souquakes, and Mohawks and others, and can doe nothing without them;
Lastly, to the desire of the Commissioners, that all acts of hostilitie may sease during theire setting; they are not in a capacitie to
attend to it;
1st because they haue sent out seauen or eight men to lye in
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