Much less have we used that Popish Cruelty, which the Natives of America, have by some other people been treated with. Even a Bishop of their own, hath Published, very Tragical Histories of the Spanish Cruelties upon the Indians of this Western World. Such were those Cruelties, that the Indians at length declared, They had rather go to Hell with their Ancestors, than to the same Heaven which the Spaniards pretended unto; 'tis indeed impossible to reckon up, the various and exquisi e Barbarities with which these execrable Spaniards murdered in less than fifty years no less than fifty millions of the Indians; it seems this was their way of bringing them into the Sheepfold of our merciful Jesus! But on the other side, the good people of New-England have carried it with so much tenderness towards the tawny Creatures among whom we live, that they would not own so much as one foot of Land in the Country, without a fair Purchase and Con• nt from the Natives that laid claim unto it; albeit we had a Royal Charter from the King of Great Britain, to Protect us in our settlement upon this Continent I suppose, 'twas in revenge upon us for this Conscientiousness, that the late oppressors of New England, acknowledged no than to have any Title at all unto one Foot of Land in all our Colony. But we did and we so, think, notwithstanding the Banters of those •ories, that the Indians had not by thei• ⟨p. 131⟩Paganism so forfeited all Right unto any of their Possessions, that the first pretended Christians that could, might Violently and yet Honestly seize upon them. Instead of this, the people of New England, knowing that some of the English were sufficiently covetous and encroaching, and that the Indians in straits are easily prevailed upon, to sell their lands, made a Law, That none should purchase, or so much as Receive any land of the Indians, without the Allowance of the Court. Yea, and some lands which were peculiarly convenient for the Indians, our people who were mo•e careful of them than they were of themselves, made a Law That they should never be bought out of their hands.
Much less have we used that Popish Cruelty, which the Natives of Americ•, have by some other people been treated with. Even a Bishop of their own, hath Published, very Tragical Histories of the Spanish Cruelties upon the Indians of this Western World. Such were those Cruelties, that the I•d•ans at length declared, They had rather go to Hell with their Ancestors, than to the same Heaven which the Spaniards pretended unto; 'tis indeed impossible to reckon up, the various and exquisi e Barbaritie• with which these execrable Spaniards murdered in less than fifty years no less than fifty millions of the Indians; it seems this was their way of bringing them into the Sheepfold of our merciful Jesus! But on the other side, the good people of New-England have carried it with so much tenderness towards the •awny Creatures among whom we live, that they would not own so much as one foot of Land in the Countrey, without a fair Purchase and Con• nt from the Natives that laid claim unto it; albeit we had a Royal Charter from the King of Great Britain, to Protect us in our settlement upon this Continent I suppose, 'twas in revenge upon us for this Conscientiousness, that the late oppressors of New England, acknowledged no than to have any Title at all unto one Foot of Land in all our Colony. But we did and we so, think, notwithstanding the Banters of those •ories, that the Indians had not by thei• ⟨p. 131⟩Paganism so forfeited all Right unto any of their P•ssessions, that the first pretended Christians that could, might Violently and yet Honestly sieze upon them. Instead of this, the people of New England, knowing that some of the English were sufficiently coveteous and encroaching, and that the Indians in streights are easily prevailed upon, to sell their lands, made a Law, That none should purchase, or so much as Receive any land of the Indians, without the Allowance of the Court. Yea, and some lands which were peculiarly convenient for the Indians, our people who were mo•e careful of them than they were of themselves, made a Law That they should never be bought out of their hands.
