Sometime after Sansamans death, Philip having heard that the Governor of Plymouth had received some information against him, and purposed to send to him to appear at the next Court, that they might enquire into those Reports, came down of his own accord to Plymouth, a little before the Court, in the beginning of March last, at which time the Council of that Colony, upon a large debate with him, had great reason to believe that the information against him might be in substance true: But not having proof thereof, and hoping that very discovery of it so far would cause him to […], they dismissed him friendly, giving him only to understand, that if they heard further concerning that matter, they might see reason to demand his Arms to be delivered up for their security, ⟨image ?⟩(which was according to former agreement between him and them) and he engaged on their demand they should be surrendered to them or their order. At that Court we had many Indians in Examination concerning the Murder of John Sansaman, but had not then testimony in the case, but not long after an Indian appearing to testify, we apprehended three by him charged, to be the Murderers, and secured them, to a trial at our next Court holden in June, at which time, and a little before the Court, Philip began to keep his men in arms about him, and to gather Strangers to him, and to march about in Arms towards the upper end of the Neck in which he lived; and near to the English houses, who began thereby to be something disquieted, but took as yet no further notice, but only to set a Military Watch, in the next Towns of Swansea and Rehoboth. Some hints we had that Indians were in Arms, whilst our Court was sitting, but we hoped it might arise from a guilty fear in Philip, that we would send for him, and bring him to trial with the other Murderers, and that if he saw the Court b••ke up, and he not sent for, the cloud might blow over. And indeed our Innocence made us very secure, and confident it would not have broke into a War. But no sooner was our Court dissolved, but we had intelligence from Lieut.
Sometime after Sansamans death, Philip having heard that the Governour of Plimouth had received some information against him, and purposed to send to him to appear at the next Court, that they might enquire into those Reports, came down of his own accord to Plimouth, a little before the Court, in the beginning of March last, at which time the Council of that Colony, upon a large debate with him, had great reason to belive that the information against him might be in substance true: But not having proof thereof, and hoping that very discovery of it so far would cause him to 〈…〉, they dismist him friendly, giving him only to understand, that if they heard further concerning that matter, they might see reason to demand his Arms to be delivered up for their security, ⟨image ?⟩(which was according to former agreement between him and them) and he engaged on their demand they should be surrendred to them or their order. At that Court we had many Indians in Examination concerning the Murder of John Sansaman, but had not then tes••mony in the case, but not long after an Indian appearing to testifie, we apprehended three by him charged, to be the Murderers, and secured them, to a tryal at our next Court holden in June, at which time, and a little before the Court, Philip began to keep his men in arms about him, and to gather Strangers to him, and to march about in Arms towards the upper end of the Neck in which he lived; and near to the English houses, who began thereby to be something disquieted, but took as yet no further notice, but only to set a Military Watch, in the next Towns of Swanzy and Rehoboth. Some hints we had that Indians were in Arms, whilst our Court was sitting, but we hoped it might arise from a guilty fear in Philip, that we would send for him, and bring him to tryal with the other Murderers, and that if he saw the Court b••ke up, and he not sent for, the cloud might blow over. And indeed our Innocence made us very secure, and confident it would not have broke into a War. But no sooner was our Court dissolved, but we had intelligence from Lieut.
