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Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…
Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian savages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. / Faithfully composed and improved. ; [One line of quotation in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That the Indian Affairs might come to be yet more exactly understood, the General Assembly of the Province, Employed Colonel John Phillips, and Major Convers, to Settle them. These Gentlemen, took a Difficult and a Dangerous Voyage, in the Depth of Winter, unto the Eastern parts, in the Province-Galley, then under the Command of Captain Cyprian Southack; and the principal Sagamores of the Indians there coming to them, did again Renew, and Subscribe ⟨p. 156⟩the Submission, which they had formerly made in the year 1693. With this Addition unto it.
That the Indian Affayrs might come to be yet more exactly understood, the General Assembly of the Province, Employ'd Colonel John Phillips, and Major Convers, to Settle them. These Gentlemen, took a Difficult and a Dangerous Voyage, in the Depth of Winter, unto the Eastern parts, in the Province-Galley, then under the Command of Captain Cyprian Southack; and the principal Sagamores of the Indians there coming to them, did again Renew, and Subscribe ⟨p. 156⟩the Submission, which they had formerly made in the year 1693. With this Addition unto it.
And whereas, notwithstanding the aforesaid Submission and Agreement, the said Indians belonging to the Rivers aforesaid, or some of them, through' the ill counsel and instigation of the F••nch, have perpetrated sundry Hostilities against His Majesties Subjects, the English, and have not Delivered and Returned home several English Captives in their Hands, as in the said Submission they Covenanted. Wherefore, we whose Names are hereunto Subscribed, Sagamores, Captains, and principal men of the Indians belonging unto the Rivers of Kennebec, Ammonoscoggin, and Saco, and parts adjacent, being sensible of our great Offence and Folly, in not complying with the aforesaid Submission and Agreement, and also of the Sufferings and Mischiefs, that we have hereby exposed our selves unto; Do, in all Humble and most Submissive manner, cast our selves upon His Majesties Mercy, for the pardon of all our Rebellions, Hostilities, and Violations of our promises, praying to be Received into His Majesties Grace, and protection; And for, and on behalf of our selves, and of all other the Indians, belonging to the several Rivers and places aforesaid, within the Sovereignty of His Majesty of Great Britain, do again