Decennium luctuosum. An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…

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 ⟨image ?⟩acknowledge, and profess our Hearty and Sincere Obedience, unto the Crown of England, and do solemnly Renew, Ratify, and Confirm all and every of the Articles and Agreements, contained in the aforesaid Recited Commission. And in Testimony thereof, we, the said Sagamores, Captains, and principal men, have hereunto set our several Marks and Seals, at Casco Bay, near Mares point, the Seventh Day of January, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty, King WILLIAM the Third; Annoque Domini, 1698, 9. Subscribed, by, Moxus,— and a Great Number more. In the presence of James Convers, Cyprian Southack. John Gills, Interpreter, And Scodook, alias Sampson.

And whereas, notwithstanding the aforesaid Submission and Agreement, the said Indians belonging to the Rivers aforesaid, or some of them, thro' the ill counsel and instigation of the F••nch, have perpetrated sundry Hostilities again•t 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 Kennebeck, 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 Soveraignty of His Majesty of Great Britain, do again