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Affairs, And that not finding any Indians in my way hither, and finding every thing Quiet here, I thought it was only talk of the Indians and that they had nO' farther Designe
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Do you not think that all people that are Under the Protection of any Government, are Obliged to Discover any Treason or Enterprize carried on against it to its Detriment
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It may be justly Required, but I would not do it at theRisque of my own person, for I love my Skin better than my Shirt, and I had Rather have Wars with the English than the Indians
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Was you not Detained Some time there by the Indians that you might not gett here to give Intelligence
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No I was not, but I heard they had Such a Designe
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Did not the Indians at the Church Door threaten to Scalp you, if you Should give any Advice of their [89] Their Coming
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They Durst not tell me So for they are better Instructed
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Why then as you are not Apprehensive of any Danger , did you not find a way to give Intelligence when they were up the River at your Mass House
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I Could hardly make way to my own House
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Was there not a person at Mines who in Conversation with you Mentioned to you the Necessity of Acquainting the Governor of the Indians Designe for fear of the ill Consequences that might Ensue
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I had no Such Conversation with any at Mines
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Why did you assemble the Inhabitants to prayers on that particular Day, which Occasioned them to pretend an Impossibility of giving Notice to the Governour
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It was on Occasion of the Late Earthquake
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It is to be observed that in the Course of this Examination he often prevaricated Never Answering Directly to any Question without being Often Repeated and put to him Running in long Discourses, on what was foreigne to the Point
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