The history and antiquities of Boston .. . o Sachems, hoping bythem to get Sasacus, which they promised. All the rest were womenand children, of whom they gave the Narragansets thirty, our Massa-chusetts Indians three, and the rest sent hither. These were disposedof to particular persons in the country. Some of them ran away, andwere brought again by the Indians, our neighbors, and these we brandedon the shoulder. f Several of the Pequots had fleddown into the Niantick country,where Ninigret J was Sachem. ThisChief was desirous to shield themfrom destruction, and at the sametime to be at peace
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . o Sachems, hoping bythem to get Sasacus, which they promised. All the rest were womenand children, of whom they gave the Narragansets thirty, our Massa-chusetts Indians three, and the rest sent hither. These were disposedof to particular persons in the country. Some of them ran away, andwere brought again by the Indians, our neighbors, and these we brandedon the shoulder. f Several of the Pequots had fleddown into the Niantick country,where Ninigret J was Sachem. ThisChief was desirous to shield themfrom destruction, and at the sametime to be at peace with the therefore came to Boston ^ * with seventeen of his men,bringing a present of ten fathoms ofwampum. The Authorities refusedto treat with him unless he wouldnow agree to give up the at first declined the proposition,but the next day he submit-ted to it. His present wasthen received, but he was referredto the Commanders of the army atPequot to treat further ; for whichpurpose instructions were sent to July * Being first trepanned by the Narragan-setts, under pretence of securing them, bywhich means the Massachusetts forces hadan easie conquest over them. The men amongthem, to the number of thirty, were turnedpresently into Charons ferry-boat, under com-mand of Skipper Gallop, who dispatched thema little Avithout the harbor.—Hubbard, This exploit was before the arrival of the Connecticut men, and Mason passes lightlyover it in his history. A little jealousy is ob-servable among the Connecticut people. Theywere fearful lest Massachusetts should get toolarge a share of the glory of the war. t Winthrop, Journal, i. 231-2. See alsoHubbards Nar., 127. J This Chief had the address to save him-self and his people generally, from the destruc- 216 HISTORY OF BOSTON. [1637. them by Niaigret. Then he was lovmgly dismissed, with somesmall things given him. * Meanwhile Sassacus, with twenty or thirty of his people, fled to theMohawks, who soon aft
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