Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-20

| at New Haven in September 1646 or sooner (oopon convenyent warneing if the Commissioners do meete sooner) fully instructed to declare and make due proofe of their injuries and to submit to the Judgment of the Com missioners for the United Colonies in giveing or receiveing satisfaccon, and the said Commissioners (not doubting but Uncas will either come himself or
 send his Deputies in like manner fur nished) promise to give a full hear ing to both parties with equan justice | without any partial respect according to allegacons (allegations) and prom fses.
 G. The said Narrohigganset and Ny 1 anticax Sagsnores and deputies do hereby promise and covenant to keepe and maintayne firm and and perpe- tuau peace both with all the English
 United Colonies and their Successors
 and with Uncas the Mohegan Sachim
 and his men with Ussamequ1n, Pom
 ham, Sekaknooco, CutchamaEin, Shoa-
 nan, Passaconaway, and their com | panfes, who are in friendship with or l subject to any of the English hereby
 engaging themselves that they will not at any tyne hereafter, disturbe | the peace of the Countrey, by any as saults, hostile attempts, invasions or l other injuries, to any Of the United 1 Colonies or their Successors or to the aforesaid Indians either in their per sons building catteK or goods direct | ly indirectly, nor will they confed- l crate with any other against them, and if they know of any Indians or | others that conspire or intend hurt either against the said English or any l Indian subject to or in friendship with | them, they will without delay acquaint l and give notice thereof to the Eng l lish Commissioners or some of them. l And if any questions or differences
 shall at any time hereafter arise CT l grow between the, and Uncas or any | Indians before menconed, (mentioned) | 1l l1nI Ixri1 6ir1o n former ments (which they hereby confirm and
 ratify) first acquaint the English and ! crave their judgments and advice i therein, and will not attempt or be-
 gin any warr or hostile invasion till i they have liberty and allowance from | the Commissioners of the United Colo
 nies so to doe.
 1 T. The said Narrohigganset and | Nyanticll Sagamores and Deputie do i hereby promise that they will forth with deliver and restore all such In- | dian fugitives or captives which have | at any time fled from any of the Eng fish, and are now livelng or abiding
 with or amongst them, or give due | Satisfaccon for the11 to the Comm1S- | sioners for the fMassa chusets, And | further that they will (without more 1 delayes) pay or cause to be payd an yearely tribute a month before Indian | harvest every yeare after this at Bos- l tone to the English Colonies for all 1 such Peacotts (Pequots) as live l
 mer treatie and agreement made at ] Hartford 163S namely one fathome of l white wampUm for every Peacott man, l and half a fathome for eich Peacott youth and one hand length of WaTn- | pum for eich Peacott man child And | if Weekwash Cake refuse to pay this | tribute for any Peacotts with hiEn | the Narrohigganset Sagamores prom | ise to assist the English against him. And they further covenant that they
 will resigne and yielde up the whole | Peacott countrey and every part of 1t i to the English Colonies, as due to | them by Conquest.
 8. The said Narrohigganset and | Nyantick Sagamores and deputy do | hereby promise and covenant that within fourteene dayes they will bring and deliver to the assachusets Com issioners on behalf of all the Colo nies foue (four) of their children vizt. Pissacus his eldest som, the som of Tassaquanawitt brother of Pissa- GUS Awashanoe his som and Ewange- sos som a Nyanticlx to be kept Gas pledged or hostages) by the English till both the foremenconed two thou sand fathome of wampum be payd at the tymes above expressed and the differences betwiXt themselves and Uncas be heard and ordered, and till these articles of agreement be under written at Boston by Jannemo and Wypetock. And further they hereby promise and covenant that if at any tyme hereafter any of the said Chill
 dren shall make escape or be con veyed away from the English before the premisses be fully accomplished, they will either bring back, and de-
 liver to the assachusets Commissioners
 the same Children, or if they be not
 to be found, such and so many other
 children to be chosen by the Comis-
 sioners for the United Colonies or
 their assignes, and that within twenty dayes after demaund, and in the mean tyme until the said foure chil-
 Narrohigganset and Nyantick Saga
 mores and Deputie do freely and of
 their owne accord leave with the Mas
 sachusets Commissioners as pledges for
 present securitie foure Indians name ly WitOwash POmamse Jawassoe Wau-
 wamino, who also freely consent and
 offer themselves to stay as pledges,
 till the said Children be brought and
 delivered as abovesaid.
 g. The Commissioners for the United
 Colonies do hereby promise and agree
 That at the charg of the United Colo nies the foure Indians now left as
 pledges shal be provided for and that
 the foure children to be brought and
 delivered as hostages, shall be kept and mayntained at the same charg
 that they will require Uncas and his men with all the other Indian Saga
 mores beforemaned to forbeare all acts of hostility against the Narrohiggan-
 set and Nyantick Indians for the fu-
 ture. And further all the promises being duly observed and kept by the Narrohi gganset and Nyantick Indians
 and their company; they will at the
 end of two yearse restore the chil-
 dren delivered as hostages and retayne
 a firme peace with the Narrohigganset
 and Nyantick Indians and their Suc-
 cessors.
 TO- It is fully agreed by and be-
 twixt the said parties that if any hos
 tile attempt be made while this trea-
 ty is in hand before notice of this
 agreement Cto stay former prepara-
 cons and Direcons) can be given, such
 attempts and the consequents thereof
 shall neither part be accounted a
 vyolacon (violation) of this treaty nor a breach of the peace here made and concluded.
 II. The Narrohigganset and Nyan- tick Sagamores and Deputie hereby agree and covenant to and with the Commissioners of the United Colonies that henceforward they will neither give graunt sell nor in any manner