ABSTRACT
This chapter presents documents on dealing with the lack of mercy during the rule of New England in the 1670s. The documents include William Wannuckhow and sons petitioning for their lives, John Lake requesting a stay of Sagamore Sam’s execution in exchange for help finding his brother, and Daniel Gookin certifying the courage of two praying Indian men wishing to free their captured niece from prison in August 1676, and William Ahaton pleading for the freedom of a five-year old relative in July, 1676.
