ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with war and internal conflicts in New England in the 1670s. It presents documents of the Reverend John Eliot petitioning against the selling of Indian captives as slaves, excerpts from the letter of Mary Pray to Captain James Oliver, October 20, 1675 describing the depredations of enemy Indians, and Job Kattenanit humbly petitioning for permission to rescue his children who were forcibly taken to Menemesit in November, 1675 along with a large group from the praying town of Hassanamesit. The chapter presents many other documents including the Spy Mission: James Quannapohit’s “Relation”, the death threat against Daniel Gookin and Thomas Danforth, and Richard Scott assailing Gookin’s character at the Blue Anchor Tavern.
