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speake any more words to him, comes to the Doore Thomas
Bussey, I turned me about to speake to the said Thomas ;
while my back was toward the Indian the said Indian made
ready his gunn; I presently turned about again and seeing
the muzzle of the gunn towards me, I endeavoured to gett
hold of it, but before I could she went off, and with the bend-
ing of my body to gett hold of the said gunn, the shott mist
me, and when he saw he had done noe execution, he tooke to
his Tomahawke, and followed me about Eight or Tenn yards ;
and when I saw he followed me I called for my Gunn; and as
soone as he heard me call for my gunn he rann, and when he
was about thirty yards from me I discharged my gunn at
him &ca
The Deposition of John Shepard.
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John Shepard aged twenty eight yeares or therabouts
sworne and examined before this Court deposeth as followeth
About the Eighteenth day of December 1683: and being at
the house of William Troth, there came an Indian into the
house, and I asked him what Indian he was, he told me that
he was a Sinniquo Indian, and told me that there was two
hundred Indians about a mile off, and if he hallowed or shott
that they would come presently, and William Troth comeing
into the house where I and the Indian was, asked him what
Indian he was? and he said a Delaware Indian, he asked him
from whence he came ? he said from Delaware, and I made
answer that he tell me that there is two hundred Indians about
a mile off, Saith William Troth, art thee such a foole as to
beleive him ? for he will lye, saith the Indian I doe not lye, for
you shall see them by and by, William Troth made answer I
will not see them, You shall see them, soe he falls a hollow-
ing two or three times, William Troth said to him doe not
lye hollowing here, but then he hollowed again; upon that
Thomas Bussey came in, and William Troth turned about to
him, the Indian said you shall see them, and that presently ;
upon those words he fired his gunn at William Troth, and
tooke out his Tomohawk, and made after William Troth, and
William Troth called for his gunn; and when he heard him
call for his gunn he rann away, and about thirty or ffourty
yards off from the Indian, William Troth shott at him. And
farther this Deponent saith not
The Deposition of Thomas Bussey
Thomas Bussey aged twenty two yeares or thereabouts
sworne and examined before this Court Deposeth as foll:
About the Eighteenth Day of December 1683: came an
Indian to the house of William Troth; when this Deponent
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