Lastly we desire you to advise us or either of us how affairs stand with you, what your wants are and how they may be most advantageously employed by us: for the life of our business will consist in the nimble, quiet and full correspondence with us ; and although in these instructions we have given you clearly indicates, yet we are not satisfied that you must needs bring in the place so many difflcultyes and also observe many inconveniences, which we at this distance cannot possibly imagine and therefore we refer ail wholly to your discretion, not doubting but that you will doe all things to the best advantage of our designe thereby obliedgiug, your faithful friends and servants, Tuos. Modifokd, Bakbadoes, Sept. 18, 1657.a "Will Suakpe,

Upon the 8th of June, 1661, John Richbell obtained the following conveyance from the Indian sachem Wompoqueum.

INDIAN DEED TO JOHN RICHBELL. "Recorded for Mr. John Richbell, the 6th day of June, 166C. This Indyan Deed. I Wompoqueum, together with my brother Mahatahan, being the right owners of three necks of land lying and being bounded on ye east side with Mamaronock river, and on ye west side with the Stony River, which parts the said lands, and Mr. Pell's Purchase; now these are to certify to all and every one whom it may coucernc, that I, Wompoqueimi, did for myselfe, and in behalf of 1113- aforesaid brother Mahatahan, firmly bargaine and sell to Mr. John Richbell, of Oyster Bay, to him and his heires forever, the above mentioned three necks of land, together with all other priviledges thereunto belonging, six weeks before I sold it to Mr. Revell, and did marke out the bonds and gave Mr. Richbell possession of the said land and did receive part of my pay there in hand, as witness my hand,