Kenrick denick to Mr, James Bisshop & enclosed a coppy of a letter from the assembly to Maryland & an other papisticall letter opened by me by which you may discover their way of cheats & desired him to communicate it to your Honi" to which I refeere you since is arrived here one man from Maiyland who affirms that at the h^d of patapsque there is murdered ten dayes ago wholl families where there is escaped but one woman & it is found out by there habits that it was Canada Indians, & that at the head of Chaplane river the Indians cut off all their corne & opens the fences &. begave themselves in one swamp where they were persued & examined & said they were assured by some ill affected persons in Maryland that the Inglish intended to utterly destroy them at the change of the moon. This is all which wee know needful to advise your Hon"^ the ten souldiers have had above their provisione which I make Connecticott collony debitor for.

THE SAME TO THE SAME.

A. 1689 28 August in the fort of New York. for Robert Treat Governor of Connecticott

Honored Sir -- I have written you severall letters and advised you of all that has past in these parts I expected an answer before now specially about the four souldiers that had importuned me to goe home by which I have giuen you the reasone all myne former I am satisfied is come to your hands but of the last by three saillers. bound for Boston to the Governor open to lett you have the perusall they being so hasty could not have tyme to write to you I am Jealous youhave not seen This is then to acquaint you that the sixteenth of this instant at night after watch sett came over