, all my English Armes to be
kept by them for their security, so long as they shall see reason.
For true performance of the Premises I have hereunto set my hand
together with the rest of my council.

In the presence of The Mark of Philip,
Chief Sachem of Pokanoket

William Davis. The Mark of Tavoser.

William Hudson. ---- ---- Capt. Wisposke.

Thomas Brattle. ---- ---- Woonkaponehunt.

---- ---- Nimrod.

But Philip doubted the sincerity of the English. He hesitated to give up
his arms. Then the settlers ordered him to come to Plymouth and explain
why.

Instead of obeying, he went to Boston and complained there of the
treatment he had received. He said that his father, his brother, and
himself had made treaties of friendship with the English which the
latter were trying to turn into treaties of subjection. He said he was a
subject of the King of England, but not of the colony of Plymouth, and
he saw no reason why the people of Plymouth should try to treat him as a
subject.

The people of Massachusetts again made peace between Philip and the
settlers at Plymouth. But it could not long continue, for each side had
now become thoroughly suspicious of the other.

In 1674, an Indian reported to the settlers that Philip was trying to
get the sachems of New England to wage war on the whites. A few days
later, that Indian's dead body was found in a lake. The English arrested
three Indians and tried them for the murder. They were found guilty and
were executed, although the evidence against them was of such a
character that it would not have been admitted in a court of justice
against a white man.

XI. PHILIP AND THE INDIAN COUNCILS

Philip thought the matter over. He felt that the English had done the
Indians great injustice.

In the first place, the land had originally belonged to the Indians. It
was not of great value to them, for they used it mainly for hunting
purposes. So they had very willingly parted with a few acres to the
English in return for some trinkets of very little value--such as a
jack-knife, or a few glass beads, or little bells, or a blanket.

Then the English had forbidden the Indian to sell his land to any white
man. He was allowed to sell only to the colonial government. This was
done in order to protect him from white men who wanted to cheat him; but
Philip only saw that it prevented