Trustees of the Charity of Edward Hopkins. Records of the Trustees of the Charity of Edward Hopkins. Hezekiah Squamauge & Amos Ahatton's petition to ye General Court, 1723 December 25. HUY 26 Box 2, Folder 19, Harvard University Archives.

To the Honourable the [?] Govornor, and ye {Honorable} Council and house of Represenstatives now in {General} court assembled. The Humble addresse of us [?] [?] {honor} of Indians Inhabitants in punkapaugud doe for our selves and [?] of our Indian Neighbours in this plantation humbly show as followith: That whoras this great and {General} Court, hath so farr taken our [land?] patition refering to ye Settlement of our plantation, into your wise Con -sidorations, as to send two {Honorable} Committe's to us, who have as we returned very agrrable reports to your Honours, for which we are highly thankfull: yett whoras we have not yett obtained that [which?] undr our difficult circumstances, from this great [?] {General} Court, which we highly [?] and have hopd and prayed for: And we yet remaining in a suffering condition Doe take ye boldness humbly to continued praying that you would Consider further of our former pitition, and afford us some [?] help, as a present [?] for our [?], under our present [?] condition, that So our english Neighbours, that have fairly and [honorably?] livd and of [us?] may have your Confirmd to you By Deeds and that there may such a Regulation among us, of those things, ye are under great disorder ^as may be agreeable to our addresses to your {Honorable} Committees

We have greatly suffered this Eight or Ten year's age past for wont of some body, [?] us as to our Lands, and espehially as to our orchards, ye meadows, and to look after our timber, which hath been shamfully cutt down and carried away to our great [damage?] and still there is daily great havock made of it: we there for Humbly pray this {Honorable} court [possibly?] to send to us a comittee of two, or three judicious and [?] persons, who may be invested with power from this great and [good committee?] afford us some present help and reliefe, till we can obtain a more full settlement of our plantation By ye favour of this great and {Honorable} Court: and we still pray as in duty bound.

Punkapaugue {December}: 25: 1723

Hezakiah [signature mark?] Squamauge Amos [signature mark?] Ahatton

Hezekiah Squamauge {and} Amos Ahatton peticon To ye {General} Court 1723