The complaints and prayer of Oweneco and Ben Uncas, 1700.

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The complaints and prayer of Oweneco and Ben Uncas, 1700.

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Report dated 1700 of the committee appointed by the Connecticut General Court to hear and transmit the complaints and prayers of Oweneco and Ben Uncas concerning the settlement of Colchester.

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