The number of Indian slaves in New Hampshire was undoubtedly very small. During the Pequot War and King Philip’s War, New Hampshire remained at peace with the Indians, and the statement has been made that no New Hampshire merchant or captain, during the Indian wars, kidnapped natives or consciously broke faith with them.[383] The close connection with Massachusetts, however, made inevitable the existence of Indian slaves in the former colony,[384] and the Boston newspapers occasionally mention such slaves as late as approximately 1750.[385] In the middle group of colonies, the number of Indian slaves was never large, and, in comparison with that in either the southern or New England groups, it was conspicuously small. There appear to have been more of such slaves in New York than in any other colony of the group, a condition due to its greater trade with the colonies which exported them. The English colony, furthermore, took over no Indian slaves from its Dutch predecessor.[386] The inhabitants of New York, under Dutch or English rule, never waged any war on the order of those in New England against the Indian tribes. Nor did the distribution of New England captives affect this colony to any great extent. A few Indian slaves were introduced from foreign parts, but the selling and holding of Indians as slaves was never a general custom.[387] The existence of Indian slaves, however, was recognized by a decree of the governor and council in 1680.[388] An Indian slave was sold, July 30, 1687, in Hempstead, Long Island.[389] The narrative of grievances against Jacob Leisler includes the following: “The same night, December 23, 1689, an Indian slave, belonging to Philip French, was dragged to the Fort (New York), and there imprisoned.”[390] Aaron Schuyler of New York, 1693, gave to each of his two daughters, in his will, an Indian slave woman.[391] In July, 1703, the governor received a petition regarding an Indian slave.[392] The will of William Smith, of the manor of St. George, Suffolk County, April 23, 1704, divided a number of negro and Indian slaves among his children.[393] In 1715, certain Indians complained that the whites were enslaving native children entrusted to them for instruction.[394] In 1724, the Reverend Mr. Jenney reported: “There are a few negro and Indian slaves in my parish.”[395] On July 3, 1726, the Reverend Mr. Vesey of New York, in a letter to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, stated that in the colony there were “about one thousand and four hundred Indian and negro slaves,”[396] but tells nothing about the proportion of each. Colonel Johnson’s letter to Governor Clinton, January 22, 1750,[397] and William Johnson’s letter to G. W. Banyar, June 28, 1771,[398] the former relating to Indian children held as slaves, and the latter mentioning a Pawnee Indian slave in New York, show the existence of such slaves until a late date. Occasional mention is found in the newspapers of the time of runaway