services for a stated period of time, and not for life. Their condition is better explained by the term “involuntary indenture”. During King Philip’s War Connecticut suffered nothing on its own soil from hostile Indians. In consequence the number of captive Indians enslaved was small, and only infrequent mention is found of these captives. A certain amount of the booty which the Connecticut troops assisted in taking fell to their lot, and among this booty were some of the captive Indians. An interesting record of such a slave is found in the account book of Major John Talcot (1674–1688) which includes his accounts as treasurer of the colony during King Philip’s War. On opposite pages of the ledger occurs the following account (54–55): “1676. Captain John Stanton of Stonington, Dr., to Sundry Commissions given Captain Stanton to proceed against the Indians by which he gained much on the sale of captives”. “Contra, 1677, April 30. Per received an Indian girl of him, about seven years old, which he gave me for commissions on the other side, or, at best, out of good will for any kindness to him”.[474] In consequence of the small number of Indian captives enslaved in the colony, none was transported by colonial action. The privilege of thus getting rid of undesirable and troublesome Indian slaves by selling them out of the colony, was, however, conferred upon individual owners, when, May 10, 1677, the general court decreed: “for the prevention of those Indians running away, that are disposed in service by the Authority, that are of the enemy and have submitted to mercy, such Indians, if they be taken, shall be in the power of his master to dispose of him as a captive by transportation out of the country”.[475] During the Indian wars in Virginia Governor Berkeley himself in a letter, 1668, to Robert Smith, militia commander in the Rappahannock country, not only proposed that, with the consent of the council of war, a war of extinction be waged against the northern Indians, but also suggested that the colonial government defray the expenses of the undertaking by the disposal of the women and children.[476] Smith submitted Governor Berkeley’s letter to the Rappahannock court for approval. In rendering their decision, the justices declared that the conduct of the northern Indians, notably the “Doagges” and the neighboring Indians, justified the taking of severe measures against them; and accordingly advised “with the assistance of Almighty God, by the strength of our northern part, utterly to eradicate [them], without further encroachment than the spoils of our enemies”.[477]