Smith’s man, my neighbor at the trading house, for a drum, which he said he left at my house at Providence, which drum cost him 48_s._, and he promised to send it by an Indian, but refused, and offered to sell it again at Providence; it is now attached. “Mr. Brewster requested me to pay the Bay carriers, which I have thus ordered, that six awl blades I pay to a native to carry to Ninigret, and pray you to pay six more to him that brings them to you. I am sorry you had no more corn from Ninigret, yet glad you had so much, for I am forced to pay 4_s._ the bushel for all I spend. Sir, I have not known the like of Indian madness. The Father of lights cause us to bless him for and with our reason, remembering Nebuchadnezzar. “Sir, I desire to be yours ever in Christ Jesus, “ROGER WILLIAMS.” In March, 1648–9, the town of Providence obtained a charter of incorporation from the General Assembly. [See Appendix F.] CHAPTER XVIII. Mr. Coddington—letters to John Winthrop—execution of Charles I. The unhappy dissensions, which arose among the leading men on Rhode-Island, were a source of disquietude to Mr. Williams, and of injury to the whole colony. The fierce controversy then maintained between the King and Parliament, in England, had some share in the difficulties between Mr. Coddington and his friends. Mr. Coddington was attached to the King, and was disposed to uphold his interest in the colony. The following letter to Mr. Winthrop, which is without date, but which appears, from internal evidence, to have been written about the commencement of the year 1648–9, refers to these dissensions, and displays the pacific temper of Mr. Williams: “For his much honored, kind friend, Mr. John Winthrop, at his house at Nameug, these. “_Cawcawmsqussick._ “Sir,