Note 79 — IX CONCLUSION
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The first charge against Roger Williams, on which he was banished from Massachusetts Bay, accused him of teaching “That wee have not our land by Pattent from the King, but that the natives are the true owners of it and that wee ought to repent of such receiving it by Pattent.” Gorton agreed with Williams as to the necessity of purchase from the Indians, but thought the charter also necessary.