 Christian "Praying Indians" were moved from Concord, Marlborough and Natick in spite of the efforts of John Eliot, the minister of Roxbury, to prevent it.Most went to Deer Island, but at least one colony was sent to Long Island.Additionally, a group of nine Praying Indian women and their six children were sent to Great Brewster Island because they did not wish to join their husbands on Deer Island.