upon Lancaster.
Their first coming
was about sunrising; hearing the noise.
of some guns, we looked out; several
houses were burning, and the smoke
ascending to heaven. There were five
There were five
persons taken in one house; the father
and the mother and a sucking child
they knockt on the head; the other
two they took and carried away alive.

I have often heard of (in time of war, as it was the case of others) but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing in their blood, the house on fire over our heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock us on the head, if we stired out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves

There were two others, who being out 10 and one another, Lord, what shall we

of their garison upon some occasion, were set upon; one was knock on the head, the other escaped. Another there was who running along was shot and wounded, and fell down; he begged of them his life, promising them money (as they told me) but they would not hearken to him but knockt him in head, and stript him naked, and split open his bowels. Another seeing many of the Indians about his barn, ventured and went out, but was quickly shot down. There were three others belonging to the same garison who were killed; the Indians getting up upon the roof of the barn, had advantage to shoot down upon them over their fortification. Thus these murtherous wretches went on, burning and destroying before them,

do? Then I took my children (and one of my sisters, hers) to go forth and leave the house: but as soon as we came to the dore and appeared, the Indians shot so thick that the bulletts rattled against the house, as if one had taken an handfull of stones and threw them, so that we were fain to give back. We had six stout dogs belonging to our 20 garrison, but none of them would stir; though another time, if any Indian had come to the door, they were ready to fly upon him and tear him down. The Lord hereby would make us the more to acknowledge his hand, and to see that our help is alwayes in him.

But out we must go, the fire increasing, and coming along behind us, roaring, and the Indians gaping before us 30 with their guns, spears and hatchets, to devour us. No sooner were we out of the house, but my brother-in-law (being before wounded, in defending the house, in or near the throat) fell down dead, whereat the Indians scornfully shouted, and hallowed, and were presently upon him, stripping off his cloaths. The bulletts flying thick, one went through my side, and the same (as would seem) through the bowels and hand of my dear child in my arms. One of my elder sister's children, named William, had then his leg broken, which the Indians perceiving, they knockt him on head. Thus were we butchered by those merciless heathen, standing amazed, with the blood running down to our heels. My eldest sister being yet in the house, and seeing those wofull sights, the infidels haling mothers one way, and children another, and some wallowing in their blood; and her elder son telling her that her son William was dead, and my self was

At length they came and beset our own house, and quickly it was the dolefullest day that ever mine eyes saw. The house stood upon the edg of a hill. Some of the Indians got behind the hill, others into the barn, and others behind any thing that could shelter them; from all which places they shot against the house, so that the bullets seemed to fly like hail; and quickly 40 they wounded one man among us, then another, and then a third. About two hours (according to my observation, in that amazing time) they had been about the house before they prevailed to fire it (which they did with flax and hemp, which they brought out of the barn, and there being no defence about the house, only two flankers at two opposite corners and one of them not fin- 50 ished). They fired it once and one ventured out and quenched it, but they quickly fired it again, and that took. Now is the dreadfull hour come, that

the Indians should come, I should chuse rather to be killed by them then taken alive; but when it came to the tryal my mind changed. Their glittering weapons so daunted my spirit, that I chose rather to go along with those (as I may say) ravenous bears, then that moment to end my dayes; and that I may the better declare what happened 10 to me during that grievous captivity I shall particularly speak of the severall removes we had up and down the wilderness.

wounded, she said, "And, Lord, let me
dy with them." Which was no sooner
said, but she was struck with a bullet,
and fell down dead over the threshold.
I hope she is reaping the fruit of her
good labours, being faithfull to the
service of God in her place. In her
younger years she lay under much
trouble upon spiritual accounts, till it
pleased God to make that precious
Scripture take hold of her heart. 2 Cor.
12.9. "And he said unto me my Grace
is sufficient for thee." More then
twenty years after I have heard her tell
how sweet and comfortable that place
was to her. But to return: The Indians
laid hold of me, pulling me one way,
and the children another, and said,
"Come go along with us." I told them
they would kill me. They answered, 20
If I were willing to go along with them,
they would not hurt me.

Oh the dolefull sight that now was to
behold at this house! Come, behold the
works of the Lord, what dissolations he
has made in the Earth! Of thirty seven
persons who were in this one house,
none escaped either present death, or
a bitter captivity, save only one, who
might say as he, Job. 1. 15. "And I 30
only am escaped alone to tell the
news." There were twelve killed, some
shot, some stab'd with their spears, some
knock'd down with their hatchets.
When we are in prosperity, oh the little
that we think of such dreadfull sights,
and to see our dear friends, and rela-
tions ly bleeding out their heart-blood
upon the ground. There was one who
was chopt into the head with a hatchet, 40
and stript naked, and yet was crawling
up and down. It is a solemn sight to
see so many Christians lying in their
blood, some here, and some there, like
a company of sheep torn by wolves. All
of them stript naked by a company of
hell-hounds, roaring, singing, ranting
and insulting, as if they would have
torn our very hearts out. Yet the Lord
by his almighty power preserved a 50
number of us from death, for there were
twenty-four of us taken alive and car-
ried captive.

I had often before this said, that if

THE FIRST REMOVE

Now away we must go with those barbarous creatures, with our bodies wounded and bleeding, and our hearts no less than our bodies. About a mile. we went that night, up upon a hill within sight of the town where they intended to lodge. There was hard by a vacant house (deserted by the English before, for fear of the Indians); I asked them whether I might not lodge in the house that night; to which they answered, "What, will you love English men still?" This was the dolefullest sight that ever my eyes saw. Oh the roaring and singing and danceing and yelling of those black creatures in the night, which made the place a lively resemblance of hell. And as miserable was the wast that was there made of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, calves, lambs, roasting pigs, and fowl, some roasting, some lying and burning, and some boyling to feed our merciless enemies; who were joyful enough though we were disconsolate. To add to the dolefulness of the former day, and the dismalness of the present night, my thoughts ran upon my losses and sad bereaved condicion. All was gone; my husband gone (at least separated from me, he being in the Bay; and to add to my grief, the Indians told me they would kill him as he came homeward), my children gone, my relations and friends gone, our house and home and all our comforts within door and without;.all was gone (except my life) and I knew not but the next moment that

much that I could never have thought of, had I not experienced it.

After this it quickly began to snow, and when night came on, they stopt. And now down I must sit in the snow, by a little fire, and a few boughs behind me, with my sick child in my lap; and calling much for water, being now (through the wound) fallen into a vio

might go too. There remained nothing to me but one poor wounded babe, and it seemed at present worse than death that it was in such a pitiful condition, bespeaking compassion, and I had no refreshing for it, nor suitable things to revive it. Little do many think what is the savageness and bruitishness of this barbarous enemy, even those that seem to profess more 10 lent fever. My own wound also growthan others among them, when the English have fallen into their hands.

Those seven that were killed at Lancaster the summer before upon a Sabbath day, and the one that was afterward killed upon a week day, were slain and mangled in a barbarous manner, by one-ey'd John, and Marlborough's praying Indians, which Capt. Mosely brought to Boston, as the In- 20 dians told me.

THE SECOND REMOVE

ing so stiff, that I could scarce sit down or rise up; yet so it must be that I must sit all this cold winter night upon the cold snowy ground, with my sick child in my armes, looking that every hour would be the last of its life, and having no Christian friend near me, either to comfort or help me. Oh, I may see the wonderfull power of God, that my spirit did not utterly sink under my affliction. Still the Lord upheld me with his gracious and mercifull Spirit, and we were both alive to see the light of the next morning.

THE THIRD REMOVE

But now, the next morning, I must turn my back upon the town, and travel with them into the vast and desolate wilderness, I knew not whither. It is not my tongue or pen can express the sorrows of my heart, and bitterness 30 of my spirit, that I had at this departure; but God was with me, in a wonderfull manner, carrying me along, and bearing up my spirit, that it did not quite fail. One of the Indians carried my poor wounded babe upon a horse; it went moaning all along, "I shall dy, I shall dy." I went on foot after it, with sorrow that cannot be exprest. At length I took it off the horse, and car- 40 came within either of our mouths, from

ried it in my armes till my strength
failed, and I fell down with it. Then
they set me upon a horse with my
wounded child in my lap; and there
being no furniture upon the horse's
back, as we were going down a steep
hill, we both fell over the horse's head,
at which they like inhumane creatures
laught, and rejoyced to see it, though I
thought we should there have ended our 50
dayes, as overcome with so many diffi-
culties. But the Lord renewed my
strength still, and carried me along, that
I might see more of his power; yea, so

The morning being come, they prepared to go on their way. One of the Indians got up upon a horse, and they set me up behind him, with my poor sick babe in my lap. A very wearisome and tedious day I had of it, what with my own wound, and my child's being so exceeding sick, and in a lamentable condition with her wound. It may be easily judged what a poor feeble condition we were in, there being not the least crumb of refreshing that

Wednesday night to Saturday night, except only a little cold water.

This day there came to me one Robbert Pepper (a man belonging to Roxbury) who was taken in Captain Beers his fight, and had been now a considerable time with the Indians, and up with them almost as far as Albany, to see King Philip, as he told me, and was now very lately come into these parts. Hearing, I say, that I was in this Indian town, he obtained leave to come and see me. He told me he himself was wounded in the leg in Cap

tain Beers his fight, and was not able some time to go, but as they carried him; and he took oaken leaves and laid to his wound, and through the blessing of God he was able to travel again.

Then I took oaken leaves and laid to my side, and with the blessing of God it cured me also; yet before the cure was wrought, I may say as it is in 10 Psal. 38. 5, 6, "My wounds stink and are corrupt; I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long." I sat much alone with a poor wounded child in my lap, which moaned night and day, having nothing to revive the body or cheer the spirits of her; but in stead of that sometimes one Indian would come and tell me one hour, that your master will knock 20 your child in the head; and then a second, and then a third, your master will quickly knock your child in the head.

We travelled on till night; and in the morning we must go over the river to Philip's crew. When I was in the cannoe, I could not but be amazed at the numerous crew of pagans that were on the bank on the other side. When I came ashore, they gathered all about me, I sitting alone in the midst. I observed they asked one another questions, and laughed and rejoyced over their gains and victories. Then my heart began to fail, and I fell a-weeping; which was the first time, to my remembrance, that I wept before them. Although I had met with so much affliction, and my heart was many times ready to break, yet could I not shed one tear in their sight, but rather had been all this while in a maze, and like one astonied. But now I may say, as Psal. 137. 1, "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion."

About two hours in the night my sweet babe like a lambe departed this life, on Feb. 18, 1675. . . . I had one child dead, another in the wilderness, I knew not where; the third they would not let me come to. Me (as he said) 30 have ye bereaved of my children; Joseph is not and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin also; all these things are against me. I could not sit still in this condition, but kept walking from one place to another. And as I was going along, my heart was even overwhelmed with the thoughts of my condition, and that I should have children, and a nation which I knew not 40 two spoon-fulls of meal to comfort me,

ruled over them. Whereupon I earnestly entreated the Lord that he would consider my low estate, and shew me a token for good; and, if it were his blessed will, some sign and hope of relief.

And indeed, quickly the Lord answered, in some measure, my poor prayers. For as I was going up and down mourning, and lamenting my con- 50 dition, my son came to me, and asked me how I did. I had not seen him before, since the destruction of the town, and I knew not where he was,

There one of them asked me why I wept. I could hardly tell what to say, yet I answered they would kill me. "No," said he, "none will hurt you.". Then came one of them and gave me

and another gave me half a pint of pease; which was more worth than many bushels at another time. Then I went to see King Philip. He bade me come in and sit down, and asked me whether I would smoke (a usual complement now adayes amongst saints and sinners); but this no way suited me. For though I had formerly used tobacco, yet I had left it ever since I was first taken. It seems to be a bait the Devil layes, to make men loose their precious time. I remember with shame, how formerly, when I had taken two or

three pipes, I was presently ready for another, such a bewitching thing it is. But I thank God, he has now given me power over it; surely there are many who may be better imployed than to ly sucking a stinking tobacco-pipe.

Now the Indians gather their forces to go against North-Hampton. Overnight one went about yelling and hooting to give notice of the design. 10 Whereupon they fell to boyling of ground-nuts, and parching of corn (as many as had it) for their provision, and in the morning away they went. During my abode in this place, Philip spake to me to make a shirt for his boy, which I did, for which he gave me a shilling. I offered the money to my master, but he bade me keep it; and with it I bought a piece of horse flesh. After- 20 wards he asked me to make a cap for his boy, for which he invited me to dinner. I went, and he gave me a pancake, about as big as two fingers; it was made of parched wheat, beaten, and fryed in bear's grease, but I thought I never tasted pleasanter meat in my life. There was a squaw who spake to me to make a shirt for her sannup, for which she gave me a piece 30 of bear. Another asked me to knit a pair of stockins, for which she gave me a quart of pease. I boyled my pease and bear together, and invited my master and mistriss to dinner; but the proud gossip, because I served them both in one dish, would eat nothing, except one bit that he gave her upon the point of his knife. Hearing that my son was come to this place, I went 40 to see him, and found him lying flat upon the ground. I asked him how he could sleep so? He answered me, that he was not asleep, but at prayer; and lay so that they might not observe what he was doing. I pray God he may remember these things now he is returned in safety. At this place (the sun now getting higher) what with the beams and heat of the sun, and the 50 smoak of the wigwams, I thought I should have been blind, I could scarce discern one wigwam from another. There was here one Mary Thurston of

Medfield, who
Medfield, who seeing how it was
with me, lent me a hat to wear. But
as soon as I was gone, the squaw
who owned that Mary Thurston came
running after me, and got it away
again. Here was the squaw that gave
me one spoonfull of meal. I put it in
my pocket to keep it safe; yet notwith-
standing some body stole it, but put
five Indian corns in the room of it,
which corns were the greatest pro-
visions I had in my travel for one day.

THE NINETEENTH REMOVE

They said, when we went out, that we must travel to Wachuset this day. But a bitter weary day I had of it, travelling now three dayes together, without resting any day between. At last, after many weary steps, I saw Wachuset hills, but many miles off. Then we came to a great swamp, through which we travelled up to the knees, in mud and water, which was heavy going to one tyred before. Being almost spent, I thought I should have sunk down at last, and never gat out; but I may say, as in Psal. 94. 18. "When my foot slipped, thy mercy, O Lord, held me up." Going along, having indeed my life, but little spirit, Philip, who was in the company, came up and took me by the hand, and said, "Two weeks more and you shal be mistress again." I asked him, if he spake true. true. He answered, yes, and quickly you shal come to your master again, who had been gone from us three weeks. After many weary steps we came to Wachuset, where he was, and glad I was to see him. He asked me, when I washt me? I told him not this month. Then he fetcht me some water himself, and bid me wash, and gave me the glass to see how I lookt; and bid his squaw give me something to eat. So she gave me a mess of beans and meat, and a little ground-nut cake. I was wonderfully revived with this favour shewed me, Psal. 106. 46. "He made them also to be pittied, of all those that carried them captives."

My master had three squaws, living