id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 879 Whittier, John Greenleaf The Boy Captives: An Incident of the Indian War of 1695 .txt text/plain 2965 142 73 times of unusual peril the settlers generally resorted at night to the men of the garrison to pass whole nights in sleepless watching. said that at Haselton's garrison-house the sentinel on duty saw, as of the far-famed Mary Dustin [who, while a captive of the Indians, to leave his undefended house and enter the garrison. In 1695 the township was many times molested by Indians, and but active and vigorous boy; his companion in captivity, Joseph lake, and were placed in an Indian family, consisting of a man and Indians, was the especial terror of the New England settlers, and As the young boys lay in the log they could hear the whistle of the Indians and the barking of dogs upon their track. as the dogs came up to the log and set up a loud bark of discovery. long journey, taking a new route to avoid the Indians. ./cache/879.txt ./txt/879.txt