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Wife of yohn Hanson, of Knoxmarsh at Kecheachy, in Dover Townlhip, who was taken Captive %vith her Children and Maid-fervant, by the In- dians, in New-England, in the Year 1724, in which are infcrted, fundry remarkable Preferva- tions, Deliverances, and Marks of the care and kindnefs of Providence over her and her children, worthy to be remembered. The substance of which was taken from her own mouth, and published for general service. ■isi!*' The third Edition. Stanford (State of New-Yohk) printed ak9 SOLD BY Daniel Lawrence, and Henky &? John F. Hull, ^ M. DCCC. UI, ■ .""'"■-■ ^*V "fcl ■ ■- m'-^'- ■' I? '^ ■ ■*.'''■. Mt * tim i,^i„jfa ..^r (^ ' , '- --■ ;'^<:i.- f ri ;>;■-■ :ilfo: ' i /T ■» . ^i..^.. J-wfr. ■.J* ««-i»i,-iii[ii.,»B(<'^-.' .■,.•<».-»:'.'..■.•.«••--» G O D's Mercy surmounting Man*s Cruelty, &c. REMARKABLE andmami are the provldencen of Cod toxvardu his people for their deliverance in a time. of trouble, bif -which we may behold, at in lively cha- racters, the truth of that saying, Thai he is a God near at hand, and ahuays ready to help and assist thQse that fear him, and put their confidence in him. The sacred writings give us instances of the truth hereof in days of old, as in the cases of the ilraelites. Job, David, Daniel, Paul, Silas, and many others. Besides which, our modern histories have plcntifulltf abounded with instances of God's fatherly care over his people, in their sharpest trials, deepest distresses^ and sorest exercises, by which one may know he is ii God that changeth not, but is the lame yellerUay, to-day and forever. Among the many modern instances, Ithi7ik I have not met with a mure singular one, of the mercy and preserving hand of God, than in the case o/'Elizabeth Hanibn, rvife of Johrt Hanlbn, of Knoxmarlh, iit Kecheachy, in Dover township, in New- En gland, 7vho was taken into captivity the 27th day of 6tli month, called \iiQal\, i724i, and carried uivay {xvitli four children and a servant) by the Indians, ; whicfi relation, as it xvas taken from her divn lUQUth by a friend, is as fol'ows. A 2 .'Mi^-'^-''-'*<--i^-'^?&i»-x ^ 'I'-i-' NARRATIVE OF ■»«? ^ AS fnon ar, the Tndiana ditcavcrtd thsmfelvea (h:ivlng, as we alterwards unckrdo'od, beeq icuiKHig in tlic fields lome days watching their op. pnrtunity, when my dear hiifband, with the reft of his men, were gone out ol" the way) two of them came nmm us, and then eleven more, all naked, v/ith their guns and tomahawks, and in a great fury killed one child immediately as I'oon as they enter- ed the door, thinking thereby to ftrike in us the greater terror, and to make us more fearful of them. After which, in like fury the captain came up to me ; but at my requeft, he gave m^ quarter. There was with me our fervant, and lis of our children ; iwo of our little ones being at play about the orch- ard, and my youngeft child but fourteen days old, whether in cradle or arms, I now remember not: being in this condition, I was very unfit for the h;'.rdlhi|)3 I after nvct with, which I ttvM endcavyr brieflv to relate. ^ I'liey we.it to rifling the houfe in a great hurry ''"'■■ (fearing, as I fuppofe, a furprife from our people, it being late in the afternoon) and packed up fome linen, woollen, and whaiever fuiied them bell ; and when they had done what they would, they turned us out of the houfe immediately, and as we were out the doer, two of my younger children, one fix, "' and the other four years old, came in fight, and be- ing under a great furprize, cried cut aloud, upon v/hich one of the Indians running to them, took , -^ them under the arms, and brought them to us — ^•' >Iv maid prevailed with the biggeft to be quiet and (^itl) i but the othey could by no. means be prevailed _l -!■«"■■■" wn» ■■:*>? \ l !>■ will II I [ T l" ? " ? " OF ,1^ .:« ;overed thsmfelvea under (lo'ad, beeq ivatching their op- »d, with the lefl: of way) two of them more, all naked, and ill a great fury [bon as they enter- to ftrike in us the ire fearliil of them, captain came up to n^ quarter. There c of our children ; lay about the orch- fourtcen days old, iw remember not : very unfit for the ;h I fliall endeavor ife in a great hurry e from our people, nd packed up fome iied them bell; and vould, they turned ly, and as we were r children, one fix, me in fight, and be- ed out aloud, upon ing to them, took lught them to us. — geft to be quiet and mciiue be prevails^ " "-. ' lit " • ELIZADETH HANSON. 5 with, but continued fcreaming and crying very • much, and the Indians to eafe tliemlVlvts of tlio ■ noife, and to prevent the danger oi a difcovcry t!-,at / might arilo from it, immediaitly bclore u»y iaco» knocked his brains oufc 1 bore this as well v-i t could, not daring to ajipear diftiubed, or lUew much uneafmefs, lell they (liould do the fume to tlie oth- er : but Ihoukl have been exceeding gUul if they had kept out of fight till we had gone from the houfe. Now having ki.lcd two of my children, they fcaU pad them (a praclice common with thefe people, which is, whenever they kill any enemies, they cut the Ikin qS from the crown of their heads, and car- ry it with ibem for a ttdimony and evidence that they have killed fo many, receiving fometimes a reward for every fcalp) and then put foiward to leave the houfe in great halle, without doing any other fpoil than taking what they had packed toge- ther, with myfelf and little babe, fourteen dajs old, the boy fix, and two daughters, one about fourteen, and the other about fixtcen years, with my fervaut It mud be confiJered that I having Iain in but fourteen di»''G, and being very tender and weakly, and removed now out of a good room well accom- modated with tire, bedding, and other things fuiting a perfon in my condition, it made thefe hardlhips to me greater than if I had been in a Itrong and heal- thy frame ; yet, for all this, 1 mud go or die. There was no refinance. In this condition aforefaid, we left the houfe, each Indian having fomething ; and I with my babe and three children that could go of themfelves. The • captain, though he had as great a load as he coul(|» well carry, and was helped up with it, did for all ' ■ i 1 ,,,^„«„s - ,- ^^■^,iff^jy%-?it, tm"t >m'' V"V'^ '^"T^'^''T^ ■ytfrr^m^ e . , NARRATIVE OF that, cnrry my bube for me in his aims, which I t u)k to bv a favor from him. 'i luis \vc went thro' i'eveiT.l fwamps, and fom;; hroi.ks, they carefully a- voicling nil paths of any track like a road, lell by cur foo'JU'iis we flioukl be f«llo\ri-d. We got that night, I fupjiofe, not quite ten miles from our houfe, on a diicfl line ; then taking up their f]uailcr8, lighted a fire, fome of them lyinR' down while others ki'])t watch; I being both wet and wear)', and lying on ilie cold ground in the open voods, took but little rclt. Kowt'vcr, early in the morning, we miifl gofufl: SIS the day appeared, travelling very hard all that d^y thro' fundry rivers, brooks and fwamps, the)'*as be- fore, csirefuUy avoiding all jjatha, for the reafon al- ready afligr.ed ; at night I was both wet and tired exceedingly, having the fame lodging on the cold j^round in the open woods. Thus for twenty-lix /iays, diy by day, we travelled very haid, fometimts 'I luile by water, over lakes and ])o:id3; and in this jcuiney we went up fome very high mountains, fo iiccj), that I was forced to creep up on my hands ai.d Knees ; under which difficult)', the Indian my inalter, would nioflly carry my babe for me, which J took tit; a great favor of God that his heart was fo r( nrltrly inclined to affift me, tho' he had, as it is i\n<], a heavy burden of his own ; nay, he would fometimts tal:e my ver5' blanket, fo that I had no- thing to ELIZABETH HANSON. i heacd ; for which privilege I was fccrctly thankful lo Ciod, as the moving caufe thcreot. Ncx to this, we had Ibme very great runs of wa- ter and brooks to wade through, in whuh at times we mt with much difficulty, wading olten to our middles, and Ibmetimes our girls were up to the.r Souldc's and chins, the /mA<7«* carry mg my boy on the.r Ihouklers. At the tide of one o thcfe run. or ivers, the Indians would have my elde II daugh- ter Sarak to ling them ^l°"S-- J'^'^"^"^. ^'""rd into her remembrance that paffage m the urUi r aim, /?./ the rhcrs oj Babj Ion ticre xve sat down iur harps upm the xviUow. m the vudst thereof; hr p the^ that carried us away captive, r^f'^fjj a siiiP, and thai that xvasted us, required oj us vurth. When mv pour child had given me this account, it was' er/affeaing, and my heart was full ol jrotible. vet on mv child's account, I was glad tha Ihe had b good an inclination, which Ihe yet fu^tncr n.a.nN fefted, in longing for a bible, that wc might have the comfort of reading the holy text ^t vaauU tjn..s, fur our fpiritual comfort under our pref.nt affl.c...;n. Next to the diff cullies of the rivers, vycrc .iiu prodigious fwamps and thickets, v.n dilTicu t to p^ ihrmu.hj in which places my mailer would lo.ne. imesltid me by dii hand a great way together and give me what help he was capable <'f "udcr t le ftraits we went thro' ; and we pafling one ali r another, the firft made it pretty pafiable tor the "Bm°the areateft difficulty that deferves the firft to be named, was want of food, having at times notl^ ing to eat but pieces of old beavcr-ikin-matchfttcats, which the Indians having hid (tor they can?^ as is faid before) which m their going bai •1 *^ - ■ "-f'H''-frTf-'-^'trfrr(iw Hriips, they ! Jnfiiitnn' example » (ingf d away, and tl, experimentally I'txTi/ bittvr t /tin IT that of tills poor ince : ib that we larged. Dut thr:t he complaints of ttle boy. Some uirrcl, or a beav- iiuts, hen ies and ifi, with th«.' hitrk for a great while :<:r Indians went 1 the Eiiglinh in. hcrcdj ol which Ml they caught a ;il ; they nllowecl If and children : ifl» them as tiiey e to us to feed g hunger could be borne, ard to me; fop le my milk dry my poor babe's intJ ; having no s, but cold wa- - let it fall on my i; > fuck in, with I ; and when I juts, I fed my f prtferved her v*» *# ELIZABETH HANSON. # ' '»* life till I got to Canada^ and then I had fome other food, of which more in its place. Having by this time got confidcrably on the way, the Jrtdians parted ; and we were dividctl amonglk ^ them, liiis was a fore grief to us all': but we muft fubmit, and no way to help ourfclvcs. My eldtU daughter was iirll taken away, and carried to anoth- er i^art of the country, far diUant from us, whire, - for the i-rcfent, we muft take leave of her, though with heavy hearts. _ We did not travel far after this, before tliey divi- ded again, taking my leiond daughter and fervant maid from me, into anoUier part of the country ; fo» I having now only my babe at my bread, and this little boy fix years old, we remained with the cap- ( tain Itiil: but my daughter and fervant underwent great luudlhips alter they were parted from me, travelling three days without any food, taking notlw ing for fuppcrt, but cold water ; and the third day, what \f ith the cold, the wet and hunger, the fervant fell down as dead in a fwoon, b .ing both very cold and wet, at which the Indians with whom they were, were furprifed, Jhcwing fome kind of tcnder- nefs, being then unwilling to lofe diem by death, having got them fo near home, hoping, if they liv- ed, by their ranfom to make confidtrable profit of them. , , In a few days after this they got rear their jour- ney's end, where thcv had more plenty of corn and other food : but fleOi often fell very (hort, haying no other way to depend on for it, but hunting ; and when that failed, they had very fliort com- mons. It was not long ere my daughter and fervantJ" „ were likewife parted; and my daughter's mafter*^ being fick, was not able to hunt for flcfii ; ncanWg.^ ■'I f - -.J M^fti i ^ i-^JUv-^gLi^'a^a^^iija-;.^. ■ ■iwv^^s:?^n»kliit* Id NARRATIVE OF > V good repaft heincr hn, f '■ "" a^"rded them a "^rpeciall, when gar wa7fca'xe "'"™°'^^' '"°- in a ^o r;.^"^iS'f2:H- «ii'- the cold ground, «nd taken down Siev of ''■^' ^" ^^^^'y ^^ "P one place to anoth t flt'c^ "d ft" ?'" ''""^ our other clothes beingL „ " t fn 'JrV"^''- ""^ r.ey throuoh the bnn.tr lir' '" ^^^ Jong jour. ^■ ther coming in verv hard ""'"""P'^ ""'^ ^''^ '^*='''- from the col for want nf '''' T^ P^^''^ ''^^'^"^^^ cne of my feet one of X"?f '"" * ""^''^ ''^^'^ ' r Vjj',-^' IVE OP ■ place, but were forced a whole week. 1 this diftrcfs, Providence (•-/«rt'/am hearing of their vifit them (ihefc people to one another, which is iTought unto them the I", M hich afforded them a in number, the Inc/ian, my daugliter. nd our company got to we were better fed at 1 vcDifon, and wild fowl, nuntmg in the woods ; 2 family, fifteen in num. fliort commons, more ;ai-ce. ftill on the cold ground, a Kind of little flieltcr id mats for a coverine-, le are fo eafily fet up ten remove them from 3CS and ftockings, and ' out, in the long jour, fwamps, and the wea- were poorly defended effaries ; which caufed ^be's, and both of the IS was no fmall exer- did well. Lirncy's end, we were iry often jnoved from r our wigwams with ut much difficulty.— ■y of hunting, made '': re unpleafant than if / ' ■T«W>\v-.T^1,-^,, .^. f.^VJ^ji m . ii n i mn,;j|w.| ,^ ELIZABETH HANSON. 11 we had continued in one place, by reafon tVc coW. unrleafant lodging. ^^nv nf the i-I nine noxv got to the Iiuiim fort, many ol tne /J^i Sme to'viftt us, and in their way ^vdcorn d ; y mafter home ; and held a great te.V'>c-S> - ^'^ Suncing, firing of G"^^^ »^-'^^l"S/^" ^.^dTe Sr, Jogeth >""ch I Vappofe, in their thoughts was a Snd of banks to God put "P J""^ ^'^'^''•.'^'^,^^; ^ and good fuccefs : but while they j;-n;h ^ Jo - '''' f 'r'^olTK I with ;^y dt dSen fep- Si the' oSit we njight have ot. depenc -e ^ I ou'i.^' fTiM'WMfiiiairi •^injnrniftr'V f^t i " ' V^i,^ ,i, ^! fi i, is^ « » r(i[') and ran away ^mafterleftmeV" fat down by me "' '"'^hi. Shethea^ Jack with a fmall '■ng me that my A being defirou3 'at in his abnence ordered by him, ^er fenfible how »e could not un. 3» we realonecl ade figns that I P with her fin. ndeavoring by that which was 'th, which now IS fo veiy kind t'c me all that feet, deligniog a-Iaw's wrath, hiefly SIS I uu. ^ '. Bj^!««ee v«ij<"i I, m^i ; fm^tnm ,i ELIZABETH HANSON, derftood, becaufe the want of viauals urged him to it. My reft was little this niglit, my poor babe fleeping fweetly by my fide. „ , , I dreaded the tragical defign of my matter, look- ing every hour for his coming to execute his bloody will upon us : but he being weary with his hunting and travel in the woods, hiiving toiled for nothing, went to reft and forgot it. Next morning he applied himfelt again to hunting in the woods, but I dread- ■,-. ed his returning empty, and prayed fecrclly in my heart, that he might catch fome food to fatisty his hunger, and ct)ol his ill humour. He had been gone but a little time till he returned with booty, huvmg fiiot fome wild ducks ; and now he appeared in a better temper, ordering the fowls to be dreffcd with fpecd ; for thefe kind of people, when they have plenty, fpend it as freely as they get it ; ufing with gluttony and drunkennefs in two days' time, as much as, with prudent management, might ferve a week. Thus do they live, for the moil part, either in excels of gluttony and drunkennefs, or under great ftraiis for want of neceffaries. However, in this plentiful time I felt the comfort of it in part with the family, having a portion fent for m'* and my little ones, which was very acceptable. Now, 1 thinking the bitternefs of death was over for this time, my fpirits were a little eafier. Not long after this, he got into the like ill humor again, threatning to take away my life. But I al- ways obferved whenever he was in fuch a temper, he wanted food, and was pinched with hunger. But when he had fuccefs in hunting, to take either bears, beavers, bucks, or fowls, on which he could fill his belly, he was better humored, iho' he was nat- urally of a very hot and paflionate temper, throwing llicks, Hones, or whatever lay in his way, on every % ^ W .t^v%M*^'-^,.:£lir''A'*4amM< wfe-i^ .*«»*: Jim ^>iuM^c4J,jtesfei^!^&.<«h^^ ^ ' fi t mmr'^ ^ ii^* U NARRATIVE OF I'- flight occafion. This made me in continual danger of my life : but God, whofe Providence is over all his works, fo preferved me, that I never received any damage from him that was of any great confe- quence to me ; for which I ever defire to be thankr lul to my Maker. When flelh was fcarce, we had only the guts and garbage allowed to our part i and not being permit- ted to cleanfe the guts any otherwife than emptying the dung, without fo much as walhing them, as bep fore is noted, in that filthy pickle we muft boil and eat them, which was very unpleafant : but hunger made up that difficulty, fo that this food which was very often our lot, became pretty tolerable to a fliarp appetite, which otherwife by no means could have been difpenfed with. Thus I confidcred, none knows wh.it they can undergo, till they are tried ; for what 1 had thought in my own family not fit for food, would here have been a dainty difli, and n fweet morfel. By this time what with fatigue of fpirits, hard la^ bor, mean diet, and often want of natural reft, I was brought fo low, that my milk was dried up, my babe very poor and weak, juft flcin and bone ; for I could perceive all her joints from one end of the back to the other ; and how to get what would fuit her weak appetite, I was at a lofs ; on which one of the Indian fquaws perceiving my uneafinefs about my child, began fome difcoufe with me, in which ihe jidvifed me to take the kernels of walnuts, clean them, and beat them with a little water, which 1 did, and when I had fo done, the water look'd hke milk ; then flie advifed me to add to this water a little of the fineft of the Indian corn meal, and boil It a little together. I did fo, and it became palata- ble, and waa very nouriftving to the babe, I'o thjjt < OF n continual danger ividence is over all t I never received >f any great confe- defire to be thankr 1 only the guts and not being permit- ni'c than emptying Ihjng them, as be^ ■ we muft boil and jfant : but hanger is lood which waa tty tolerable to a >y no means could I confidered, none :ill they are tried ; ivn family not fit a dainty didi, and of fpirits, hard la^ of natural reft, I was dried up, my in and bone ; for from one end of to get what would a lofs ; on which ing my uneafmefs Qufe with me, in :ernels of walnuts, little water, which the water look'd add to this water am meal, and boil it became palatao the babe, fo thiit ~' . 1 . 1 . I il j I i .. i| i i , . 11 I II )ii . i 1 , 1 njm iii i ii| iii .i im ELIZABETH HANSON. is !":S=ofdt;uvfe ^^".^d oft"r* .heir -...an.,. IcinJ ot diet tne -"'"'"'^j. . ^^ {^\s comfort tST, „». -fjS'^.4T^;UerrLd. rouble, »hich When the eh.U ^.« "^'^^J^ Z fit encugh "'£„», *o. he .'•"-f.^.,V;fhe°°;^«S mylelf, ll>»t he ■"""'''i .'"mifl me • nrither eve? could 1 tinnit Dui uu. ovevruUnc power ot l;;'J't:s p:^vfdelt;r:.V U'^o* d.y caught up a tticfc very iu«|^ ^^^^ ^^ji great violence d.rewu ^^^ ^X'chVchUd was hit him on the breaii, V"" ■ . ,y,e furprize, made :*^ ^fr'?f mtifg-ji' jT-i - «-'-..^- 4>> ^ '.- ^i^iyHMi,iWu34i-rf-t»--...-J&.^' .*J^' y ?afeaff.JL' i T^'».rr 8i a ; ' . w'i/r . '«i>"i -^g«= ^ -' ■ i-mn- .J— ri»- | — i ii -|i y » I* ? t'! 16 ^ NARRATIVE OF complalnln*, fo that the cirilrl'« «o the b:ubar.tv ol his he rt ^"''T^ "'^"^K"'' * have carried liis palionB an,. '»/ . '^^ ''°"^^' "^""'^l ;: 1 er, haJ the child'TH:^ "rlSr"' T"'' ^''^''^ "ggravate his pafTu.n, a.d his a,l,- Z^ t'"'"^ '^'^ O" it. So,„e little a ter? on diff n^I T ^'""T "P" «P on his fVet, hut far frorbe ngZ , ii'u'ev^^ iho he was nek, his wife and dau|hTer let m?k ' he .mended to kill us. and I was^u^X ', tar uT his .refence weluTo S w id foJ tTe'T °"' '^r' who h^dhire to hiCdVnd A-'^r^ "P°? God, Under this creat£,d ?h i r '^"'^ ""^ ''"^ '"'"'^• daugin;;" 1 ode r 'XI-t^ "f^*^^ ^"'^ ^- and when I came wihnw Sod the'? ™^ "''"''•' to me, whom I aflced. 7 Lr tt/h^^^^^^^^^^ children, and (he mnd^ me a fifn ^. !?.u'"'^ ""^ fquaw that wJ r,L. L r ' ' ^''^"^ *" another 1 aw mat was come to fee my maft.r, which couW y i '"E^^i^^S^^ifBSiSsSBiwiww*" , ii-nSuifc^'^^"- •w -~x-_ E OF jl's pauence nffuaged h '. MO doubt, would i^ientment much liigh- 'V'a)'s complaining flid iiiger grew hotter up- he fame day, he got -ingwell. However, i'ugluer let mc know ras under a fear, un- d, how it would tnd. d, and going out of ^jl for the fire, as I "» in part, aliay his o the wigwam again 'illed in this mad fit, my care upon God, ed for me and mine. fquaw, mv mafter'a »y midreis aiid her a with my mafter ; . ihe daughter came uhcr had killed my i» N'o, with a coun. -as fo J for inflead >n on me, and my ifted did feafonably erciful deliverance Mder fomc fenfe of them about hijn sot up OB his feet, cknef8, and a vio, plaint he made in ich when I under, 1 went to another »ftvr, which coulU ELIZABETH HANSON. ly both fpeak and underftand Engii^b, and eTcr>j likrhj he would, L'ar{g rvori^ and zvor.^: Then I told her, /Z^ stntcimy boy M drtadful bioxv. witlmtt itny JlitovocaUon at al, niid Hua Ihreutnfd to kiU m all in 'fii.s/unj uud passicn ,• i.pua which the fquiiw told me, Mtj mai^Ur had covftsscd- the above abuse he offn'vd mi, ihUd, a,ui '("'^/"' '"/ *^ chief he had done, zvas the cau^ u'lij God oJ/lMett himtvith that skkness and puin, and ht hadpromm^ never to abuse us in such ,sort any more: ard alter this he foon recovered, but w:is not io pafTionate ; nor do I remember he ever alter Uruck tiihcr me or mv children, fo as to hurt us, or wuh thai mifihiev- ous intent as bef o-e he ufed to do. 1 his i took as the Lord's dohig, and marvellous m my ejes. Some few weeks alter tliis, my mafter made an- other remove, having as before, made feveral: but this was the longett ever he made, it bemg two days iourney, and moftly upon ice. The fii n day s jour- ncv the ice was bare, but the next day fome inovr falling, made it very troublefome, tedious and dit- licuk travelhng ; and I took much damage in olten ialhng, having the care of mv babe, that added not a little to my uneafinefs ; and the laft night, when we came to encamp, it being in the night, I was or- dered to fetch water ; but having fat a while on the cold ground, I could neither gcj nor ftand ; but crawling on my hands and knees, a young Indian fquaw came to fee our people, being of another fa- mily, in compaffion took the kettle, and knowing where to go, which I did not, fetched the water for me. This I took as a great kindntfs and favor, that her k^xi was iaclined to do aK th» fcrvke. , ..AS i ^ f ^ i jM-^f^fr. ■'. fe#-'v -c* i '« ^ iJ^*^ -iv" ' <• ^" •^^%^^'A**. 1ft NARRATIVE OF I now faw the defign of this journey 5 my maAef beiijg, as 1 fuppofe, weary to ketp us, was willing to make what he tould for our ranfom j therefore he went further towards the Fraich, and left his fami- ly m this place, where they had a great dance, fun- dry othi r Indians coming to our people ; this held fome time, and while they wt re in it, I got out of their way in a corner of the wigwam as well as I could ; but every time they came by me, in their dancing, they would bow my head towards the ground, and frequently kick me with as great fury as ihey could bear, be'ing fundry of them barefoot, and others having Indian mockoibns: this dance held fome time, and they made (in their mannt-r) great rejoicings and noife. It was not many days ere my mafter returned irom the French ; but he was in fuch a humor, when he came back, he would not fuffcr me in his pref- ence. Therefore I had a litde Uiclter made with fome boughs, they having digged through the fnow to the ground, the fnow being pretty deep. In this hole, I and my poor children were put to lodge, the weather being vtry Iharp, with hard frofl, in the iponth called Juntiarif, made it more tedious to me and my chiMjen. Our Hay was not long in this place, before he took me to the French, in order for a chapman ; and when we came among them, I was cxpoled for fide, and he afked fnr me 800 livers: tut his chapman not complying with his demand, put hiin in a great rage, offering him but 60O, he l.ad, in a great paffion. If he could not have his demand, he woiiUi nuike a ^reat Jtre, and burn me and the fxtbe in the view of the town, which was na- med Fort-Ifcyal. The Frenchman bid the Indian make his fire, tnui Iiviil, fays he, help ijou, if you ih:nk i/iui nill do 'jou mtrg goni than 600 livcrsj iiiWagiUH dtttbl J- ; OF / journey ; my mader tp us, was willing to nfom; therefore he 'A, and left his fami. i a great dance, fun* ur people ; this held e in it, I got out of gwam as well as I me by me, in their ■ head towards the i with as great fury y of them barefoot, ikoibns: this dance le (in thtir manner) my mafter returned fuch a humor, when Liffcr me in his pref- liiclter made with :d through the fnow rttty deep. In this ere put to lodge, the h hard froft, in the more tedious to me iras not long in this French, in order for among them, I was fnr me 800 livers : : with his demand, 5 him but 60O, he • cou/d not have his Ji're, and burn me 'w/j, which was na- man bid the Indian le, heip ijou, if you id thm 600 Hversj ELIZABETH HANSON. Id callinB my mafter/55/,and fpeaking roughly to him bui hL'be gone^. But at the i«- tmje Uve Frenchman w.» very civil to nic ; and for my en- cour;.Reme.U. bid me he of g^od cheer, jur Uhou.d he n deemed, and not go back with them again. Uairinc now with my raartcr (or this nigit, the next duy 1 w;i3 redcmed for 600 l.vcrs ; and, in treatinc with mv maft.:r, the Frmchman queried, jvh>, he aoked so m'tch for the child's ransom? Urg- ing, ii>lien she hid her belh,-fuli she would die. My maheriVuI, No, she xvould not d>e, having already Ived 26 daiis on nothing but water, behevmg the child to be a devil. 'I'hc Frenchman told him. No, thechildis ordered for longer Vf; and ,t has pleased God to preserve her to admiration. My maltcr laid. No, she was a devil, and he believed she would not die. unless they took a hatchet and beat her brains out. Thus ended their djlcourfe, and I was, as alorei.ucl, with my bube, nihfomed for 600 livers, my little boy likewife, at the fame tim.-, for an addiiional lum ot livers, was redeemed aUb. . „ , . , . I now having changed my landlord, my table and diet, as well as my lodging, the French were civil beyond what 1 could either dcfire or expeft. But the next day after I was redeemed, the Ao- mish prieft took my babe from me, and accor.ing to their cuftom, they baptized her, urging, it me died before that, Ihe would be damned, like iome of our modern pretended reformed priefts, and they g.we her a name as pleafed them bell ; which was JtJary Ann Frossways, telling me, Mj child, ij she now died, would be saved, being baptized : .^viA my landlord fpeaking to the prielt that baptized her, faid, It would be well now Froffways was bapti- zed for her to die, being now in a state to be saved. But the prieft feid, No^ the child having been sq mf ki mi iimi£lMiii£A!'i«l' fcifjtiii'ft L 4i£*MltbV:. . ■i6il^,ixiTM^i'Mi^u!i..iski-'f:^'»si'.,^:i^m^ •■»*■ mmtfrnm m "NARRATIVE OF h.dc-s>}rk,a by Go.lJ.r .ome^^nat roork, anliZTr i^e benj^^.UiUontnm^, ,nay mnii more glorid God 1 having been aliout ;.ve months .mongft th* /«. *^^ In about on. month after I got anTongft lul fort a^d Tl '^"'' ^""''"^' *" '"y "'V^kablc^c m! tort and Joy, came to me, who was now himiVlf Shh^ ^ " "PV*'"' ""'^ °"'V mvfclf and two trtbS'he'r^ar^'.^""'' thro' great'diflkuUv InS eSeU wc coaJ'h" ^" ^ """«"'■ ^^'"S'^tcr : but the emeu we could by no means obtain from their hands, lor the fquaw to whom Ihe was giv^n, had a fon which MtftWiMmife T ' ^ ' tf * r£.OF » ff«.V fiHrtlihipa, themtHf nut work, and bi/ hvr miwfi more giorify God . very fciifibk remark, uc. unths amongft the /«- fttr I gt)t amf)ngft the my uiiCptakable com- ho was now himftlf *cn, two of his diiugh- only myfclf and two o' great diflkultv and jer daughter: biit the 8 obtahi from their 1 Ihe was given, had daughter (h- uld in 17 ; the Indians are e women, not oflVr- ent carriage (unlel'a U'jr) which is com- lad for my daughter, i tLrnis of ranlom j ad waited, and made e could to obtain his we wvre forced to aughter 4o our great Indiana, and fet for* uf our children, and with fundry others, ce we got w'eil home , 1725. From which e amongft the IndU lonths and fix days, he many deiiveran- >fCloduutouB, imd - iiViftihianftiiitfi')^ F.LrZADETH HANSON. 91 over tt9, hath been, and I hope will fo rrmaio to In as a oniinutd obligation on m> mind, ever to hvo in that fear, love and oiiedience to Ood, duly re- garding, bv his grac^, with metknels and w'Wom, to approve m)4ell by his fpirit, in ailfcohnefsof lite, and godliner-. of couveifulion, to the praife ot him tliat hath called me, who ia God blcffcd lorever. But my dear hufl>atid, poor man I could not ttrioy hinifrlf in quiet wiih us, for want of hU dear da'ughttr Sarah, that wasAeft behind } and not wd- ling to omit any thing for her redemption which lay in his power, he could not be eafy wiUiout ma- king tt fett)nd attempt ; in order to which, he took his journey about ihe 19th day ol fecond month, 17ii7, in company with a kinfman and his wife, who went to redeem "fon»e of iheir children, and were fo hnppv as to obtain what they wml about: but my dearhiiftjuid being taken TkIi on the way, grevr worie and worfe, as we were informed, and was fefihlc he Ihould iidt r a good ccmp lure ot mind, and lenfiUe to his lall m»Mnents, and died, as near as we can guels, in about the half-way between ^d/ftany and Canada, in mv kinfman's aims, and is at rell, I hope, in the Lord s and iho' my own and children a lofs is very great ; yet i doubt not but hts gain is much more : i therefore d» fiie and pray, that the Lord will enable ine patiently to fubmit to his wiU / in all tbiniis he is pkafed to fuffcr to be my lot whde here, eameftly fupplicaiing the God and Father of all our mercies, to be a father to my firtherlefs chil- dren, and give unto them that bleffing which maketh truly rich, and adds no forrow with it j that as they grow in years, they may grow in S^ace, and Wj?c» iimBttir»ha^SS l^ il< li»'<» > u» »^iKA'\*i!j^ ,« i-,- J" m NARttATIVE OP rience the joy of his TalvAtion, which is come by Jefus Chrift, our Lnrd and S.ivior. Amen. Now thu' my hufbund died, by reurun of which hi* labor was ended, yet my kinfman profecutcd the thing, and left no (lone unturned that he thought, or bould be iidvifcd, was proper to the obtaining my daughter's freedom ; but could by no means |)re- vail } for, as is before faiil (ihe l)eing in anuihcr part of the country diiUnt from where 1 was) and given to an old fquaw, who intended to marry her in time, to her fon, uflng what purfuafiuns ihe could to ciTedl her end, fomctimes by fair means, and fometimes more fcvere. In the mean time, a frenchmen in- tercepted, and they, by perfuafions, enticing my child to marry, in order to obtain her freedom, by reafon that thole captives married by the French^ are by that marriage made free among them, the Indians having then no pretence longer to keep them as captives, Ihe thereiore was pievtiiled upon, for the reafons afcjre afligned, -to marry, and Ihe was accordingly married to the faid Frenchman. Thus as well, as near as I can from my memory, (not being capable of keeping a journal) I have giv- en a (hort, but a true account of fome of the remark- able trials, and wonderful dehverances, which I ne- ver purpofed to expofc ; but that I hope thereby the merciful kindnefs and goodnefs of God may be magnified, and the reader hereof provoked with more care and fear to ferve him in righteoufncfs and humility, and then my Uefigned end and pur- pofe will be anfwcreUi E* H* -%► ^k k ch is come by linen. ufun of which proffcuttd the t he thought, : obtaining my lo ntcans pre- in nnuther part /.is) and given ry her in time, could toiiTedl md fomt-timea Frenchmen in« , enticing my r freedom, by by the French^ [long ihem, the ■r to Iccep them liled upon, for /, and ihe was ic/iman. m my memory, nal) I have giv- of the remark- es, which I ne> ope thereby the F God may be provoked with iH righteoufnefs :d end and pur* £, If. ^k % As t\efoUoxvtng Paftornl Hymn, wrote by the ex< clUnt Aduison, aeema adapted to the foregoinv rrmurkable Providence, it lum thou^^M it wouTj not be umtna to add it to fill a vacant page* I. TIIR Lord my Pafture doth prepare, And feed me with a Shepherd's Care : His Prcfifncc doih my Wants iupply. And guard me with a watchful Lye j My Noonday Walks he doth attend, And all m/ Mid-night Hours defend. II. When in the fultry Glebe I faint. Or ou the thirlly Mountain pant ; To fertile Vales, and dewy Meads, My weary wandVlng Steps he leads ; Where peaceful Uivers, foft and How, Amidll the verdant Land-ikip flow. III. Tho' in the Paths of Death I tread. With gloomy Horrors overfpread, My tttdfaft Heart doth fear no 111, For thou, O Lord, art with me {till j Thy friendly Crook doth give me Aid, And guide me thro' the dreadful Shade. IV. Tho* in a bare and ruc^gcd Way, Thro' devious lonely Wilds I llray. Thy Bounty dnth my pains beguile : The barren Wildernefs doth fniile. With fudden Greens, and Herbage crown'd, And Streams doth murmur all around. FINIS. ♦ ^ "-----•^ ,^>Wfai.-J < j>-^'.TS..^.=!^.^..-^