A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Indian squaws buildinga birch bark wigwam. Indian war dance beforea raid on settlers taken prisoners, and the tow^n was burned. The work wasquickly done and by the time the sun was an hour highthe journey to Canada had begun. A dreary prospect wasbefore the captives as they started northward from their stillburning homes. Among the captives were Rev. John Wil-liams, pastor of Deerfie
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Indian squaws buildinga birch bark wigwam. Indian war dance beforea raid on settlers taken prisoners, and the tow^n was burned. The work wasquickly done and by the time the sun was an hour highthe journey to Canada had begun. A dreary prospect wasbefore the captives as they started northward from their stillburning homes. Among the captives were Rev. John Wil-liams, pastor of Deerfield, and his family, consisting of hiswife and seven children, a man servant and a maid servant,both colored. The maid servant and two of the childrenwere slain at the door of the house. The rest, after beingdistributed among different groups of Indians, started onthe journey. Mrs. Williams, who had not fully recoveredfrom a recent sickness, traveled with difficulty and in a sep-arate group from her husband, whom she met only onceafter they left Deerfield. They did not expect to meetagain and they comforted each other with the promises ofthe Bible and with the hopes that were born of their Chris- Explorations 121 tian experience. On the morning of t
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