. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . of the planks, exposed to the view of allthe people during so long a time as the sentence de-mands. In addition to being a most shameful punishment, it .must be exceeding painful, for one may not stand very long in the same position without becoming cramped, and he who is in the pillory cannot move hands or head. STEALING FROM THE INDIANS \ I grieve to say that there were some among our peoplewho seemed to believe there was nothing of crime thatcould be committed against a savage, and MasterJosias Plastow, whom we had ever looked upon
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . of the planks, exposed to the view of allthe people during so long a time as the sentence de-mands. In addition to being a most shameful punishment, it .must be exceeding painful, for one may not stand very long in the same position without becoming cramped, and he who is in the pillory cannot move hands or head. STEALING FROM THE INDIANS \ I grieve to say that there were some among our peoplewho seemed to believe there was nothing of crime thatcould be committed against a savage, and MasterJosias Plastow, whom we had ever looked upon as agodly man, showed himself to be knavish where thebrown people were concerned. Chickatabut, the chief of the Massachusetts Indians, STEALING FROM THE INDIANS 109 of whom I have already spoken, brought proof to Bostonthat Master Plastow had stolen three half-bushels ofcorn from some of his people, living near Neponset,and on being charged with the offence by Governor •// -&. ,,, -= --—* * , i / -•-• — -- - - j-_« --,/*> ^.*4 •!•-. Winthrop, Master Plastow confessed that he had doneso, claiming that it was not stealing to take from the savages. The Governor and his assistants thought differently,though, for Master Plastow was fined five pounds inmoney, and ordered to send six half-bushels of cornto the Indians from whom he had stolen, after whichall people were forbidden to call him Master any more,but must give him only the name of Josias. no RUTH OF BOSTON Captain Stone believed this sentence to be wrong,and openly called the justice unseemly names. Hewas straightway summoned before the court, and finedone hundred pounds in money for speaking disrespect-fully of one in authority. Nor was this the only case where fault was foundwith the punishment inflicted upon Josias. HenryLyon wrote a letter to a cousin of his in Plymouth,another to a friend in Salem, and sent four to London,all of which were filled with harsh words against theGovernor of Boston, and the
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