. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. d,the colonists suffered from the attack of the Indians aided bythe French from Canada. One night in the winter of 1600, the sentinels at Schenec-tady, New York, thought it was too cold and stormy to stayon guard. So they made snow images to watch for them,while they went away to their warm beds. At midnight the Indians and Fiench entered the the fearful war-whoop broke the stillness of thenight, and the poor people were waked from sleep to fall be-fore the deadly tomahawk. ]\Ien, \vomen, and children were H


. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. d,the colonists suffered from the attack of the Indians aided bythe French from Canada. One night in the winter of 1600, the sentinels at Schenec-tady, New York, thought it was too cold and stormy to stayon guard. So they made snow images to watch for them,while they went away to their warm beds. At midnight the Indians and Fiench entered the the fearful war-whoop broke the stillness of thenight, and the poor people were waked from sleep to fall be-fore the deadly tomahawk. ]\Ien, \vomen, and children were HANNAH DUSTIN. 107 LESSON.—In 1697, they attacked Haverhill (Massachusetts), killedmany settlers and carried others avray captive. Among the prisonerswas Hannah Dustin. di-au-ged from their homes and murdered, and the town waslaid in ashes. Only a few inhabitants escaped to tell thestory of that dreadful night. In Haverhill, Massachusetts, stands a monument to thememory of Hannah Dustin, and this is the story of her braveryas handed down for years among the The Escape of Hannah Dustin. In March, 1697, the Indians attacked Haverhill. Many ofthe people were killed and some were carried away as prison-ers. Among the captives were Mrs. Dustin with her littlebabe, and a nurse, and a boy who could understand what the 108 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON.—Mrs. Dustin, a nurse, and a boy killed ten of their captorsand escaped. Deerfield ■was destroyed and many other settlements suf-fered, but the colonies prospered and the Indians Mveie finally subdued. ImliaiiH siiid. The savages killed the babe and hurried tlieothers off into the woods. One day the boy heard the Indianstalking, and he told Mrs. Diistin that they were taking theirprisoners to the home of the tribe to torture them. There were nine male Indians and three squaws in theparty, and Mrs. Dustin, made desperate by the situation,thought she would try to kill them and escape. She spoketo the nurse and the boy a


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