. The narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. First printed in 1682 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, & London, England. Now reprinted in fac-simile; whereunto are annexed a map of her removes, biographical & historical notes, and the last sermon of her husband, Rev. Joseph Rowlandson . inally occupied by John Prefcott,built on the trucking-houfe fite. Its location is now cov-ered by the Maplehurft ftables. Many curious ftatementsconcerning Mrs. Rowlandfons Removes have been printedby local hiftorians, and continue to miflead readers. Someof thefe go to prove that their
. The narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. First printed in 1682 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, & London, England. Now reprinted in fac-simile; whereunto are annexed a map of her removes, biographical & historical notes, and the last sermon of her husband, Rev. Joseph Rowlandson . inally occupied by John Prefcott,built on the trucking-houfe fite. Its location is now cov-ered by the Maplehurft ftables. Many curious ftatementsconcerning Mrs. Rowlandfons Removes have been printedby local hiftorians, and continue to miflead readers. Someof thefe go to prove that their authors never faw any ofthe numerous editions of the Narrative. Thus Rufus C,Torrey in his Hiftory of the Town of Fitchburg,i836,fays: From her account it appears that flie fpent thefirft night of her captivity on a fmall ifland in a is fuppofed to be in Leominfter. . The fecondnight flie paffed upon a high hill. . There is goodfoundation for the conje6ture that Ihe paffed the fecondnight on Rollftone hill. Later annalifts of like latitudehave repeated this falfification, and one has even ingeniouflyimproved upon it by claiming that Rollftone is a corrup-tion of the original name Rowlandfon, and commemoratesthe nights encampment. Page 7. Tho/e /even that were killed, etc. Thefe [86]. Wi^ Rowlandfon Rock, fummit of George Hill, looking Eaftupon Lancaller. [87] NOTES TO THE NARRATIVE vidlims of Augufl 22, 1675, were: George Bennett, JacobFarrar, Jr., Jofeph Wheeler, William Flagg, and MordecaiMcLoud with his wife Lydia (Lewis) and two young chil-dren. Flagg was a foldier belonging to Watertown. Theleader of the bloodthirfty horde guilty of thefe murders wasMonoco, alias Apequinafh, alias One-eyed John, a Nafha-way, one of the moft cunning and mercilefs of the Indianchieftains known to New England hiftory. He was theprominent figure in the tragedies at Brookfield, Medfield,and Groton, and made the boaft that he would carry de-vaftation town by town to the Bay. He finall
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