. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... between the colonies lastedabout eight years, till 1697, when peaoe was declared betweenFrance and England. You have heard something of the barbarities of Indian this war they were revived in more than their usual towns were ravaged, farm-house after farm-house entered,the inmates slain or taken prisoners, and then the fire-brand war raged principally on the northern boundary of the Englishcolonies ; and in New Y
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... between the colonies lastedabout eight years, till 1697, when peaoe was declared betweenFrance and England. You have heard something of the barbarities of Indian this war they were revived in more than their usual towns were ravaged, farm-house after farm-house entered,the inmates slain or taken prisoners, and then the fire-brand war raged principally on the northern boundary of the Englishcolonies ; and in New York and New England particularly, the peo- INTER-COLONIAL WAUS. 147 pie lived in constant dread of tli^ir terrible foes. Even the womenlearned to handle a musket, and defend homes and children. Thesuffering endured by the women captured by the savages is one ofthe notable features of this war. Just before the end of the war a band of Indians attacked thetown of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and made terrible havoc leaving, they took Mrs. Hannah Dustin prisoner, with her nurseand her little babe only one week old. The baby cried as they. Indian Attack. were marching out of town, and one of the Indians took it from themother and killed it before her eyes. Then they marched throughthe woods for days and days, until they came to an island in theMerrimac River, near Concord, New Hampshire. Here Mrs. Dustinwas placed in a wigwam with two Indian men, three squaws, andseven children. The Indians had a white boy in their service whohad been taken prisoner in INIassachusetts the year before. Thisboy had learned to talk with the Indians, and Mrs. Dustin formed ;148 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY. a plan of escape in which sho was aided by liis knowledge of theirtongue. She secretly instructed the boy to ask liis savnge niast(Mhow to strike a blow which would kill instantly. The Indian unsus-pectingly showed the boy how to deal a fatal blow. One nightwhen ali the savages were asleep Mrs. Dustin
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