. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. cape, and but one. This settled, the next thing was to gain over the nurseand the boy, Leonardson, to her plan, Avhich was to killall the Indians without distinction of age or sex, exceptone boy, who was to be taken away alive. There couldbe no paltering with the situation. They knew that tolet any escape would endanger their oAvn safety. From this moment, Hannah Dustan pursued her de-termination with Indian sagacity, and almost savageferocity. Young Leonardson was charged to find out just Avhereand how to
. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. cape, and but one. This settled, the next thing was to gain over the nurseand the boy, Leonardson, to her plan, Avhich was to killall the Indians without distinction of age or sex, exceptone boy, who was to be taken away alive. There couldbe no paltering with the situation. They knew that tolet any escape would endanger their oAvn safety. From this moment, Hannah Dustan pursued her de-termination with Indian sagacity, and almost savageferocity. Young Leonardson was charged to find out just Avhereand how to strike with the hatchet, so as to kill at oneblow. There must be no bungling here. The lad seizedhis first chance to do so. Strike here, replied the un-suspecting savage, laying a tawny finger upon his drawing the same finger rapidly around his shaven 1697] ONSLAUGHT AT HAVERHILL 125 crown, he showed the lad how the knife was used mtaking a scalp, and how the scalp was torn from thevictims head. The lesson was well learned. The prisoners now knew what they had to do, and. HANNAH DUSTAN SLAYS HEB CAPT0B8. how to do it. The time for the attempt was fixed forthe very next night. In the dead of night, when the Indians lay fast asleepin their wigwam, three dusky forms rose noiselesslyand stealthily up from their midst. Each grasped ahatchet. Each had marked a victim. Bending overthe prostrate bodies of the sleepers, blow followed blowin quick succession. Mrs. Dustans weapon was buriedin the brain of her master ; Leonardsons in that of the 126 THE BORDER WARS OF NEW ENGLAND [1697 same Indian who had directed him where to escaped, save a squaw, who, though sorely wound-ed, ran out into the thickets, where she hidherself, and the boy whose life they hadagreed to spare. He got away, unharmed, in the dark-ness and confusion of the moment. Arming herself with her dead masters gun and tom-ahawk, Mrs. Dustan led the way to the place wherethe canoes were beached. All
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