. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. 124 THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX A party of Indians came to Mrs. Hutchinson on a friendly visit, as was their wont. After discoursing with her they asked that she tie up her dogs lest they bite. She did not suspect the Indians' guile and granted their request; whereupon they gave vent to the rancor against the whites burning in their hearts. They brutally butchered Mrs. Hutchinson and her family, sparing only her eight-year-old daughter Frances, whom they took captive. Another daughter, just as she was ab
. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. 124 THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX A party of Indians came to Mrs. Hutchinson on a friendly visit, as was their wont. After discoursing with her they asked that she tie up her dogs lest they bite. She did not suspect the Indians' guile and granted their request; whereupon they gave vent to the rancor against the whites burning in their hearts. They brutally butchered Mrs. Hutchinson and her family, sparing only her eight-year-old daughter Frances, whom they took captive. Another daughter, just as she was about to escape over a hedge, was seized by the hair and heartlessly put to death. In all, sixteen persons were murdered, while Throckmorton and his followers. Massacre of Anne Hutchinson Colony escaped on a vessel which had just then so opportunely arrived. The Indians then placed all the cattle into the houses and applied the torch to them. Mrs. Hutchinson's old Puritan acquaintance took her tragic death as evidences of Divine wrath against the woman's heresies. One of them, remarking that outrages by the Indians were rare, says, "God's hand is the more apparently seen herein to pick out this woeful woman to make her an unheard-of heavy example of their cruelty above ; Four years after the massacre, a treaty of peace was concluded between the Dutch and the Indians, one of the conditions of which was that Mrs. Hutchinson's daughter be surrendered and sent to her friends in Boston. Long association with the Indians had en- deared them to her; she had forgotten her own language, and she. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Harry Tecumseh, 1873-; Kaplan, Nathan Julius, 1887-. New York, The author
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