. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . THE PROBLKM OF SERYAXTS 79 THE PROBLEM OF SERVANTS Since coming here we have seen so many Indians asto become acquainted with them, which is to say, thatwe no longer look upon them as savages, and have nofear to stand in the road when they pass. But thosewhom Susan and I had seen, up to the day whenChickatabut, the chief man of the Massachusetts tribe,came, were only com-mon people, and suchservants as are em-ployed here in thetown, for you must •/ know that more thanone family has a Nar-ragansett Indian, or,mayhap, a Nipmuck,to work
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . THE PROBLKM OF SERYAXTS 79 THE PROBLEM OF SERVANTS Since coming here we have seen so many Indians asto become acquainted with them, which is to say, thatwe no longer look upon them as savages, and have nofear to stand in the road when they pass. But thosewhom Susan and I had seen, up to the day whenChickatabut, the chief man of the Massachusetts tribe,came, were only com-mon people, and suchservants as are em-ployed here in thetown, for you must •/ know that more thanone family has a Nar-ragansett Indian, or,mayhap, a Nipmuck,to work in the savs that she j would rather do all the work of the house alone, than have one of the brown women to help her, for they are not cleanly to look upon, but as for myself, I think I could stand the sight of one of them, especially when it comes to soap making, of which I will tell you 8o RUTH OF BOSTON Of course there are times when housewives musthave some one to aid them, and those girls or womenamong us who would go out to work in the house are notmany in numbers, therefore one must put up with theIndians, which is unpleasant, or take those who areknown as indentured servants, meaning the peoplewho have agreed with the Massachusetts Bay Companyto work for so many years, in order to pay for theirpassage over from England. As for these last people, mother will not have them inthe house, because of being afraid that we may not getone of good morals. Therefore in our home motherand I do all that is needed, rather than have around uspeople of whom we know nothing. CHICKATABUT It was not regarding the Indians, or free willers, asindentured servants are called, that I intended to writewhen I began. That which I counted to say was, thatwhen the spring had come, after the arrival of the Lyon,and we were free for the time being from fears of afamine, the Indian by the nam
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