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A brief narrative of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England,…
A brief narrative of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England, in the year 1670 given in by the Reverend Mr. John Elliot, minister of the gospel there, in a letter by him directed to the right worshipful the commissioners under His Majesties Great-Seal for propagation of the gospel amongst the poor blind natives in those United Colonies.A brief narrative of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England, in the year 1670 given in by the Reverend Mr. John Elliot, minister of the gospel there, in a letter by him directed to the right worshipfull the commissioners under His Majesties Great-Seal for propagation of the gospel amongst the poor blind natives in those United Colonies.
London: printed for John Allen, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In this Place Captain Gookins ordered a Garrison to be kept the last year, which Order while they attended they were safe; but when the Northern Sachems and Soldiers came, who stirred up ours to go with them on their unsuccessful Expedition, the Town was for the most part scattered, and their Corn spoiled.
In this Place Captain Gookins ordered a Garrison to be kept the last year, which Order while they attended they were safe; but when the Northern Sachems and Souldiers came, who stirred up ours to go with them on their unsuccessful Expedition, the Town was for the most part scatter'd, and their Corn spoyled.
The Teacher of this Place is named George: they have not much esteem for Religion, but I am hopefully persuaded of sundry of them; I can go unto them but once in a year.
The Teacher of this Place is named George: they have not much esteem for Religion, but I am hopefully perswaded of sundry of them; I can go unto them but once in a year.
Panatuket is the upper part of Merimak-Falls; so called, because of the noise which the Waters make. Thither the Penagwog-Indians are come, and have built a great Fort: Their Sachems refused to pray to God, so signally and sinfully, that Captain Go•kins and my self were very sensible of it, and were not without some expectation of some interposure of a Divine-Hand, which did eminently come to pass; for in the forenamed Expedition they joined with the Northern Sachems, ⟨p. 10⟩and were all of them cut off; even all that had so signally refused to pray unto God were now as signally rejected by God, and cut off. I hear not that it was ever known, that so many Sachems and Men of Note were killed in one imprudent Expedition, and that by a few scattered people; for the Mauquaogs were not embodied to receive them, nor prepared, and few at home, which did much greaten the Overthrow of so many great Men, and shows a divine over-ruling hand of God. But now, since the Penaguog-Sachems are cut off, the People (sundry of them) dwelling at Panatuket-Fort do bow the Ear to hear, and submit to pray unto God; to whom Jethro, after he had confessed Christ and was baptized, was sent to preach Christ to them.