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An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of…
An earnest exhortation to the inhabitants of New-England, to hearken to the voice of God in his late and present dispensations as ever they desire to escape another judgement, seven times greater that any thing which as yet hath been. / By Increase Mather; teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1676
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.
At Boston there is a press in order to sending forth another Army to pursue the enemy; for we hear there is a great body of them near Malbury, (as his apprehended) of many hundreds.
About this time, in Connecticut-Colony, Capt. Denizen with sixty Six Volunteers, & an hundred and twelve Pequot-Indians, pursuing the common enemy, took and flew seventy and six Indians. Amongst the slain was the ⟨p. 28⟩Sachem Pomham his Grand-child, who was also a Sachem, and another Sachem called Chickon, and one great Counsellor. They took and spoiled an hundred and sixty bushels of the Indians corn. None of ours either English or Indians that did engage with and for the English, were lost when this exploit was done.
About this time, in Conecticut-Colony, Capt. Dennison with sixty Six Volunteers, & an hundred and twelve Peqnoa-Indians, pursuing the common enemy, took and flew seventy and six Indians. Amongst the slain was the ⟨p. 28⟩Sachem Pomham his Grand-child, who was also a Sachem, and another Sachem called Chickon, and one great Counsellour. They took and spoiled an hundred and sixty bushels of the Indians corn. None of ours either English or Indians that did ingage with and for the English, were lost when this exploit was done.
In the month of April, many of the Eastern, Indians having been sorely distressed, and fain to wander up and down for meat, so as that they lived for some time upon no other food then the skins of wild creatures, which they soaked in water till they became soft and eatable, notwithstanding the outrages and murders (for they have shed the blood of about forty seven persons) by them committed, they did in confidence of favour from the English come and submit themselves, alleging that the injuries done by them were grounded upon a mistake. For when a party of English came in Warlike posture upon some of their Webs (as they call them) […] Women as they were gathering corn, an Indian seeing it, ran to the other Indians and told them that the English had (though it were not all so) killed all those Indian women, and therefore they took up arms to revenge that supposed injury. Also they plead for themselves, that a Fisher-man told one of them, that the English would destroy all the Indians, and when inquiry was made of another English man (thought to be more discreet then the former) he confirmed what the other had said, and that some rude English did purposely over set a Canoes wherein was an Indian Lad; and that although a Squaw dived to the bottom of the River and fetched him up alive, yet that the Lad never came to himself again. It is greatly to be lamented that the heathen should have any ground for such allegations, or that they should be scandalized by men that call themselves Christians.