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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.
The next day they burnt about thirty houses at the town called Providence.
In the beginning of April they did some mischief at Chelmsford and Andover, where a small party of them put the town into a great fright, caused all the people to fly into Garrison houses, killed one man, and burnt one house. And to show what barbarous creatures they are, they exercised cruelty toward dumb creatures. They took a Cow, knocked off one of her horns, cut out her tongue, and so left the poor creature in great misery. They put an horse, ox &c. into an hovel, and then set it on fire, only to show how they are delighted in exercising cruelty.
In the beginning of April they did some mischief at Chelmsford and Andovor, where a small party of them put the town into a great fright, caused all the people to fly into Garison houses, killed one man, and burnt one house. And to shew what barbarous creatures they are, they exercised cruelty toward dumb creatures. They took a Cow, knocked off one of her horns, cut out her tongue, and so left the poor creature in great misery. They put an horse, ox &c. into an hovil, and then set it on fire, only to shew how they are delighted in exercising cruelty.
April 9th, This day being the Lords day, there was an alarm at Charlestown, cambridge, and other towns, by reason that sundry of the enemy were seen at Billerica, and (it seemeth) had shot a man there. This week we hear from Connecticut, that a party of their soldiers went with many of the pequods, and Monbegins, and some of Ninnegret's Indians, to seek after the enemy, and they killed and took captive forty and four Indians without the loss of any of ours: amongst whom were several of their Chief Captains, and their great sachem called Qudnonchet, who was a principal Ring leader in the Narragansett War, and had as great an interest and influence, as can be said of any among the Indians. This great Sachem was pursued into a River by one of Ninnegret his men, and there taken. Being apprehended he was carried away to Stonington, where the English caused the liquods and Monbegins, and Ninnegret's Indians, to join together in Shooting Quanonthet and cutting off his head, which was sent to Hartford. And herein the English dealt wisely, for by this means, those three Indian Nations are