The Next whole year, namely, 1696. had it not been for the Degree of a Famine, which the Alteration of the course of Nature in these, as well as other parts of the world, threatened us withal, would have been a Year of Less Trouble, than some of the rest, in our Troublesome Decad. The most uneasy Accident of this year, shall be told, when we arrive unto the Month of August; but in the mean Time, it was a matter of some Uneasiness, that on May. 7. one John Church of Quochecho who had been a Captive, Escaped from the Hands of the Indians, almost Seven years before, was now Slain, and Stripped, by their Barbarous Hands: And, on Jun. 24. one Thomas Cole, of Wells, and his wife, were Slain by the Indians, returning home with two of his Neighbours, and their Wives, all three Sisters, from a Visit, of their Friends at York: And, on Jun. 26. at several places within the Confines of Portsmouth, Several Persons, Twelve or Fourteen, were Massacred, (with some Houses Burnt,) and Four Taken, which, yet were soon Retaken; among whom, there was an Ancient Women ⟨p. 136⟩Scalped for Dead, and no doubt the Salvages upon producing her Scalp, received the Price of her Death, from those that hired them, and yet she so Recovered, as to be still Alive. Moreover, on July 26. the Lords Day, the People at Quochecho, returning from the Public Worship of God, Three of them were killed, Three of them were wounded, and Three of them were carried away Prisoners to Penobscut; which last Three, were nevertheless in less than Three weeks returned. But now we are got into fatal August; on the Fifth or Sixth Day of which Month, the French having Taken one of the English Men of War, called, The New-port, and Landed a few men, who joined with the Indians, to pursue their Business, Chub, with an unaccountable Baseness, did Surrender the Brave Fort at Pemaquid into their Hands. There were Ninety Five men double Armed, in the Fort, which might have Defended it against Nine Times as many Assailants; That a Fort now should be so basely given up! Imitating the Style of Homer and Virgil, I cannot forbear crying out, O merae Novanglae, neque enim Novangli! And yet if you read the Story written by the Sieur Froger, how poorly St. Jame•'s Fort, in Africa, was given up to the French in the year, 1695. You'll say, the Things done in America, are not so bad, as what have been done in ether parts of the World.
THe Next whole year, namely, 1696. had it not been for the Degree of a Famine, which the Alteration of the course of Nature in these, as well as other parts of the world, threatned us withal, would have been a Year of Less Trouble, than some of the rest, in our Troublesome Decad. The most uneasy Accident of this year, shall be told, when we arrive unto the Month of August; but in the mean Time, it was a matter of some Uneasiness, that on May. 7. one John Church of Quochecho who had been a Captive, Escaped from the Hands of the Indians, almost Seven years before, was now Slain, and Stript, by their Barbarous Hands: And, on Jun. 24. one Thomas Cole, of Wells, and his wife, were Slain by the Indians, returning home with two of his Neighbours, and their Wives, all three Sisters, from a Visit, of their Friends at York: And, on Jun. 26. at several places within the Confines of Portsmouth, Several Persons, Twelve or Fourteen, were Massacred, (with some Houses Burnt,) and Four Taken, which, yet were soon Retaken; among whom, there was an Ancient Women ⟨p. 136⟩Scalpt for Dead, and no doubt the Salvages upon producing her Scalp, received the Price of her Death, from those that hired them, and yet she so Recovered, as to be still Alive. Moreover, on July 26. the Lords Day, the People at Quochecho, returning from the Publick Worship of God, Three of them were killed, Three of them were wounded, and Three of them were carried away Prisoners to Penobscut; which last Three, were nevertheless in less than Three weeks returned. But now we are got into fatal August; on the Fifth or Sixth Day of which Month, the French having Taken one of the English Men of War, called, The New-port, and Landed a few men, who joyn'd with the Indians, to pursue their Business, Chub, with an unaccountable Baseness, did Surrender the Brave Fort at Pemmaquid into their Hands. There were Ninety Five men double Armed, in the Fort, which might have Defended it against Nine Times as many Assailants; That a Fort now should be so basely given up! Imitating the Style of Homer and Virgil, I cannot forbear crying out, O merae Novanglae, neque enim Novangli! And yet if you read the Story written by the Sieur Froger, how poorly St. Jame•'s Fort, in Africa, was given up to the French in the year, 1695. You'l say, the Things done in America, are not so bad, as what have been done in ether parts of the World.
