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A memorial of the present deplorable state of New-England, with the many disadvantages it…
A memorial of the present deplorable state of New-England, with the many disadvantages it lies under, by the male-administration of their present governor, Joseph Dudley, Esq. and his son Paul, &c. : Together with several affidavits of people of worth, relating to several of the said governor's mercenary and illegal proceedings, but particularly his private treacherous correspondence with Her Majesty's enemies the French and Indians. : To which is added, a faithful, but melancholy account of several barbarities lately committed upon Her Majesty's subjects, by the said French and Indians, in the east and west parts of New-England. / Faithfully digested from the several original letters, papers, and mss. by Philopolites.A memorial of the present deplorable state of New-England, with the many disadvantages it lyes under, by the male-administration of their present governour, Joseph Dudley, Esq. and his son Paul, &c. : Together with several affidavits of people of worth, relating to several of the said governour's mercenary and illegal proceedings, but particularly his private treacherous correspondence with Her Majesty's enemies the French and Indians. : To which is added, a faithful, but melancholy account of several barbarities lately committed upon Her Majesty's subjects, by the said French and Indians, in the east and west parts of New-England. / Faithfully digested from the several original letters, papers, and mss. by Philopolites.
London: printed by Benjamin Harris, 1707
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'Tis wonderful, that no more of the Captives have been Murdered by them, neither when they were Drunk, nor when the Caprichio's, and the Cruelties of their Diabolical Natures were to be Gratified.
'Tis Wonderful, that when many of the Captives have been just going to be Sacrificed, some strange Interposition of the Divine Providence has put a stop to the Execution, and prevented their being made a Sacrifice. The Stories are numberless. Take a few of them.
A C••e of Indians had been three Days without any manner of Sustenance. They took an English Child, and hung it before the Fire to Roast it for their Supper; but that these Cannibals might Satiate their— I want a Name for it,—as well as their Hunger, they would Roast it Alive. The Child began to Swell. A Canoe arrived at that Instant, with a Dog in it. The lesser Devils of the Crew, proposed their taking the Dog instead of the Child; they did so, and the Child is yet Living! Her Name is Hannah Parsons.
A C••e of Indians had been three Days without any manner of Sustenance. They took an English Child, and hung it before the Fire to Roast it for their Supper; but that these Canibals might Satiate their— I want a Name for it,—as well as their Hunger, they would Roast it Alive. The Child began to Swell. A Cannow arrived at that Instant, with a Dog in it. The lesser Devils of the Crue, proposed their taking the Dog instead of the Child; they did so, and the Child is yet Living! Her Name is Hannah Parsons.