RELATION. IV.
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RELATION. IV.
Mary Ferguson, taken Captive by the Indians at Salmon Falls, declares, that another Maid, of about Fifteen or Sixteen years of Age, taken at the same Time, had a Great Burden Imposed on her. Being over born with her Burden, she burst out into Tears, telling her Indian Master, ⟨p. 57⟩That she could go no further. Whereupon he immediately took off her Burden, and leading her aside into the Bushes, he cut off her Head, and Scalping it, he ran about Laughing and Bragging, what an Act he had now done, and showing the Scalp unto the •oo•, he told them, They should all be Se•ved so, if they were not patient.
MAry Ferguson, taken Captive by the Indians at Sa•mon Falls, declares, that another Maid, of about Fifteen or Sixteen years of Age, taken at the same Time, had a Great Burden Imposed on her. Being over born with her Burden, she burst out into Tears, telling her Indian Master, ⟨p. 57⟩That she could go no further. Whereupon he immediately took off her Burden, and leading her aside into the Bushes, he cut off her Head, and Scalping it, he ran about Laughing and Bragging, what an Act he had now done, and showing the Scalp unto the •oo•, he told them, They should all be Se•ved so, if they were not patient.
In fine, when the Children of the English Captives Cried at any Time, so that they were not presently quieted the manner of the Indians was, to dash out their Brains against a Tree.