Heroism of Hannah Duston: Together with the Indian Wars of New England |
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afterwards ambush arms battle bloody Boston Bradley burned canoe Canonchet Canonicus Capt captives Casco cattle chief Chocorua Cocheco Colony conflict Connecticut Connecticut Colony Cotton Mather dead death Duston Dutch dwelling-houses enemy England English Englishmen escaped Expedition fell fifty fired five fled followed force forest French and Indians garrison garrison-house governor Hadley Hannah Hannah Duston Haverhill Henchman hostile hundred Indians inhabitants invaded Island John Joseph Kennebeck killed Kittery land Major Waldron March Mary Massachusetts Massasoit Merrimack Merrimack River Miantonimo miles Mohawks Mohegans Mosely Mount Hope murdered Narragansetts native New-England night Ninegret Nipmucks obtained party Passaconaway Pawtucket Falls peace Pennacook Penobscot Pequots Philip Pilgrims Piscataqua Plymouth Pocasset prisoners returned River sachem Saco sagamores Samoset Sassacus savages says sent shore shot slain soldiers soon Squanto squaw swamp Swansey thence Tisquantum took town treaty tribes twenty Uncas Wamesit warriors wigwams wilderness winter women and children Wonalancet woods wounded
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