Tales of the North American Indians: And Adventures of the Early Settlers in ...
Tales of the North American Indians: And Adventures of the Early Settlers in ...
Barbara Hawes
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Perhaps it was the remembrance of that moment that hardened Hannah Duston's heart when her time of vengeance came. But now nothing could be done, but to stifle grief and rage within her bosom, and follow the Indians into L 2 148 THE CAPTURE OF MBS. DUSTON. the dark gloom of the forest, hardly .venturing to throw a parting glance at the blazing cottage, where so many years she had lived happily with her husband, and had borne him eight children — the seven, of whose fate she knew nothing, and th...e infant, whom she had just seen mur- dered. The first day's march was fifteen miles ; and during that, and many succeeding days, Mrs. Duston kept pace with her captors, for, had she lagged behind, a tomahawk would at once have cleft her skull. More than one ter- rible warning was given her; more than one of her fellow-captive^ — of whom there were many — after tottering feebly, at length sunk upon the ground ; the next moment and a groan was heard, and the scalp was hanging at an Indian's girdle.
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