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Title: Gathered sketches from the early history of New Hampshire and Vermont : containing vivid and interesting account of a great variety of the adventures of our forefathers, and of other incidents of olden times ; original and selected
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Chase, Francis
Subjects: Indian captivities New Hampshire -- History Vermont -- History
Publisher: Claremont, N.H. : Tracy, Kenney & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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gh two doors, but when returning for his otherarms, was stunned with a hatchet, and fell. Theythen dragged him into his hall, seated him in anelbow chair upon a long table, and insultingly asked, Who shall judge Indian now ? After feastingupon provisions which they compelled the rest ofthe family to procure, each one with a knife cutgashes in Waldrons breast, saying, I cross out myaccount ! They then cut off his nose and ears, andforced them into his mouth ; and when, weakened so DEATH OP MAJOR WALDRON. from the loss of blood, he was about to fall fromthe table, his own sword was held under him, whichput an end to his tortures. At other houses, similaracts of cruelty were perpetrated, and in the whole,twenty-three persons were killed, and twenty-ninecarried prisoners to Canada, who were shortly soldto the French. Many houses were burned, andmuch property was plundered ; but so expeditiouswere the Indians, that they had fled beyond reachbefore the neighboring people could be collected.
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THE CAPTIVITY AND SUFFERINGS OFMISS SARAH GERISH, WHO WAS TAKEN AT THE SACKING OF DOVER, IN 1689, BY THEINDIANS, AS COMMUNICATED TO THE REV. DR. COTTON MATHERBY THE REV. JOHN PIKE, MINISTER OF DOVER. Sarah Gerish, daughter of Captain John Gerish,of Quochecho, or Cocheco, was a very beautiful andingenious damsel, about seven years of age, and hap-pened to be lodging at the garrison of Major Wal-dron, her affectionate grandfather, when the Indiansbrought that horrible destruction upon it, on thenight of the 27th of June, 1689. She was alwaysvery fearful of the Indians ; but fear, may we think,now surprised her when they fiercely bade her gointo a certain chamber and call the people out. Sheobeyed ; but finding only a little child in bed in theroom, she got into the bed with it, and hid herselfin the clothes as well as she could. The fell savages quickly pulled her out, and madeher dress for a march, but led her away with nomore than one stocking upon her, on a terriblemarch through the

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