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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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252 FORT MASSACHUSETTS. [1746.had gone but a little way before we came up withJosiah Reed." Reed was extremely ill, <strong>and</strong> couldgo no farther. Norton thought that the Indianswould kill him, <strong>in</strong>stead <strong>of</strong> which one <strong>of</strong> them carriedhim on his back.soon after,died <strong>of</strong> disease.the chapla<strong>in</strong>;They were said to have killed himbut there is good reason to th<strong>in</strong>k that he"I saw John Perry's wife," pursues"she compla<strong>in</strong>ed that she was almostready to give out." The Indians threatened her,but Hawks spoke <strong>in</strong> her be<strong>half</strong> to Rigaud, whoremonstrated with them, <strong>and</strong> they afterwards treatedher well. The wife <strong>of</strong> another soldier, John Smead,was near her time, <strong>and</strong> had l<strong>in</strong>gered beh<strong>in</strong>d. TheFrench showed her great k<strong>in</strong>dness. " Some <strong>of</strong> themmade a seat for her to sit upon, <strong>and</strong> brought her tothe camp, where, about ten o'clock, she was graciouslydelivered <strong>of</strong> a daughter, <strong>and</strong> was remarkablywell. . . . Friday: this morn<strong>in</strong>g I baptized JohnSmead's child. He called its name Captivity.''^ TheFrench made a litter <strong>of</strong> poles, spread over it a deersk<strong>in</strong><strong>and</strong> a bear-sk<strong>in</strong>, on which they placed themother <strong>and</strong> child, <strong>and</strong> so carried them forward.Three days after, there was a heavy ra<strong>in</strong>, <strong>and</strong> themother was completely drenched, but suffered noharm, though "Miriam, the wife <strong>of</strong> Moses Scott,hereby catched a grievous cold." John Perry wasrelieved <strong>of</strong> his pack, so that he might help his wife<strong>and</strong> carry her when her strength failed. Severalhorses were found at the farms along the way, <strong>and</strong>the sick Benjam<strong>in</strong> Simons <strong>and</strong> the wounded John

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