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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
e of New York. The English were less successful in their plans of 1703 June 20. neutrality with the Abenakis. A congress of chiefs, from the Merrimac to the Penobscot, met Governor Penhal low Dudley at Casco: The sun, said they, is not more distant from the earth, than our thoughts from war; and, giving the belt of wampum, they added new stones Chap. XXI.} to the two piles which had been raised as memorials 1703. of friendship. Yet, within six weeks, the whole country from Casco to Wells was in a conflagration. On one and the same day, the several parties of the In- Aug. 10. dians, with the French, burst upon every house or gar rison in that region, sparing, says the faithful chronicler, neither the milk-white brows of the ancient, nor the mournful cries of tender infants. Cruelty became an art, and honor was awarded to the most skilful contriver of tortures. The prowling Indian seemed near every farm-house; many an individual was suddenly snatched away into captivity.