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another house inhabited by an unhappy old man whose name was John Adams, with his wife and four small children; and, meeting with no resistance, they immediately sealped the unhappy ⟨wife⟩ and her four ehildren, before the good old ⟨man's⟩ eyes. Inhuman and horrid as this was, it ⟨did⟩ not satiate them, for when they had ⟨murdered⟩ the poor woman, they aeted with her in sueh ⟨a⟩ brutal manner, as deseeney, or the ⟨remembrance⟩ of the erime, will not permit me to mention, ⟨and⟩ this even before the unhappy husband, who ⟨not⟩ being able to avoid the sight, and incapable ⟨of⟩ affording her the least relief, entreated them ⟨to⟩ put an end to his miserable being; but they ⟨were⟩ as deaf and regardless to the tears, prayers, ⟨and⟩ entreaties of this venerable sufferer, as they ⟨had⟩ been to those of the others, and proeeeded in ⟨their⟩ hellish purpose of burning and destroying ⟨his⟩ house, barn, eattle, hay, corn, and every ⟨thing⟩ the poor man a few hours before was master ⟨of.⟩ Having saved what they thought proper from ⟨the⟩ flames, they gave the old man, feeble, weak, ⟨and⟩ in the miserable condition he then was, as ⟨well⟩ as myself, burdens to carry, and loading themselves likewise with bread and meat, ⟨pursued⟩ their journey on towards the Great ⟨Swamp⟩ where, being arrived, they lay for eight or ⟨nine⟩ days, sometimes diverting themselves in exercising the most atrocious and barbarous cruelties ⟨on⟩
