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⟨Jacob⟩ Miller, with his wife and six of his family, ⟨together⟩ with every thing on his plantation ⟨underwent⟩ the same fate. The 30th, the house, ⟨mill⟩, barn, twenty head of eattle, two teams of ⟨horses⟩, and every thing belonging to the ⟨unhappy⟩ George Folke, met with the like treatment-⟨himself⟩, wife, and all his miserable family, ⟨consisting⟩ of nine in number, being inhumanly ⟨scalped⟩, then cut in pieees and given to the swine, ⟨which⟩ devoured them. I shall give another ⟨instance⟩ of the numberless and unheard of ⟨barbarities⟩ they related of the savages, and proceed to ⟨their⟩ own tragical end. In short, one of the ⟨substantial⟩ traders belonging to the province, having ⟨business⟩ that called him some miles up the ⟨country⟩, fell into the hands of these devils, who not ⟨only⟩ scalped him, but immediately roasted him ⟨before⟩ he was dead; then, like cannibals for want ⟨of⟩ other food, eat his whole body, and of his head ⟨made⟩ what they called an Indian pudding.
From these few instances of savage cruelty, ⟨the⟩ deplorable situation of the defenceless ⟨inhabitants⟩, and what they hourly suffered in that part ⟨of⟩ the globe, must strike the utmost terror to a ⟨human⟩ soul, and cause in every breast the utmost ⟨detestation⟩, nor only against the authors of such ⟨tragic⟩ scenes, but against those who, through ⟨perfidy⟩, inattention, or pusillanimous and ⟨erroneous⟩ principles, suffered these savages at first,
