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⟨pretend⟩ to be their protectors and friends, found ⟨it⟩ no very difficult matter to get over to their ⟨interest⟩ many who belonged to those nations in ⟨enmity⟩ with us, especially as the rewards they ⟨gave⟩ them were so great, they paying for every ⟨scalp⟩ of an English person £15 sterling.
Shocking to human nature were the barbarities daily committed by the savages, and are not ⟨to⟩ be paralleled in all the volumes of history! ⟨scarce⟩ did a day pass but some unhappy family ⟨or⟩ other fell victims to savage cruelty. Terrible ⟨indeed⟩ it proved to me, as well as to many others; that was now happy in an easy state of life, ⟨blessed⟩ with an affectionate and tender wife, who ⟨was⟩ possessed of all amiable qualities, to enable ⟨me⟩ to go through the world with that peace and ⟨serenity⟩ of mind which every Christian wishes to ⟨possess⟩, became on a sudden one of the most unhappy and deplorable of mankind. Scarce can ⟨I⟩ sustain the shock which for ever recoils on me, thinking on the last time of seeing that good ⟨woman⟩. The fatal 2d of October, 1754, she ⟨that⟩ day went from home to visit some of her relations. As I staid up later than usual, expecting her return, none being in the house besides ⟨myself⟩, how great was my surprise, terror, and fright, when, about 11 o'clock at night, I heard ⟨the⟩ dismal war-cry, or war-whoop of the savages, ⟨and⟩ to my inexpressible grief, soon found my
