An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Now or Late of Kachecky, in New-England

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Excerpt from An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Now or Late of Kachecky, in New-England: Who, With Four of Her Children and Servant-Maid, Was Taken Captive by the Indians, and Carried Into CanadaOur lodging was {till on the cold ground, in a poor little Wigwam, which is a kind of fmall ihelter, made with rinds of trees and matts for its covering, after the manner of a tent. _thefe are fo eafily fet up and taken down, that they often remove them from place to place: Our ihoes, fiockings, and other clothes being worn out in this long journey through bufhes and fwamps, and the feafon coming on very {harp and cold, we were poorly defended from the injuries of the weather, which now grew fo fevere, that one of my own feet, one of my babe's, and both my little boy's, were frozen with the cold. But although this brought no fmall exercife upon me, yet through mercy we all did well.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.