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A Narrative of the Late Massacres – 4

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Tribe accordingly went on diminishing, till there remained in their Town on the Manor, but 20 Persons, viz. 7 Men, 5 Women, and 8 Children, Boys and Girls.
 
Of these, Shehaes was a very old Man, having assisted at the second Treaty held with them by Mr. PENN, in 1701, and ever since continued a faithful and affectionate Friend to the English; he is said to have been an exceeding good Man, considering his Education, being naturally of a most kind benevolent Temper.
 
Peggy was Shehaes’s Daughter; she worked for her aged Father, continuing to live with him, though married, and attended him with filial Duty and Tenderness.

John was another good old Man; his Son Harry helped to support him.
 
George and Will Soc were two Brothers, both young Men.
 
John Smith, a valuable young Man, of the Cayuga Nation, who became acquainted with Peggy, Shehaes’s Daughter, some few Years since, married her, and settled in the Family. They had one Child, about three Years old.
 
Betty, a harmless old Woman; and her Son Peter, a likely young Lad.
 
Sally, whose Indian Name was Wyanjoy, a Woman much esteemed by all that knew her, for her prudent and good Behaviour in some very trying Situations of life. She was a truly good and an amiable Woman, had no Children of her own, but a distant Relation dying; she had taken a Child of that Relation’s, to bring up
 

Contents of this annotation:

  1. A Narrative of the Late Massacres (Inscribed: From James Pemberton to William Cobbett) - 4
  2. A Narrative of the Late Massacres - 4