aforesaid places we had meetings, and then we travelled to New-York and Long Island, where we had divers meetings; as at Flushing, Westbury, Jerusalem, Jericho, Bethphage, Matinicock, and also at West-Chester, on the main; and from thence we travelled to Rhode-Island yearly meeting, which was large and serviceable to many. From hence Joseph Glaster went towards Boston, the inland way, and I went by the sea-side, and we met together, after I had been at meetings at divers places, viz. Dartmouth and Nantucket island, at which island there are large meetings, people there being mostly Friends, and a sober growing people in the best things; though not of our society when they first received the truth, yet they received it with gladness; and although divers of the people called Presbyterians were very cruel in their expressions, and bitter in their spirits against us, yet there were some who went under that name, who were more open and charitable towards us, and received us gladly with tenderness; and at some places we had meetings at their houses to our mutual satisfaction. We likewise had meetings at Suckanuset, Scituate, and Sandwich. About this time the Indians were very barbarous in the destruction of the English inhabitants, scalping some, and knocking out the brains of others, men, women, and children, by which the country was greatly alarmed, both by night and day; but the great Lord of all was

pleased wonderfully to preserve our Friends, especially those who kept faithful to their peaceable principle, according to the doctrine of Christ in the holy Scriptures, as recorded in his excellent sermon which he preached on the mount, in the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew, which is quite opposite to killing, revenge, and destruction, even of our enemies and because our Friends could not join with those of fighting principles and practices, some of them were put into prison; divers people railing and speaking very bitterly against their peaceable neighbours, and wishing the Quakers might be cut off. Some of the New-England priests and professors were so bitter against Friends that instead of being humbled, under the mighty hand of God upon them, in suffering the Indians to destroy them, they expressed their enmity against the poor Quakers, on a day appointed for humiliation and a fast; and particularly in a sermon preached by one of their priests, which he divided into three heads, viz. First, That the judgments of God were upon them, in letting loose the savage Indians to destroy them. Secondly, In that he withheld the fruits of the earth from them (for there was great scarcity.) Thirdly, That the Quakers prevailed, and were suffered to increase so much among them; which, he said, was worse than the Indians destroying of them, and gave this absurd reason for it, the Indians destroy our bodies, but the

Quakers destroy the soul.* This is an abominable falsehood; for it is sin that destroys the soul, and such as those that preach to the people, that there is no freedom from it in this world, contradict Christ's doctrine, "Be ye perfect," &c. And that of the apostles, He that is born of God cannot sin. And thus their blind guides mistake light for darkness, and darkness for light. Among the many hundreds that were slain, I heard but of three of our friends being killed, whose destruction was very remarkable, as I was informed; the one was a woman, the other two were men. The men used to go to their labour without any weapons, and trusted to the Almighty, and depended on his providence to protect them, (it being their principle not to use weapons of war, to offend others, or defend themselves, but a spirit of distrust taking place in their minds, they took weapons of war to defend themselves; and the Indians, who had seen them several times without them, and let them alone, saying, They were peaceable men, and hurt nobody, therefore they would not hurt them; now seeing them have guns, and supposing they designed to kill the Indians, they therefore shot the men dead. The woman had remained in her habitation, and could not be free to go to a fortified place for preservation, neither she, her son, nor daughter, nor to

* This priest was soon after killed by the Indians, as I was told by a minister.

take thither the little ones; but the poor woman after some time began to let in a slavish fear, and did advise her children to go with her to a fort not far from their dwelling. Her daughter being one that trusted in the name of the Lord, the mighty tower, to which the righteous flee and find safety, could not consent to go with her; and having left a particular account, in a letter to her children, of her and their preservation, I think it worthy to be inserted here in her own words.

"When the cruel Indians were suffered to kill and destroy, it was shewed me, that I must stand in a testimony for truth, and trust in the name of the Lord that was a strong tower, and we should wait upon him. And I often desired my mother and husband to sit down, and wait upon the Lord, and he would shew us what we should do: but I could not prevail with him, but he would say it was too late now, and was in great haste to be gone; but I could not go with him, because I was afraid of offending the Lord: but still he would say I was deluded by the devil, so that my mother would often say, a house divided could not stand; and she could not tell what to do. Although she had most peace in staying, yet she had thoughts of moving, and said to me, Child, can thee certainly say it is revealed to thee that we should stay? if it be, I would willingly stay, if I was sure it was the mind of God.'. But I being young, was afraid to speak so high,

said, Mother, I can say that it is so with me, that when I think of staying and trusting in the name of the Lord, I find great peace and comfort, more than I can utter, with a belief we shall be preserved; but when I think of going, oh, the trouble and heaviness I feel, with a fear some of us should fall by them! And my dear mother sighed, and said, she could not tell what to do. But I said to them, if they would go, I would be willing to stay alone; if they found freedom, I was very willing, for I was afraid of offending the Lord. But still my poor husband would say, I took a wrong spirit for the right. And he would say, how I should know; for if I was right I would be willing to condescend to him. And then I said, in condescension to him, I would move; but I hope the Lord will not lay it to my charge, for was it not to condescend to him, I would not move for the world; and after I had given away my strength, in a little time there came men from the garrison, with their guns, and told us, they came for us, and told us, the Indians, they thought, might be near; and then away we went; and my mother went in with my brother-in-law, although I persuaded her not to do it. But she' said, Why, my child is there: and why may not I be with him as well as thee?' and so we went along to Hampton, to my husband's brother's. But the fear and trouble that I felt! and told my husband, it seemed as if we were going into the mouth of the Indians. And the next day was