The Boy Captives
The Boy Captives
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Canada, the land of Papist priests and bloodyIndians, was the especial terror of the New England settlers, andthe anathema maranatha [4] of Puritan pulpits. Thither the Indiansusually hurried their captives, where they compelled them to workin their villages or sold them to the French planters. Escape fromthence through a deep wilderness, and across lakes, and mountains, and almost impassable rivers, without food or guide, is regarded asan impossibility. The poor boys, terrified by the prospect... of beingcarried still farther from their home and friends, began to dream ofescaping from their masters before they started for Canada. It wasnow winter; it would have been little short of madness to havechosen for flight that season of bitter cold and deep snows. Owingto exposure and want of proper food and clothing, Isaac, the eldestof the boys, was seized with a violent fever, from which he slowlyrecovered in the course of the winter. His Indian mistress was askind to him as her circumstances permitted, --procuring medicinalherbs and roots for her patient, and tenderly watching over him inthe long winter nights.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Canada, the land of Papist priests and bloodyIndians, was the especial terror of the New England settlers, andthe anathema maranatha [4] of Puritan pulpits. Thither the Indiansusually hurried their captives, where they compelled them to workin their villages or sold them to the French planters. Escape fromthence through a deep wilderness, and across lakes, and mountains, and almost impassable rivers, without food or guide, is regarded asan impossibility. The poor boys, terrified by the prospect... of beingcarried still farther from their home and friends, began to dream ofescaping from their masters before they started for Canada. It wasnow winter; it would have been little short of madness to havechosen for flight that season of bitter cold and deep snows. Owingto exposure and want of proper food and clothing, Isaac, the eldestof the boys, was seized with a violent fever, from which he slowlyrecovered in the course of the winter. His Indian mistress was askind to him as her circumstances permitted, --procuring medicinalherbs and roots for her patient, and tenderly watching over him inthe long winter nights.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Whittier John Greenleaf to read onlineMoreLess
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