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gradual growth and prosperity, but now 

 the threatening aspect of the Indians 

 paralyzed the promising success. The 

 plantations and homes were deserted and 

 the settlers hastened for safety to their 

 strongholds ; the fields of grain, fruits, and 

 gardens were left unprotected to the 

 range of wild animals and cattle. A 

 fearful massacre of a family decided their 

 fate. Hastily gathering their few valu- 

 ables, the entire company returned to 

 Boston. Documentary evidence shows 

 that a temporary re-settlement of the 

 place was made in 1700, but owing to 

 menacing Indians a final abandonment 

 of the settlement took place before 1713. 

 The Huguenots that settled in and about 

 Boston, in spite of their numerous hard- 

 ships " brought with them qualities that 

 were needed at that day. They brought 

 a buoyancy and a cheerfulness, that must 

 have been contagious, even amidst per- 

 vading austerity." 1 Wherever they went, 



1 The Huguenot Emigration to America, B. C. 

 W. Baird. 



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