they bar away in Triumph) their prifoncrs 
they bring home, the old men and women 
they knock in the head, the young women 
they keep, and the men of war they torture 
^0 death, as the Eaftcrn ImMans did two 
Movphavphj whilft I was l^pe, they bind 
hm to a Tree ahdUi^ake a great fire before 
him^ then wiih (harp knives they cut off 
the firft joynts of his lingers and toes, then 
c!ap upon them hot Embers to fear the 
vains \ fo they cut him a pieces joynt after 
joynt, ftill applying hbt Embers to the place 
to ftanch the bloud , makinjg ''thc poor 
vi retch to fing all thi while; when Arms and 
Legs arc gone , th^y flcy off. the skin of 
their Heads, and prcfently put bh a Cap of 
burning Embers, then they open his brcaft 
and take out his heart, which while it is yet 
living in a manocr they giv^s jp their old 
Squaes, who are every one to have a bite at 
it. TheCe Barbarous Cufioms were ufcd 
amongft them more frequently before the 
Englijh came ^ but fince by the great mercy 
of the Almighty they are in a way to be 
Civilized and converted to Chriftianityi 
there being three Churches o( Indians ga- 
tht red together by the pains of Mt^ John 
Eliot and his Son^ who Preaches to them in 
their Native language, and hath rendered 
the Bible in that Language for the benefit of 
the 
