ye will take Benjamin also, all these things are against me."
I could not sit still in this condition, but kept walking from
one place to another. And as I was going along, my heart was
even overwhelmed with the thoughts of my condition, and that I
should have children, and a nation which I knew not, ruled over
them. Whereupon I earnestly entreated the Lord, that He would
consider my low estate, and show me a token for good, and if it
were His blessed will, some sign and hope of some relief. And
indeed quickly the Lord answered, in some measure, my poor
prayers; for as I was going up and down mourning and lamenting
my condition, my son came to me, and asked me how I did. I had
not seen him before, since the destruction of the town, and I
knew not where he was, till I was informed by himself, that he
was amongst a smaller parcel of Indians, whose place was about
six miles off. With tears in his eyes, he asked me whether his
sister Sarah was dead; and told me he had seen his sister Mary;
and prayed me, that I would not be troubled in reference to
himself. The occasion of his coming to see me at this time, was
this: there was, as I said, about six miles from us, a small
plantation of Indians, where it seems he had been during his
captivity; and at this time, there were some forces of the Ind.
gathered out of our company, and some also from them (among whom
was my son's master) to go to assault and burn Medfield. In
this time of the absence of his master, his dame brought him to
see me. I took this to be some gracious answer to my earnest
and unfeigned desire. The next day, viz. to this, the Indians
returned from Medfield, all the company, for those that belonged
to the other small company, came through the town that now we
were at. But before they came to us, Oh! the outrageous roaring
and hooping that there was. They began their din about a mile