for which she gave me a quart of peas. I boiled my peas and
bear together, and invited my master and mistress to dinner; but
the proud gossip, because I served them both in one dish, would
eat nothing, except one bit that he gave her upon the point of
his knife. Hearing that my son was come to this place, I went
to see him, and found him lying flat upon the ground. I asked
him how he could sleep so? He answered me that he was not
asleep, but at prayer; and lay so, that they might not observe
what he was doing. I pray God he may remember these things now
he is returned in safety. At this place (the sun now getting
higher) what with the beams and heat of the sun, and the smoke
of the wigwams, I thought I should have been blind. I could
scarce discern one wigwam from another. There was here one Mary
Thurston of Medfield, who seeing how it was with me, lent me a
hat to wear; but as soon as I was gone, the squaw (who owned
that Mary Thurston) came running after me, and got it away
again. Here was the squaw that gave me one spoonful of meal.
I put it in my pocket to keep it safe. Yet notwithstanding,
somebody stole it, but put five Indian corns in the room of it;
which corns were the greatest provisions I had in my travel for
one day.

The Indians returning from Northampton, brought with them some
horses, and sheep, and other things which they had taken; I
desired them that they would carry me to Albany upon one of
those horses, and sell me for powder: for so they had sometimes
discoursed. I was utterly hopeless of getting home on foot, the
way that I came. I could hardly bear to think of the many weary
steps I had taken, to come to this place.