impatient, and almost outrageous. I thought I could as well
have died as went back; I cannot declare the trouble that I was
in about it; but yet back again I must go. As soon as I had the
opportunity, I took my Bible to read, and that quieting
Scripture came to my hand, "Be still, and know that I am God"
(Psalm 46.10). Which stilled my spirit for the present. But a
sore time of trial, I concluded, I had to go through, my master
being gone, who seemed to me the best friend that I had of an
Indian, both in cold and hunger, and quickly so it proved. Down
I sat, with my heart as full as it could hold, and yet so hungry
that I could not sit neither; but going out to see what I could
find, and walking among the trees, I found six acorns, and two
chestnuts, which were some refreshment to me. Towards night I
gathered some sticks for my own comfort, that I might not lie
a-cold; but when we came to lie down they bade me to go out, and
lie somewhere else, for they had company (they said) come in
more than their own. I told them, I could not tell where to go,
they bade me go look; I told them, if I went to another wigwam
they would be angry, and send me home again. Then one of the
company drew his sword, and told me he would run me through if
I did not go presently. Then was I fain to stoop to this rude
fellow, and to go out in the night, I knew not whither. Mine
eyes have seen that fellow afterwards walking up and down
Boston, under the appearance of a Friend Indian, and several
others of the like cut. I went to one wigwam, and they told me
they had no room. Then I went to another, and they said the
same; at last an old Indian bade me to come to him, and his
squaw gave me some ground nuts; she gave me also something to
lay under my head, and a good fire we had; and through the good
providence of God, I had a comfortable lodging that night. In