little good food, and no English there but Mr. Hoar and myself,
that there they did not knock us in the head, and take what we
had, there being not only some provision, but also trading-
cloth, a part of the twenty pounds agreed upon. But instead of
doing us any mischief, they seemed to be ashamed of the fact,
and said, it were some matchit Indian that did it. Oh, that we
could believe that there is nothing too hard for God! God
showed His power over the heathen in this, as He did over the
hungry lions when Daniel was cast into the den. Mr. Hoar called
them betime to dinner, but they ate very little, they being so
busy in dressing themselves, and getting ready for their dance,
which was carried on by eight of them, four men and four squaws.
My master and mistress being two. He was dressed in his holland
shirt, with great laces sewed at the tail of it; he had his
silver buttons, his white stockings, his garters were hung round
with shillings, and he had girdles of wampum upon his head and
shoulders. She had a kersey coat, and covered with girdles of
wampum from the loins upward. Her arms from her elbows to her
hands were covered with bracelets; there were handfuls of
necklaces about her neck, and several sorts of jewels in her
ears. She had fine red stockings, and white shoes, her hair
powdered and face painted red, that was always before black.
And all the dancers were after the same manner. There were two
others singing and knocking on a kettle for their music. They
kept hopping up and down one after another, with a kettle of
water in the midst, standing warm upon some embers, to drink of
when they were dry. They held on till it was almost night,
throwing out wampum to the standers by. At night I asked them
again, if I should go home? They all as one said no, except my
husband would come for me. When we were lain down, my master