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Rh “Aye, but trustworthy friends, not these Sons of Sathan who offer peace with one  hand and hide a knife in t’other! An I were this Governor Leverett I would not wait, I  promise you, for the savages to strike the  first blow, but would fall upon them with all  the strength of the united Colonies and drive  the ungodly creatures from the face of the  earth.”

“Then it pleases me well that you are not he,” laughed David as he sat himself to the  table. “But tell me, Obid, what of the Indians that father and Master Vernham are taking to Boston? Surely they will not execute them on such poor evidence! ”

“Nay,” grumbled Obid, “they will doubtless be sold into the West Indies.”

“Sold as slaves? A hard sentence, methinks. And the women and children, what of them? You say the village was burned?”

“Aye, to the ground; and a seemly work, too. The squaws and the children and a few young men made off as fast as they might. I doubt they will be seen hereabouts again,” he concluded grimly. “For my part, I hold that Master Lindall and the rest were far too  lenient, since they took but four prisoners,  they being the older men, and let all others