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16 another house inhabited by an unhappy old man whose name was John Adams, with his wife and four small children; and, meeting with no resistance, they immediately sealpedscalped [sic] the unhappy and her four ehildrenchildren [sic], before the good old  eyes. Inhuman and horrid as this was, it not satiate them, for when they had  the poor woman, they aetedacted [sic] with her in suehsuch [sic]  brutal manner, as deseeneydescency [sic], or the  of the erimecrime [sic], will not permit me to mention,  this even before the unhappy husband, who  being able to avoid the sight, and incapable  affording her the least relief, entreated them  put an end to his miserable being; but they  as deaf and regardless to the tears, prayers,  entreaties of this venerable sufferer, as they  been to those of the others, and proeeededproceeded [sic] in  hellish purpose of burning and destroying  house, barn, eattlecattle [sic], hay, corn, and every  the poor man a few hours before was master  Having saved what they thought proper from  flames, they gave the old man, feeble, weak,  in the miserable condition he then was, as  as myself, burdens to carry, and loading themselves likewise with bread and meat,  their journey on towards the Great  where, being arrived, they lay for eight or  days, sometimes diverting themselves in exercising the most atrocious and barbarous cruelties