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Updated: May 16, 2025
"They did nothing but mischief," said Elnathan Stone; "they killed our friends at Newichawannock, Blind Will and his family." Rebecca here asked him if he ever heard the verses writ by Mr. Sewall concerning the killing of Blind Will. And when he told her he had not, and would like to have her repeat them, if she could remember, she did recite them thus: "Blind Will of Newiehawannock!
"Let the maiden and the mother In the nightly watching share, While the young men guard the block-house, And the old men kneel in prayer. "Poor Will of Newiehawannock! For thy sad and cruel fall, And the bringing in of the Mohogs, May the Lord forgive us all!" A young woman entered the house just as Rebecca finished the verses.
He never will whoop again, For his wigwam's burnt above him, And his old, gray scalp is ta'en! "Blind Will was the friend of white men, On their errands his young men ran, And he got him a coat and breeches, And looked like a Christian man. "Poor Will of Newiehawannock! They slew him unawares, Where he lived among his people, Keeping Sabhath and saying prayers.
He never will whoop again, For his wigwam's burnt above him, And his old, gray scalp is ta'en! "Blind Will was the friend of white men, On their errands his young men ran, And he got him a coat and breeches, And looked like a Christian man. "Poor Will of Newiehawannock! They slew him unawares, Where he lived among his people, Keeping Sabhath and saying prayers.
"There'll be many a captive sighing, In a bondage long and dire; There'll be blood in many a corn-field, And many a house a-fire. "And the Papist priests the tidings Unto all the tribes will send; They'll point to Newiehawannock, 'So the English treat their friend! "Let the Lord's anointed servants Cry aloud against this wrong, Till Sir Edmund take his Mohogs Back again where they belong.
"Let the maiden and the mother In the nightly watching share, While the young men guard the block-house, And the old men kneel in prayer. "Poor Will of Newiehawannock! For thy sad and cruel fall, And the bringing in of the Mohogs, May the Lord forgive us all!" A young woman entered the house just as Rebecca finished the verses.
"There'll be many a captive sighing, In a bondage long and dire; There'll be blood in many a corn-field, And many a house a-fire. "And the Papist priests the tidings Unto all the tribes will send; They'll point to Newiehawannock, 'So the English treat their friend! "Let the Lord's anointed servants Cry aloud against this wrong, Till Sir Edmund take his Mohogs Back again where they belong.
"They did nothing but mischief," said Elnathan Stone; "they killed our friends at Newichawannock, Blind Will and his family." Rebecca here asked him if he ever heard the verses writ by Mr. Sewall concerning the killing of Blind Will. And when he told her he had not, and would like to have her repeat them, if she could remember, she did recite them thus: "Blind Will of Newiehawannock!
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