Log of the bark Timor, 1849-1852

A ballad

In which is set forth the horrid cruelltie [CRUELTY} practised [PRACTICED] by the French and Indians on the night of the 8th of last February." The which I did compose last night in the space of one hour and am now writing the morning of Fryday [FRIDAY], June 12th 1690 W W

1st

"God prosper long our King and queen

Our lives and safeties all

A sad misfortune once there did

Schenectady befall"

2 se

From forth the woods of Canada"

The Frenchmen tooke [TOOK] their way

The people of Schenectady

To captivate and slay"

3th [RD]

They marched for two and twenty daies [DAYS]

All through the deepest snow

And on a dismal winter night

4th

The lightsome sun that rules the day

Had gone down in the west

And eke the drowsie [DROWSY] villagers

Had sought and found their reste [REST]

5th

They thought they were in saftie [SAFTY] all

And Dreamt not of the foe

But att [AT] midnight they all awoke

In wonderment and woe

5th [6TH]

For they wer[E] in their pleasant beddes [BEDS]

And soundlie [SOUNDLY] slleeping [SLEEPING] when

Each door was sudden open becke [BACK?]

By six or seven men,

Continued

6 se

The men and women young and olde [OLD]

And eke the girls and boys

All started up in great afright

At the alarming noise

7th

They then were murthered [MURDERED] in their beddes [BEDS]

Without shame or remares [REMORSE]

And soone [SOON] the floors and streets were strewed

With many a bleding corse [BLEEDING CORPSE]

8th

The village soon began to blaze

Which shewed [SHOWED] the horrid sight

But O I scarce can beare [BEAR] to tell

The miseries of that night

9th

They threw the infants in the fire

The men they did not spare

But killed all which they could find

10th

O Christe [CHRIST]! In the still midnight air

It sounded dismally

The womens['] prayers and the loud screams

of their great agony.

11th

Me thinks as i hear then [THEM] now

All ringing in my ear

The shrinks [SHRIEKS] and groans and woeful sighs

They uttered in their fear

12th

But some run of [OFF] to Albany

And told the doleful tale

Bet [BUT] though we gave our cheerful aid

It did not much avail

Continued

13th

And we were horribly afraid

And shook with terror when

They told us that the Frenchmen were

More than a thousand men

14th

The news came on the Sabbath morn

Just att [AT] the break of day

And the companie [COMPANY] of horse

I galloped away

15th

But soon we found the French were gone

With all their great bootye [BOOTY]

And then their trail we did pursue

As was our true dutye [DUTY]

16th

TheMohagues [MOHEGANS?] found our brave partye [PARTY]

And followed in the chase

Till [UNTIL] we came up with the Frenchmen

att [AT] a most likelye [LIKELY] place

17th

O our soldiers fell upon their rear

And killed twenty-five;

Our young men wer[E] so much enraged

They took scarce one alive

18

D Aillebout [ALL ABOUT?] them did commade [COMMAND?]

Which were but thievish rogues

Els [ELSE] why did they concent [CONSENT] and goe [GO]

With bloodye [BLOODY] Indian dogges [DOGS]

19th

And here I end the long ballad

The which you just have read

I wish that it may stay on earth

Long after I am dead

Concluded

Jan 5th 1854

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Recieved [RECEIVED] of Erastus[?] Burns To Richard Johnson

17 lbs of pork

1 peck gray beens [BEANS]

1 bushel Corn Meal

1 loaf Bread

1 half bushel turnips

1/4 lb of peper [PEPPER]

1 quart of salt

2 quarts of rum

To Whip to whip to whee

Will you listen to me

Who stole four eggs I had

And The nice nest I made

Not I said the cow moooo

such a Thing I[']d never doo

I gave you a wisp of hay

But didn['] take your nest away

Not I said the cow moooo

such a thing I[']d never doo

to whip to whip to whee

Will you listen to me

Amagansett Jan 16th 1859

Dear Please get me one thousand pounds of guano

Amagansett jan 16 - 1854

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