The New World Times

Indians are killing people.

     They are separated by tribes and were here when Europeans traveled to the New World. Indians are currently waging war on English colonies through their constant raids and brutal attacks. Throughout all of the wars that have been fought, they have allied themselves with other tribes and the French. Due to their repeated pattern of attacks, there is a likelihood that they are scheming against the English now.

     Information has been circulating and sources are showing that Abenaki Indian warriors are in Essex County. They are said to be spying for their ally tribes and the French. Indians as a race have been engaging in acts of war against Puritans for four years now. These acts of war were caused by a friendship between the Abenaki and a Frenchman Jean Vincent d'Abbadie, baron de St-Castin married a daughter of Penobscot Chief Madockawando. This forged a friendship between many Abenaki bands and the French. When English forces pillaged St-Castin’s trading post home in 1688, the Abenaki Indians joined the war allied with the French. The French are located to the North of the English colonies and are trying to take English land. Through the course of this war, the Abenaki Indians have shown to be in alliance with the French. This relationship proves to be a powerful and dangerous one.

     The first strikes they took against the Puritans was in the form of constant raids. Villages were burned to the ground, followed by carnage everywhere. While men were fighting, women and children were murdered in gruesome fashions and some were taken hostage. Most hostages were released by negotiation, and only God knows what they endured while they were being held captive. From New England to Maine, these horrid raids continued led by these barbaric Abenaki Indians. As a response to the bloodshed, the Massachusetts General Court sent Sir William Phips and two thousand troops to New France in 1690. Their task was to capture New France’s capital and end the war, but the lack of preparation turned this venture into an embarrassing and costly failure. Massachusetts, now in debt, is trying to recover from this expedition’s terrible aftermath.

     The abhorrent behavior of the Abenaki may be due to how they live and who they are. The Abenaki are an accumulation and alliance of Indian tribes and bands that speak the Algonquian language. There are East and West Abenaki, but all speak the same tongue. The Penobscot living along the Penobscot river in Maine, the Pequawket and Norridgewock, living along other rivers in Maine are bands referred to as Eastern Abenaki. The Western Abenaki are located in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts. Some are found on Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont, while other bands and tribes include the Missisquoi and the Pennacook. Like all Indians they also worship the Devil. Their unholiness and constant rebuking of God’s name through worship of His adversary are the cause of their heinous and savage ways. The Abenaki farm and hunt, just like other Indian groups. They are different because they rely less on farming than other Indians and design their wigwams differently. The Abenaki rely less on farming because they live farther North than other groups. They build cone shaped wigwams, which is different from the Algonquian dome shaped ones. Some Abenaki bands may also build Iroquois style longhouses in the woodlands. They build upright logs, or palisades, around their village for protection.

     A member of our news staff, accompanied by a priest, interpreter, and three armed English soldiers, visited a Penacook Indian village with intent on uncovering the Indian point of view on the recently occurring events. The Penacook are a band of Abenaki speaking Indians that the Massachusetts government negotiated a twenty four hour treaty with. When he arrived, our reporter’s interpreter said that the English soldiers must disarm themselves, by the decree of the warriors at the village gate, or be subdued and released upon their departure. The soldiers reluctantly relinquished their weapons. Our correspondent stated that he traveled through the village talking to the villagers and some warriors. He reported interesting responses to his recurring question, “What do you think of the English?” According to our reporter, most people responded with answers so hateful that they could not be published in this article. In lieu of these vicious remarks, he has given the newspaper what he believes to be the best summary of the Indians impression of the English. He notes, “The Indian villagers believe the English to be vile war-mongers. They believe that the English are attempting to take their land and goods. Warriors that we have questioned gave similar responses. They also glanced at our soldiers repeatedly, as if they were looking for a threat.” The way the Indians perceive the English is as follows, hostile invaders whose only goal is to create war and strip them of the land that is truly theirs. This viewpoint is twisted.

     The Abenaki Indians are in Essex County, according to recent reports. They are at war against all English colonists, and are merciless and savage in their tactics will show no yield when they encounter the defenseless. The Indians, assisted by the French, are going to continue waging war on the English and will always be a threat to men, women, and children alike.