Hannah Duston is Captured by Abenaki Indians in Haverhill Massachusetts, 1697 (ep. 1)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- In this episode we read from "Heroism of Hannah Duston: Together with the Indian Wars of New England" by Robert Boodey Caverly, published in 1875.
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She had to do what she had to do to escape. So she killed them, they asked for it the moment that they killed her infant daughter.
Any modern scholar who would criticize this woman is no scholar and certainly does not know history. Great video!
She was able to protect her family and people. She did what the enemy was going to to do to them. This kept them at bay for future attacks. She after losing her baby, and friends, did what was necessary at that time.
Hannah Duston was a total badass. You try canoeing the Merrimack River in March...
Excellent read as always. I wouldn't believe anything a so called modern scholar would have to say about anything
Hannah was absolutely a heroine.
Happy to see you did a video on Hannah Duston, I was hoping you would.
She was an amazing woman and the Indians under estimated her…and paid the price!
Hard to imagine the danger the Indians posed to these early settlers
The monuments to her were not put up till the 1800s after the Indian wars out west and people were looking for the hero’s of the past. I think her statue was the first in America of a woman
Hopefully they will remain up though I know they are routinely vandalized and some people want them removed
I was a professional blacksmith for years, made mostly 18th century knives and axes. Had a customer have me make him a copy of the axe that Hannah used which is supposed in the Buttonwoods Museum in Haverhill Ma
They also have the blade of the knife she used to scalp the Indians too I believe
Sad they took down her statue on that island this year. Another case of erasing our history.
Oh my what a travesty+!!
Yeah , f-o-r-e-i-g-n invaders
That control Congress
They also invaded that mideastern country and currently occupy it .
They don't want the true history of evil done by Indians. No people more richly deserved to be defeated.
White erasure is ongoing. Our very identity is erased with our history.
Absolutely, White Erasure is evil
As to these modern Scholars I say hogwash. Your Venue is one of the few that does bring truth and history together. And in these uncertain times I would hope that we can find the courage and fortitude that Hannah Dunston and her comrades showed.
John i feel people are going to have to dig deep in the future the thing back then is they were tough they had to be unlike the marshmallows of today. Im in Australia it was said the Australian first world war soldier only had to be taught to march they could already shoot fight and live of the land pioneers were a hardy bunch unlike todays folk
@@ronhenney4546 indeed resiliency of Body Mind and Spirit are going to be required.
4:58 pulled the infant from her arms and killed it against an apple tree, 6:46 Gauntlet ,7:43 indian describes how to scalp. Tells only of one instance but was more common throughout! Thank you for sharing very important for anybody that studies history or wants to understand the truth.
Wasn't there a movie or made for tv movie about this🤔
@@susanclark8578I would love to watch it if there is a movie. I’m not too fond of the speech. Did they actually talk that way and how could they be so educated to write in that fashion? Maybe it’s just me that it bothers
@shirleyduncan3653 "...how could they be so educated..."⁰
Where do people get the idea that early immigrants to the USA were uneducated rubes? They were partially made up of many of Europe's 2nd, 3rd and 4th sons who weren't in line to inherit business or property - thus were willing to take great risk to start their own endeavors in a new land.
@@shirleyduncan3653 I wouldn't say ''educated'', but their speech was certainly of higher value than our's today. They held themselves with a sense of eloquence. Even in standard letters written to loved ones, you'll see how they spoke and wrote. They used cursive, whereas today's generation cannot even write standard letters neatly. Their sense of dress code, speech, morals, work ethic, religion etc. was and is completely unmatched to us.
She is a hero!
Brave woman! I don't think I could do what she did unless my child's life was at stake.
She was just following the rules of the game the Indians made up.
Same. Sad isn’t it.
We should be willing to do for ourselves that which we’d do for our children, loved ones.
Those poor "Peaceful" Native Americans!
Caretakers of the Land, Enlightened Souls and smashers of children's heads against Apple Trees.
Yes, native Americans played hard ball
Don't forget gang rape, throwing baby's in wood burning stoves, live burning at the stake, genocide of neighboring tribes, live scalping..... I missed a few things I'm sure
Peaceful, since the beginning of time mankind has not been peaceful . Look at the facts of all the wars, mankind have been trying to dominate each other for land .
My history says white men killed killed Native Americans, including their young. Land was taken from the Native Americans . The declaration of war started . And it definitely wasn't started by Native Americans. Now on the other hand before a white man came here Native Americans fought with other native tribes across the territories just like white men fought each other all over Europe.
I am a Abenaki. Few years back I read more history about what happened to the people of Massachusetts. I was heartbroken by what my people did, I shed many tears .
Since the time of Cain and able mankind has been at War .
Let our hearts move forward in peace
HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY!!!
She was a hero . She's receiving flak from the the same evil foreign entities
In d.c.
Foreign Entities? Like who? Just curious as I'm Canadian so idk
Hint : they own and control most everything in u.s. ( don't look now , but Canada too 🤡 ) @@Spacereform3
You know what's up
The Sovereign deep state
Starts with a j ends with a w
Hannah Duston was a heroine!
Hard times breed hard people. Interesting story from so far back.
Hannah Duston and the other hostages were certainly intense folks and determined survivors, it's admirable in the face of such dangers.
That's some big talk from modern scholars who have never had to see their child smashed on a tree and then be taken captive to an uncertain and terrifying fate.
Hero for sure! How many of us would have that much courage?
It’s surprising what we all can do when our adrenaline is on overload. And we’re scared to death.
Guess this was recommended to me because i was looking up the "Lachine Massacre"; in which Canadian Natives welcomed the first refugees from Europe;
" Once they had landed, they lit fires, planted stakes in the ground, burned five Frenchmen, roasted six children, and grilled some others on the coals and ate them.”"
"The Lachine massacre", CBC; A People's History
You cannot criticize what she and the others did as we did not live through what they did. For the majority of us today the worst part of our day is traffic. You do what you feel is necessary to survive and I give them much respect for the courage they had.
How are you doing sir thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel. I gathered main information about famous figure biography you mentioned briefly here it’s Hannah Duston ( 1657- died may 1936, 1637, 1738) she was colonial Massachusetts Puritan woman who was taken captive by Abenaki people from Quebec during King William war , with her newborn daughter during 1696 raid on Haverhill , in which 27 colonists , 15 of them children were killed . Her account she stated that Abenaki killed her baby soon after they were captured. While detained on island in Merrimack River in present day Boscawen, New Hampshire . She killed and scalped ten of native Americans family members holding them hostage with assistance of two other captives . There are six memorials of Hannah Duston . Original memorial monument to Hannah Duston which was removed and converted into monument civil war dead of barre Massachusetts. Statue on island in Boscawen New Hampshire where Hannah killed her captors and escaped down to river . Her statue monument Hannah Duston Calvin week 1879 .dustin house or Dustin garrison house built about 1700 is historic first period house at 665 Hilldale Avenue in Haverhill. Commemorative structures all in city of Haverhill include Dustin house which Hannah husband thomas was building at time of 1697 raid was completed about 1700 and listed on USA national register or historical places. Haverhill cemetery school was renamed Hannah Dustin elementary school in 1911 and closed in 1980 s . Hannah duston healthcare is located on street on monument Haverhill. There are some Americans celebrate her as hero , while others don’t given that killing of her captors also involved killing of six children.some said her legend is racist and glorifies violence and others said too her actions to self defense and taking vengeance on those that killed her child . Ihope you sir and all subscribers like my research. I love to learn and share which I learned with others. Good luck to you your dearest ones . Happy Halloween in advance.
This women was no murderer people of today have no understanding of the past and try and make mischief, to them i say you deserve your future and what will become of you, your attitude would have seen you if lucky slaves but most likely dead and not mourned if you were in these times
My now deceased wife was a direct decendant of Hana ,her mother is Donna Duston, grandfather was Donald Duston ,from New Hampshire, I first heard about Hanna 40 years ago, that was the first staue of a woman in US.😊
I'm from New Hampshire and it's a story I grew up with.
Always look forward to your videos. Thanks for having the guts to upload the info.
Although I don’t applaud brutality, as a mother if someone had done that to my baby, and I knew worst was to come for myself and the other captives, then I wouldn’t imagine if I was capable may have done similar. For those who have douched her statue with blood. They need to recount the vicious brutality of ice Indians of that day. What hypocrites 😡🙏🇺🇸🌍
Somewhere in my boxes is a photo of us kids on a visit to this statue. (I'm old, this was a long time ago.) It's kind of a rare name anymore. I've often looked in the phone book for Dustin or Duston family name. It's true that revising history is a bad idea. I'm pleased to see support here for this effort.
Mrs Dutton was a true and faithful citizen of honor. To hell with 'modern history' which is no history.
Great story, and poem thanks.
Glad I was able to admire her statue in person.
Thank you for keeping real history alive.
Well done 👍
Cotton Mather was a well known Puritan. His reputation was honorable. He was brilliant and enrolled at Harvard at age 12. His Father was President of Harvard and some of you may know at that time Harvard's primary goal was Bible exposition. Thank you for sharing this eye witness account of bravery and heroism.
My Grandmother b1898 was a friend of Clare Mather, a descendant of Cotton Mather.
I heard that Ann and Nancy Wilson are descendants.
My grandmothers statues remain although words were removed from the one in Haverhill.
I knew Donald Duston very nice man ,I married his granddaughter now deceased.
Hero! For her time and a hero today!
Nice video!
For what it’s worth Haverhill is pronounced HayVrill… kind of pronounced in 1 syllable
Hannah Dustin, and Hannah Eastman both share similar stories of capture and both shortly after childbirth. They are both my Ancestors. Hannah Eastman is a direct ancestor, while Dustin is a 1st cousin of Eastman. Would it be possible to do one for Eastman's story as well? I can send you sources and references.
Esther Wheelright was taken captive at a young age and brought to New France where she learned to speak french and became a prominent member of society and later decided to remain in Montreal and Québec City rather than return to Boston.
This family has family that that is related to settlers and Native Americans. That’s 🇺🇸
Hero
I would do the same
My 9th Great Grandmother
She was a total heroine
Brave heroes
Heroine
Hero
He musta been a catch. All he had to do was fake a suicide and theyre all ok with it. Imagine if the woman had done that🙄
It’s pronounced Hav-rill.
Any jon bellairs fans here?
a wild story!
Heroes
He sister killer her own child and was hung. Kinda ran on the family it seems.
Clearly the Indians should have freely given up their land and not held any grudges for previous murders of their family's. Under the circumstances, I thing she did an outstanding job! Great story!
You are literally trying to justify child murder and genocide here?
It wasn't that at all they were being paid by the French to harass the English settlers ,they were paid ex extra for captives ,besides what race has not been conquered and enslaved even,though I don't believe the natives here were ever enslaved!😊
All these things were also done to French settlers in New France by the British and colonials. It’s just that the French has a lot more allied indian tribes than the Brits because they treated them better.
The British dashed infants against trees?
Quite surely, they raped and pillaged French settlers from Acadie to the Saint-Lawrence valley as far North as Charlevoix. Rapes, murders, property theft, building burned down with people inside and their cattle killed are well documented.
Indians? In what part of India did this happen???
Shush child.
There's always one.
Indian refers to pre Columbus colonizers of North America. This is preferable to the term “Native American” because that term encompasses all of north and South America which covers such a varied group to be unuseful in distinction.
When I was a kid we never played cowboys and native Americans!😊
Cotton Mather, who argued from the pulpit for the extermination of all natives, should never be reparded as a credible source.
I grew up in the area. It is now widely beloeved that those she killef were children and not warriors. Massachusrtts paid the bounty for scalps regardless of sex or age.
So it was Indian children that killed her baby and kidnapped her. So it was children that was guarding her that she killed?
So you want people to believe that she was captured by children. Native culture was evil.
Ya right , warriors dragged their children along on raids, I don't believe she killed and scalped children, and I don't believe you.
That's a reply to stevenahoney6493
Steve thinks kids were keeping her captive because white man bad. Cool 😅
This is one of my ancestors actually and I really been wanting to see her statue for sometime now. But it makes me upset that these people are destroying these statues of a family decent of mine for her being a hero. Also I have native American in me so who ever trys to say it had to do with killing the native Americans off should learn the story of her
She's my ancestor as well. And the ppl who like to censor history, it's because only their narrative is okay. Anything that even remotely expresses a transparent and honest reflection of the past that holds the indigenous settlers in a bad light, it gets censored. Also, I say indigenous settlers because they were. These people were not the original inhabitants either, if their brutality is of any indication, you may begin to understand what happened to the Paleoindians (the first inhabitants of North America. Todays Indiginous (first nations) settled only 300 years before the Europeans, but the Europeans have been coming to North America for scouting even prior to the first nations settling here. So, if we use colonization as a justification to brutalize civilians lives, than lets be intellectually transparent here - the Indigenous folks colonized, occupied and fought too. The conflicts were if anything, more or less a conflict of cultural differences, hence they clashed with the European settlers so much, but less often other Indigenous settlers (think Inuit settlers). Regardless, the earliest settlers - be it Indigenous or European, are all Natives of the land. We must acknowledge both sides of the coin if we are to move forward transparently and genuinely. Our current approaches are very ingenuine & fake, on both sides. Like we're pretending to get along.