The Captain's wife said to her one morning, "Mag, are you ill," "No! no!" she replied, "me no sick to-day," "bad dream some nights ago.

Saw all Indians outside house, and big black devil's spirit come into them, black spirits come out woods, and fire on their heads, all went into Indians and made them dance war, yell and whoop and burn house." All went fairly well until the 26th February, 1771, when the red men again appeared at the premises of the Captain.

They were armed, and their actions seemed to be in keeping with Old Mag's dream.
Their shrieks, yells and war-whoops were terrible, they acted like demons.

The children hid under the beds and held on to the garments of their parents.

The terrified little ones trembled like leaves in an autumn breeze.