Excerpt from The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion: Or, a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield, Who in the Desolation Which Befel That Plantation by an Incursion of the French and Indians, Was by Then Carried A The Writer of the Memoir of the Rev. John Wil liams is induced to prepare another edition of The Redeemed Captive, and lay it before the public, on account of the repeated calls for this work. A great and growing interest in antiquarian research evinces the eagerness with which the present genera tion seek after the particular history of their ancestors, and the desire they feel of becoming acquainted with their privations and sufferings, their hardships and dan gers, in transmitting to them the beautiful heritage which they now occupy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.