In1697abandofIndianwarriorsattackedawhitesettlementatHaverhillinMassachusetts,andcarriedoffmanycaptives,includingaMrsHannahDustinandhermaidMaryNeff.Thecaptivesweredividedupbetweenthewarriors.
HannahandMaryweregiventoapairofwarriorsandtheirsquaws.Theyweremadetocarryheavyloads,andweretoldthatwhentheyreachedtheIndianvillagetheywouldbestrippedandmadetorunthegauntlettilltheydied.Aftersixweeksoftravelling,Hannahcaughtthe12Indiansoffguard.Whiletheyweresleeping,shetooktheirtomahawks,andtogetherwithMaryproceededtokillthemallexceptanoldwomanandachild.ShescalpedthemandreturnedtoHaverhill,andwasawarded£50forthetenIndianscalps.
一六九七年,一隊印第安戰士襲擊麻薩諸塞州黑弗黑爾一白人殖民區,擄去不少人,包括一個漢娜.達斯廷太太和她的女僕瑪麗.內夫。俘虜都分配給各戰士。
漢娜和瑪麗落在兩個戰士和他們的婆娘手上,要代他們負重。他們還告訴漢娜和瑪麗說,回到村裏,就會脫光兩人衣服,要她們在兩排人中間走過接受鞭打,不死不休。在路上走了六個星期,漢娜終於找到那十二個印第安人鬆懈的機會,趁他們睡着,奪得戰斧,和瑪麗一起,把他們砍死,只是放過一名老婦、一個孩子。漢娜還剝下死者頭皮,回到黑弗黑爾,憑十個印第安人頭皮,贏得五十英鎊獎賞。
【附注】Squaw指印第安人的妻子或印第安婦女,帶侮辱含義。