tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post8173620460384874318..comments2024-03-14T18:23:05.194-04:00Comments on NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: Hannah Duston, the Heroine of Haverhill - Part 1Peter Muisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-34594820704657019352021-04-25T10:36:05.075-04:002021-04-25T10:36:05.075-04:00Thanks for the interesting post Peter! The comment...Thanks for the interesting post Peter! The comments were enlightening as well.Rich Clabaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915392348153309406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-85991139919842717152017-10-26T13:03:36.149-04:002017-10-26T13:03:36.149-04:00Anonymous. Please email me at hannahdustonfilm@ya...Anonymous. Please email me at hannahdustonfilm@yahoo.com I need your input. - HarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-73330505073231848272016-04-06T23:37:19.468-04:002016-04-06T23:37:19.468-04:00Your ancestors HUNTED mine for scalp bounty, our f...Your ancestors HUNTED mine for scalp bounty, our fights, our assaults on the colonizers were to defend OUR land! SHE is NO hero! She butchered sleeping children! It is gross that those statues stand and I will fight to get them removed! Shame on any of you who hold up her or that history as heroic! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-30480578335755775262013-08-01T11:26:05.117-04:002013-08-01T11:26:05.117-04:00
What are the details of the Abenaki Indian curse...<br /><br />What are the details of the Abenaki Indian curse on the decendants of the Duston generations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-75245600376372699562012-02-26T12:27:30.244-05:002012-02-26T12:27:30.244-05:00Hi Greg! Thanks for commenting. Is the meeting ope...Hi Greg! Thanks for commenting. Is the meeting open to the public or limited to Hannah's descendants?Peter Muisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-76513122680149640422012-02-19T17:22:53.384-05:002012-02-19T17:22:53.384-05:00The Dustin Duston society has
Meetings the second ...The Dustin Duston society has<br />Meetings the second Saturday or August every year at the buttonwoods musuem in Haverhill mass. These are usually accompanied by tours to the garrison house and/or to the two statues.Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-85320538852597614972011-02-21T14:44:13.775-05:002011-02-21T14:44:13.775-05:00Hi Ann!
Thanks for your comments! It's great ...Hi Ann!<br /><br />Thanks for your comments! It's great to hear from people who have direct connections to some of these stories. I think the Duston family used to have reunions in Haverhill a long time ago, but I don't know if that's still the case. Thanks also for the suggested reading!<br /><br />PeterPeter Muisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939949561996555115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-76767544013335917292011-02-21T00:01:08.341-05:002011-02-21T00:01:08.341-05:00I just reread your post, and you covered all the b...I just reread your post, and you covered all the bases. I just could not resist responding. John Greenleaf Whittier also wrote a poem about her, and you might research Nathaniel Hawthorne to see what he wrote about her. Even more fun is to read what the literary critics made of Hannah Duston and those who wrote about her.annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885320105550742793.post-79146423121789681312011-02-20T23:54:23.797-05:002011-02-20T23:54:23.797-05:00As a direct descendent of Hannah Duston (11th gene...As a direct descendent of Hannah Duston (11th generation great granddaughter and related on both my grandfather and grandmother's sides) and having earned my MA in literature and written my thesis on Hannah Duston, I have to respond to your post. The original account of the tale that you tell comes from Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana. He interviewed Hannah Duston shortly after her return to civilization. On the day of the raid, 26 captives were taken, 13 killed, 13 divided amongst the raiding party. You can also read of other accounts of indian captures that Mather recorded. Two individuals escaped Hannah Duston, an old woman who did take a blow to the head and a two year boy who Hannah had planned to take home with her. I have reasoned that the other children must have been old enough to have posed a threat to the captives' escape or else they may have been spared. As for the apple tree in the yard, its presence has been verified by Henry David Thoreau (I think, to be honest--it has been 15 years since I wrote my thesis) because he visited the original farm location and the tree was still there. In addition, apple trees were common. As a folklorist, you are well aware how stories alter and change as they are handed down. I have not been to the Duston museum, but my aunt visited some years ago. I was born and raised in Colorado and have never been east--something I should do one of these days. There are so many questions as to why she killed and scalped the indians: revenge or was she just suffering from postpartum blues? There was also a bounty on the scalps, so it may have been just that simple, she needed the money to replace what the indians destroyed. Nonetheless, we cannot or should not judge Hannah Duston by today's standards. If you have not read Follow the River, you will enjoy it. Another true story of a young mother kidnapped by Indains. If you would like to continue this discussion, email me at annras806010@yahoo.com. I'd be interested in your comments. I love anything Hannah and relish good discussion on her.annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com