Massacre on the Merrimac; Hannah Dunston's Captivity and Revenge in Colonial AmericaEarly on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed twenty seven men, women, and children, and took thirteen captives, including thirty nine year old Hannah Duston and her week old daughter, Martha. A short distance from the village, one of the warriors murdered the squalling infant by dashing her head against a tree. After a