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, 17.10.1627 Province of Artois, France, 1713 Kingston, Ulster County, NY, [I1197], N: Homemaker and mother of twelve, Captured by Esopus, NY, Indians, on June 7, 1663, Catherine, along with three of her children and her sister Maria, Maria's child and other women and children of New Village (Hurley, NY), was later rescued in the Catskill Mountains of NY.Supposedly, to celebrate their victory, the Indians had decided to burn some of the prisoners. Mrs. Du Bois and her baby were selected to be the first victims.
As a pole of logs was arranged, she began to sing the 137th Psalm as a death chant.
Because she had a beautiful voice, the Indians witheld the fire to listen; they then demanded more.
The husbands of the victims and their Dutch supporters heard her singing and found where they were held captive. The Indians were surrounded, killed, and their prisoners released., weitere Partnerschaften zu «953»