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The Diary of Sara Brown
by:Jenni
This was the first baby I ever brought into the world and the mother almost died! She was thankful that I saved her life. When she started to bleed, I gave her buckthorn root.
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This first baby I ever brought into the world and the mother almost died! She was thankful that I saved her life. When she started to bleed I gave her buckthorn root. The mother named her baby Shane William. It was grand. The feeling that I had was magnificent. It was as if I was walking upon clouds. I am truly a midwife now because I brought a baby into the world today. I get to move into a house with other midwives and get to stay for free. It helps to talk to others that do as I do. The girls let me in on a secret. They said to give the mother alcohol when they are in labor and it helps take some of the pain away.
Sara
Brown
October 21,1675Today I woke up to the sound of guns, yelling, and bombs. I woke up that way because we are right in the middle of the King Philip’s war in Plymouth. I got a horrid letter from my mother today and the letter said:
Dear Sara
I resent found out that your father died when the Wampanoags Indians when they attacks the village of Swansea on June 24, 1675. Your father was traveling with the other solders to defend his country. I am on my way to see you, as it has been a long trip already. We stopped in a little town so I could send this to you. I shoud be there tomorrow.
Yours Truly,
Mother
October 22, 1675Mother
My mother is coming today. I hope that she will make it here. There are so many things that could go wrong. She could die like my father. The wagon could get tipped by Indians.
Last night a mother went into labor, and I got to bring the baby into the world. The door was shaking. Someone was knocking on it. When I went to open it was my mother she had made it. What we did for the hole day was we went to take a walk in the woods.
Sara
Brown
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