When Mary’s baby bump appeared, she was fined – by which time terrified Tom had fled the colony.Īt least two married Goodwives initiated affairs of the flesh with Native American men. The married Mary Mendlove had “dalliance diverse tymes” with Tinsin the Indian, but it turned out that this respectable lady had been the one who seduced him through “allurement and inticement.” She got a routine whipping but also had to wear “a badge upon her sleeve” identifying her as an adulteress. And if she was seen without it, she was “to be burned in the face with a hott iron.” Meanwhile, Tinsin only got whipped.
After also having her way with another naughty Native man, Mrs.
