expectation of relief – no eye had pity on me!" Tufts spent several years among the Abenaki Indians around Bethel, Maine and learned their natural medicines from Molly Ockett shortly before his final arrest in 1794 at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Sentenced to hang, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Samuel Adams. After five years imprisoned on Castle Island in Boston Harbor, he was transferred to the jail in Salem, before escaping again to Maine. According to his autobiography, he lived thereafter as a healer and farmer without committing any further crimes. Historiography It is not verified how much of Tufts' autobiography is true. In his foreword to a 1993 reprint of the book, Neal Keating wrote that "Henry Tufts' favorite scheme was lying…(and) in his autobiography he lies.…" Sources Tufts, Henry. The Autobiography of a Criminal; Loompanics Unlimited, 1993. . References External links 1888 Harper's Magazine article focusing upon Henry Tufts The Many Loves of Henry Tufts: Original Colonial Badboy at newenglandhistoricalsociety.com HenryTufts.com Scholarly resources about Tufts, including the full texts of his writings. 1748 births 1831 deaths American autobiographers American burglars American male criminals Criminals from New Hampshire Criminals from Massachusetts Escapees from Massachusetts detention Fugitives People from Lee, New Hampshire People from Newmarket, New Hampshire Prisoners and detainees of Massachusetts Prisoners sentenced to death by Massachusetts Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Massachusetts