▁the ▁efforts ▁for ▁the ▁military ▁con quest ▁of ▁their ▁territ ories ▁then ▁under ▁prepar ation . ▁ ▁The ▁popular ity ▁of ▁the ▁Joh on net ▁narr ative ▁is ▁test ified ▁by ▁its ▁immediate ▁repr int ing ▁in ▁separate ▁book ▁form ▁in ▁seven ▁separate ▁ed itions ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 3 — at ▁Boston , ▁MA ; ▁Ke ene , ▁N H ; ▁New bury port , ▁MA ▁( 2 ); ▁Prov idence , ▁R I ; ▁W inds or , ▁V T ; ▁and ▁Con cord , ▁MA . ▁The ▁ 1 7 9 3 ▁Prov idence ▁edition ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁repr int ▁of ▁one ▁issued ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 1 ▁in ▁Lex ington , ▁Kentucky , ▁but ▁no ▁other ▁evidence ▁of ▁that ▁earlier ▁form ▁has ▁been ▁found . ▁Further ▁ed itions ▁were ▁issued ▁at ▁Wal pole , ▁N H , ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 5 , ▁and ▁at ▁S alem , ▁MA , ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 2 . ▁It ▁was ▁soon ▁included ▁in ▁numerous ▁anth ologies ▁of ▁Indian ▁capt ivity ▁narr atives , ▁including ▁A ffect ing ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁D read ful ▁Dist ress es ▁of ▁Freder ic ▁Man heim ' s ▁Family , ▁etc . ▁( Ph il adel phia , ▁ 1 8 0 0 ), ▁Samuel ▁L . ▁Met cal fe ' s ▁A ▁Collection ▁of ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁Most ▁Interest ing ▁N arr atives ▁of ▁Indian ▁War fare ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁( L ex ington , ▁K Y , ▁ 1