jurs

And in truth, they were in time of war, so great a terrour to all the Indians before named, though jurs were far more in number than they, that the appearance of four or five Maquas in the woods would frighten them from their habitations, and cornfields, and reduce many of them to get together in forts; by which means they were brought to such straits and poverty, that had it not been for relief they had from the English, in compensation for labour, doubtless many of them had suffered famine.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792