...terdam, of some French preparations against us, we were forced to change counsel, and for our present shelter to plant dispersedly; some at Charlestown, which stands on the north side of the Mouth of Charles River ; Some on the south side which we named Boston; . . . Some of us upon Mistick, which we named Meadford. And then he proceeds to name the other settlements which they made at Watertown, Roxbury, and ...