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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 20: Indian History. (search)
the least scruple of intrusion. Mass. Col. Rec., i. 394. Accordingly, at the session of the General Court, March 13, 1638-9, Mr. Gibons was desired to agree with the Indians for the land within the bounds of Watertowne, Cambridge, and Boston. Mass. Col. Rec., i. 254. The deed of conveyance, or release of title, I have not been able to find; yet there is sufficient evidence that the purchase was made of the squaw-sachem, and that the price was duly paid. The General Court ordered, May 20, 1640, that the 13l. 8s. 6d. layd out by Capt. Gibons shall bee paid him, vid.: 13l. 8s. 6d. by Watertowne and 10l. by Cambridge; and also Cambridge is to give Squa-Sachem a coate every winter while shee liveth. Mass. Coll. Rec., i. 292. This sale or conveyance to Cambridge is recognized in a deed executed Jan. 13, 1639, by the Squa-Sachem of Misticke and her husband Webcowits, whereby they conveyed to Jotham Gibbons the reversion of all that parcel of land which lies against the ponds at M