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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., What Mean Ye by these stones? (search)
ne is a conglomerate, better known as Roxbury puddingstone, and is smaller than before, as on its overturning on Halloween a piece was broken from it. In the present writing we have endeavored to answer the query of our caption, and will summarize thus:— These stones of various kinds were a memorial to some of the aboriginal dwellers at this particular spot, erected at the instance of Mr. Francis Brooks, then owner and resident, in 1884. The property had been in the Brooks family since 1656, and in the sale to the real estate trust no provision was made for their preservation as memorials. It is well that owing to the efforts of one of our aldermen the city has taken it over and placed it in care of the park department for the future. Here was the Indian burial place, here was the home of the aboriginal king Nanepashemit, in which being dead he lay buried, which was visited by Miles Standish and eight of the Pilgrims from Plymouth on September 21, 1621, a place they liked so