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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., The last Medford Indian. (search)
sons took her out of the water and carried her into his house; from there, two days after, she was buried. There was a great attendance at the funeral, the Rev. Joseph Chickering of Woburn preaching a sermon from this text, And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth. Some have thouused to be submerged, but rose, floating on the waters as they gathered, and is held in position by some unseen connection. Our venerable friend wrote that Mr. Chickering was an able preacher, that as dissatisfaction had sprung up in his society he took the occasion to preach an impressive sermon, and added that his informant, there present, said, Not a dry eye could be seen in the audience as he described the sad end of this poor Indian woman. Mr. Chickering owned some land through which a brook flowed; one of his parish wished to purchase and use the same as a mill site. He would not sell without security from flowage of his other land. This was