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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The history of the Royall house and its occupants. (search)
who on the death of her husband, Sagamore John, became the chief of her tribe. The deed reads in part as follows: Wee Web-Cowit and Squa Sachem do sell unto the inhabitants of Charlestown all lands granted by the Court, closing with Wee acknowledge to have received in full satisfaction twenty and one coates, nineteen fathoms of wampum and three bushels of come. In witness whereof wee have here unto sett our hands this day the 15th of the seconed month 1639. Signed Web Cowit Squa Sachem. If all that has been written about this wild wilderness is true, it must have been a paradise to the sportsman, farmer and lover of nature, and yet the elements were very severe and many deaths ensued during the first few years. Men left stately manors at home and took up life in this country, living in rude log cabins, felling trees and clearing ground, and never a backward look. Probably the first white man who wandered over this part of the country was Myles Standish a