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March 3rd, 1647 AD (search for this): chapter 21
ay-breaking if not the Sun-rising of the Gospel with the Indians in New England. printed at London, 1647, and reprinted in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, XXIV. 1-23. In this missionary work, Mr. Eliot was assisted by Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge and others. In a tract entitled The Clear Sunshine of the Gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in New England, printed at London, 1648, Mr. Shepard says, As soone as ever the fiercenesse of the winter was past, March 3, 1647, I went out to Noonanetum to the Indian Lecture, where Mr. Wilson, Mr. Allen of Dedham, Mr. Dunster, beside many other Christians were present. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., XXIV. 41. At a later day, Mr. Eliot was assisted by his son John (H. C. 1656), by Daniel Gookin, son of General Gookin (H. C. 1669), and by others. For several years, the mission was successful beyond all reasonable expectation. The Indians at Nonantum soon became so far civilized as well as Christianized, that they d
October 30th, 1675 AD (search for this): chapter 21
ful instructor and teacher of the praying Indians, met them at the place before mentioned, where they were to be embarked, who comforted, and encouraged, and instructed, and prayed with them and for them; exhorting them to patience in their sufferings, and confirming the hearts of those disciples of Christ, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, for through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of heaven..... In the night, about midnight, the tide serving, being the 30th of October, 1675, these poor creatures were shipped in three vessels and carried away to Deer Island above mentioned, which was distant from that place about four leagues, where I shall leave them at present. 1 Coll. Amer. Antiq. Soc., II. 473, 474. In May, 1676, many of the men having performed military service for the English, permission was granted by the General Court for the departure of the Indians from the Island. The remnant of the Natick tribe, after a temporary residence near Nonantum, r
March 13th, 1638 AD (search for this): chapter 21
for a Plantation in Massachusetts Bay, to the Governor and Council for London's Plantation in the Massachusetts Bay in New England, dated In Gravesend the 17th of April, 1629, is this important direction,—--If any of the salvages pretend right of inheritance to all or any part of the lands granted in our pattent, wee pray you endeavour to purchase their tytle, that wee may avoyde 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.
October 8th, 1646 AD (search for this): chapter 21
God denied the blessing, and put a period to his days. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., i. 172, 173. The records of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England contain accounts of sundry payments for the maintenance and instruction of Indian scholars, some of them very young, from 1656 to 1672. An earlier account is preserved in tile Massachusetts Archives, XXX. 9, which may serve as a sample:— An account of expenses layd out for ye country from August 1645 untill this 8th of October 1646. First, for ye printing of five hundred declarations.4. 00. 00 Item, for ye diet & washing of ye two Indians since ye 3d of ye 8th mon. hitherto, considering ye attendance of yeyonger beeing a very childe wt yo think meet, 16. 00. 00 Item, for physick for James during his sicknes for 5 or 6 weeks,∧. 19. 06 Item, for physick for Jonathan in ye time of his sicknes,00.04. 06 Item, for making ym 12 bands & 8 shirts & often mending their apparel,00. 03. 08 Item, for buttons thread
November 11th (search for this): chapter 21
rding to appointment, to meet with us, and learn of us. Waaubon, the chief minister of justice among them, exhorting and inviting them before thereunto, being one who gives more grounded hopes of serious respect to the things of God than any that as yet I have known of that forlorn generation, etc. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., XXIV. 3. My prescribed limits will not admit a particular account of this primitive Christian mission to the Indians. Briefly, they were visited in a similar manner, November 11 and 26, and December 9, in the same year. At these several meetings, by prayers, and sermons, and familiar questions and answers, an earnest effort was made to impart to them a knowledge of the Gospel. A particular description of the means used, and of the encouraging results, is given by Eliot in a tract entitled, The Day-breaking if not the Sun-rising of the Gospel with the Indians in New England. printed at London, 1647, and reprinted in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historic
April 17th, 1629 AD (search for this): chapter 21
ter his decease, his widow administered the government of the tribe as squaw-sachem, and married Webcowits, her principal powwow, conjurer, or medicine man. By this marriage, however, he did not become a sachem, or king, but merely a prince-consort. In the First General Letter of the Governor and Deputy of the New England Company for a Plantation in Massachusetts Bay, to the Governor and Council for London's Plantation in the Massachusetts Bay in New England, dated In Gravesend the 17th of April, 1629, is this important direction,—--If any of the salvages pretend right of inheritance to all or any part of the lands granted in our pattent, wee pray you endeavour to purchase their tytle, that wee may avoyde 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 dee
October 28th, 1646 AD (search for this): chapter 21
, near Watertown Mill, upon the south side of Charles River, about four or five miles from his own house, where lived at that time Waban, one of their principal men, and some Indians with him. Ibid., p. 168. Eliot had previously devoted much time to the task of acquiring a competent knowledge of the Indian language, and had imparted religious instruction to individuals, as he had opportunity. At length he commenced his public ministry to the heathen, as thus related by himself: Upon October 28, 1646, four of us (having sought God) went unto the Indians inhabiting within our bounds, with a desire to make known the things of their peace to them. A little before we came to their Wigwams, five or six of the chief of them met us with English salutations, bidding us much welcome; who leading us into the principal wigwam of Waaubon, we found many more Indians, men, women, children, gathered together from all quarters round about, according to appointment, to meet with us, and learn of us
1762 AD (search for this): chapter 21
our leagues, where I shall leave them at present. 1 Coll. Amer. Antiq. Soc., II. 473, 474. In May, 1676, many of the men having performed military service for the English, permission was granted by the General Court for the departure of the Indians from the Island. The remnant of the Natick tribe, after a temporary residence near Nonantum, returned to their own town, which was under the management of Indian officers for nearly a century, until it was incorporated as an English district in 1762. From 1651 to 1762 Natick was an Indian town; and its history is little more than a picture of wild Indians making unsuccessful attempts to clothe themselves in the robes of civilization. Bacon's Hist. of Natick, p. 23. While the Christian Indians were passing through this furnace of affliction, they had a faithful friend in Gookin, who labored constantly to avert the evils to which they were exposed and to alleviate those which they suffered. In this labor of love he had the constan
March 4th, 1675 AD (search for this): chapter 21
t ye worll Capt. Daniel Gookin, calling him an Irish dog yt was never faithful to his country, the sonne of a whoare, a bitch, a rogue, God confound him, & God rott his soul, saying if I could meet him alone I would pistoll him. I wish my knife and sizers were in his heart. He is the devils interpreter. I and two or three more designed to cut of all Gookins brethren at the Island, but some English dog discovered it, the devil will plague him, etc. Sworn before Simon Willard, Assistant, March 4, 1675-6. Mass. Arch, XXX. 192. Scott was fined and imprisoned; he afterwards made a very humble confession, and was released. Two copies of a written handbill are preserved, dated on the same day that Scott gave vent to his wrath: Boston, February 28, 1675. Reader thou art desired not to supprese this paper, but to promote its designe, which is to certify (those traytors to their king and country) Guggins and Danford, that some generous spirits have vowed their destruction; as Christian
October 9th, 1677 AD (search for this): chapter 21
help us up into the great boat. We were not far frm the Castle, where we went ashore, dryed & refreshed, & yn went to the Island, performed or work, returned well home at night, praised be the Lord. Some thanked God, & some wished we had been drowned. Soone after, one yt wished, we had been drowned, was himself drowned about the same place wr we wr so wonderfully delivered: the history wrff is—. Here the account abruptly ends. At a later day, John Marshall testified that on the 9th of October, 1677, I saw John Joans driveing his trucks, whipping his horses which caused them to run very furiously; the worshipful Thomas Danforth being before the trucks shifted the way several times to escape the horses, and I was afraid they would have ran over him; but having escaped them, when the said Joans came to the wharfe where I was, I asked him why he drave his trucks soe hard to run over people, and told him he had like to have ran over Mr. Danforth; he answered it was noe matter if Mr.
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