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Majr Gookins (search for this): chapter 21
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 confess will deservedly dye, yet we wish the health of their soules. By ye new society. A. B. C. D. Mass. Arch., XXX. 193. The following memorandum was entered by Rev. John Eliot, on his Church Record: 1676. On the 7th day of the 2d month, Capt. Gookins, Mr. Danforth, & Mr. Stoughton wr sent by the Councill to order matters at Long Island for the Indians planting there, ya called me wth ym. In or way thither a great boat of about 14 ton, meeting us, turned head upon us (whethr willfully or b
Henrie Shrimpton (search for this): chapter 21
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 & other materials bought of Mr. Russel for ym,00. 02. 06 Item, for half a years schooling for James,00. 06. 00 I pray yo to appoint mee part of my pay as far as that will reach in the hands of Henrie Shrimpton both because I am ingaged to him and hee had promissed to accept yt pay, & if yt ye Indians require pay back at his hands I shall bee ready to repay him such as they shal accept. Further, wheras the Indians with mee bee so small as that they [are] uncapable of ye benefit of such learning as was my desire to impart to ym & therfore they being an hindrance to mee & I no furtherance to them, I desire they may bee somwhere else disposed of wth all convenient speed. So I rest in what I can
Elizabeth Belcher (search for this): chapter 21
and particularly, many harsh reflections and speeches were uttered against Major Daniel Gookin and Mr. John Eliot. Coll. Amer. Ant. Soc., II. 452, 453. As a specimen of the popular clamors and animosity, I copy a few manuscripts:— Elizabeth Belcher, aged 57, Martha Remington aged 31, and Mary Mitchell, aged 20, being sworne, doe say, that on ye 28th day of Febr. last, abt 10 of the clocke at night, Ri: Scott came into ye house of ye said Belcher, and suddenly after he came in broak ouBelcher, and suddenly after he came in broak out into many hideous raileing expressions agt 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. Sw
desire they may bee somwhere else disposed of wth all convenient speed. So I rest in what I can. Yrs Henrie Dunster. This account was referred to a committee, who reported,— Wee thinke meete Mr. Dunster should be paid 22l. 16s. 2d. The magistrates consent to this return of the sd Committee, Consented to by ye deputs. Jo: Winthrop, Govr. Edward Rawson. In this praiseworthy effort to enlighten, and civilize, and Christianize the Indians, Cambridge shares the glory with Roxbury. Not only was the gospel first preached to them here, and many of their youth here educated, but some of the most conspicuous and energetic laborers in this field of duty resided here. Omitting for the present all mention of others, if the labors of John Eliot of Roxbury entitled him to be regarded as an Apostle, or as standing in the place of Aaron as a high-priest to them in spiritual things, with equal propriety may Daniel Gookin of Cambridge be regarded as their Moses,—their civil ins
John Wonlpas (search for this): chapter 21
Indians, Sept. 14, 1681. The testimonies of several aged and principal Indians hereafter named, taken in Court, as followeth: Present, Daniel Gookin senr. Esq., Assistant. Rulers.Interpreters. Waban,Mr. John Eliot, senr., Piamrbow,Andrew Pittimee, Tom Tray,Peter Ephraim, Waban, aged about eighty years, Piambow, aged about eighty years, Nowanit, aged about 81 years, Jethro, aged about 70 years, William, aged 68 years, Anthon ray and Tom Tray, unkells by the father's side unto John Wonlpas deceased, aged 60 years and fifty-eight or thereabout, testified that the said John Woampas was no Sachem, and had no more right or title to any lands in the Nipmuk country within [the bounds] of Massachusetts than any other common Indians; and therefore they disclaimed and repudiated all sales or gifts of land pretended to have been made by him. Mass. Arch., XXX. 260. Under the joint instruction and superintendence of Eliot and Gookin, slow but encouraging progress was made in civ
ough the Indians came commonly to them at those times, much hungry belly (as they use to say) and were then in number and strength beyond the English by far. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., XIII. 138. There may have been some Indians in the easterly part of the town, as in old records that section is sometimes styled Wigwam Neck; but the far greater number probably dwelt near Menotomy River and Mystic Pond. They were subject to the Squaw-sachem, formerly wife of Nanepashemet, who is mentioned in Mourt's Relation. A party from Plymouth visited the Indians at the bottom of the Massachusetts Bay, whose sachem, Obbatinewat, a subject of Massasoit, used us very kindly; he told us he durst not then remain in any settled place, for fear of the Tarentines. Also the squaw-sachim, or Massachusetts queen was an enemy to him. Charles River, anciently called Quineboquin, was the natural boundary between these two hostile tribes. The Squaw-sachem seems to have resided on the westerly side of Myst
William Stoughton (search for this): chapter 21
lections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Besides Natick, the most important of all, there were six communities in Massachusetts, exclusive of Plymouth, which had long been denominated praying towns; namely, Pakemitt, or Punkapaog (now Stoughton); Hassanamesitt, or Hassanamisco (Grafton); Okommakamesit (Marlborough); Wamesit, or Pawtuckett (Tewksbury); Nashobah (Littleton); Magunkaquog (Hopkinton). There were also seven new praying towns, where the Gospel had been favorably received absh the health of their soules. By ye new society. A. B. C. D. Mass. Arch., XXX. 193. The following memorandum was entered by Rev. John Eliot, on his Church Record: 1676. On the 7th day of the 2d month, Capt. Gookins, Mr. Danforth, & Mr. Stoughton wr sent by the Councill to order matters at Long Island for the Indians planting there, ya called me wth ym. In or way thither a great boat of about 14 ton, meeting us, turned head upon us (whethr willfully or by negligence, God he knoweth),
W. Cambridge (search for this): chapter 21
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 Mistick aforesaid, together with the said ponds, all which we reserved from Charlestown and Cambridge, late called Newtowne, a
ople increased daily, not only against those Indians, but also against all such English as were judged to be charitable to them, and particularly, many harsh reflections and speeches were uttered against Major Daniel Gookin and Mr. John Eliot. Coll. Amer. Ant. Soc., II. 452, 453. As a specimen of the popular clamors and animosity, I copy a few manuscripts:— Elizabeth Belcher, aged 57, Martha Remington aged 31, and Mary Mitchell, aged 20, being sworne, doe say, that on ye 28th day of Febr. last, abt 10 of the clocke at night, Ri: Scott came into ye house of ye said Belcher, and suddenly after he came in broak out into many hideous raileing expressions agt 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 mo
Richard Collecott (search for this): chapter 21
4. One of the Indian Chiefs, who united with the Squaw-sachem in this act of submission to the government and jurisdiction of the Massachusetts, was Cutshamache, Cutshamakin, or Kuchamakin, who resided at a place called Neponsitt, within the bounds of Dorchester. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., i. 169. He is styled Sagamore of the Massachusetts, in his sale of land in Andover to John Woodbridge and his associates, and Sachem of Massachusetts in a similar sale of land in Dorchester to Richard Collecott for the use of the plantation of Dorchester.—Mass. Arch., XXX. 7, 15. His authority extended over those who dwelt at Nonantum, which was then included in Cambridge. With these Indian neighbors the English maintained peace. In one respect their relations were peculiarly interesting. When Rev. John Eliot commenced the public labors of his mission, the first place he began to preach at was Nonantum, near Watertown Mill, upon the south side of Charles River, about four or five miles fr
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