’ s Town

S owam s i n P okan oke t

I TS H I S TO RY L EG EN D S

A RA N D T D I TI ON S .

By V I RGI NIA B AKE R

Auth or of

H t f W rr n R I i n h e W ar of th e R v lut n The s or o a e . . t e o i y , o i LIB Q A n Y o f (30 51 6 9 63 5

Two C opi e s Rece i ve d

MAR g 1904

Copyri g h t k wi ry 8 l w a x . 0 t g Cb C LAS S XXc. No ' fi 8 8 8f d ’ C OPY '

W rren 'ere r t be e the r le n t on a wh fi s sid c ad d a i ,

The old e too we love t tor e t chi f s d , hy s i d pas , S owam s is ple asan t for a habitation ’ — Twas thy first history may it be thy las t .

— B W HE Z E KI AH UTTE R ORTH .

C opy rig h t 1 904 b y V i rg i ni a B a k e r ’ M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t

PECULIAR interest centres about everything per

the s s s s taining to great achem Ma a oit .

ssas has s s Ma oit alway , and ju tly , been regarded as one of the mos t remarkable of that group of illus trious aboriginal Chie ftains with whom the early white s s ss i ettler of were a ociated . But wh le the student of his tory is familiar with the s tory of the Indian ’ s - s he king life long allegiance to our forefather , while admires in the untutored savage virtues few Chris tian

s ss ss s e e monarch have po e ed , he know comparativ ly littl of the en vironments that helped to mould a character of so

rs unique a stamp . The ancient chronicle ofte n allude to ’ Massasoit s s e e the es s place of re id nc , and qu tion that naturally present themselves are : Where was this place 'Why did Massas oit select it for his abode 'What is its history'To

s s s s s is s an wer the e que tion , in part at lea t , the object of thi sketch . At the period whe n the came to anchor in

r as s as se n n Plymouth harbo , M oit exerci d domi ion over early — all the s outh e astern part of Mas s achuse tts from

The s - es s his to Narragans e tt Bay . outh w tern ection of king

as t S owams S owamsett. dom was known Pokanoke , , or It

s s the s r s included what now compri e town of B i tol , Warren , as s Barrington , and E t Providence in Rhode I land , with s e Mas sachu portions of Seekonk , Swan ea , and R hoboth in

s its was 500 s re s sett . Though area only about qua mile its es was , owing to many natural advantag , more ’ 4 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n densely populated than any other part of the Wampanoag

I s s e was t e S owams country . t principal ettl ment h village of ,

ss s n his e r s where Ma a oit maintai ed h adqua ter , and where ,

i u the e his e was as s . w tho t doubt , gr ater portion of lif p ed For many years the exact location of this village was a i s us n s dis puted po nt , authoritie vario ly fixi g it at Bri tol ,

rr . . ss Ba ington , and Warren . The late Gen Guy M Fe enden was s s us t S owams the fir t to demon trate , concl ively , tha s s occupied the s ite of the las t mentioned place . The re ult of his careful and pains taking inves tigation of the claims of the three towns may be found in the short but valuable his torical s ketch of Warren published by General Fessenden in One familiar with the Pokanoket region readily perceives is is why Massas oit placed h capital W here he did . Warren s e s ituated midway betwe n Barrington and Bri tol , on an

s e is t arm of Narragan tt Bay, and bounded on the nor h and

h as s s s A a t t e e as t by t e State of M achu e tt . glance h map

e s l s e e of Rhod I land wi l how the r ad r that , at Warren , which is its s s e s the farther inland than either of i t r town , Wampa noa s e e as e e g wer , in a gr at me ur , prot cted from the danger

s e s arra a s e s of udden attack by their nemie , the N g n tt who ' s s t e as dwelt upon the oppo ite hore of h bay , 1 and that , in c e h s as s r of o tile inv ion , they were ea ily able to reti e to less s exposed portion of their domains . The Indians were always particular to locate their per s n s n s w manent village in the vici ity of pri g of running ater . ds s S s I ts s is Warren aboun in uch pring . oil generally fertile

its t re e as i and clima e ag eable and h althy, , owing to ts s ome

i s it s es what nland po ition, e cap the full rigor of the fierce

* “ ” Se e l o S owams the ome of so t : W ere W I t'b a s , , H Massa i h as y V r n r N E t and G n t r l e . . . e . e e J 1 899 i gi ia Bak , His R gis , u y , . The N rr n e tts o e t now W n ton Co nt o t a aga s ccupi d wha is ashi g u y, Rh de I sland ’ S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 5

s h hs s s wind , that , during t e winter mont , weep the un heltered

r r s i s ho es of B is tol . In the day when the n

e its e was and r s er s habit d t rritory , it well timbered , g ape , ch rie ,

s e s huckleberrie , and oth r wild fruit grew abundantly in

I ts e s ee e fish field and s wamp . riv r t m d with of many vari eties s e s s s s , and al o yielded a pl ntiful upply of lob ter , crab ,

s s s s ss s . s oy ter , clam , quahaug , and mu el Flock of wild fowl haunte d its marshes ; deer and s maller game frequented i t s s s s e ts woods . Even in ho e ea on wh n food became gen erall s e the e e s S owams s f y carc , dw ll r at probably u fered little from hunge r in comparis on with the inhabitants of many s s ss r ection of New England le favo ed by nature .

S owams e the r At , too , very facility for manufactu e of the she ll beads use d as curren cy by the aborigines was to be

touwom i tea . se e na found Any one who cho might becom a p , “ ” r as e as or coine , and literally , make much mon y , he

the s the s artificer s e wished . From rock at hand avage hap d

s his r The e s the rude implement which c aft demanded . wat r

h r gave him free ly the periwinkle and t e quahaug . F om

h wam um he the former he cut t e p or white beads . Of t “ ” r as eye , or dark portion of the latte , he f hioned the more alua l s suckauhock h s s b e black bead called . T e e bead were

es s s e s es s s made into necklac , carf , b lt , girdl , bracelet , cap “ ” r es ss e us s and other a ticl of dre and ornam nt curio ly trung , “ s s s r s s h ay Roger William , into many fo m and figure , t eir ” n n r black and white fi ely mixe d together . Not i f e quently a s avage arrayed in gala attire carried upon this pers on his

r r r s s enti e stock of ready money . Governo Bradfo d tate “ ” that the Narrag ansetts and Pequots grew rich and potent

s e by the manufacture of wampum and , pre umably, w alth contributed in no small degree towards es tablis hing the

s pres tige of the Wampanoag .

n me lt o or n e onl to the te be me This a , a h ugh igi ally appli d y whi ads , ca ,

i n t me to n b ot te an d b . i , sig ify h whi lack ’ 6 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

s s e was s Thi tribe , properly p aking, a confederation of clan its own was sub each clan having headman who , however, s s m s s ervient to a chief achem . The Wa panoag , or Pokanoket as s e n us they were al o call d , were origi ally a populo and e is s powerful p ople and it aid that , at one period , their chief was able to rally around him no less than warriors .

h as s as n the s i his The fat er of M oit , accordi g to te t mony of * us s s on s cess ns ill triou , waged war uc fully agai t the Narra ’ ansetts An h i s n as g and awon , K ng Philip great captai , bo ted

his s ess to captor, Church , of the mighty ucc he had formerly i s ns ns ns s r n war agai t many natio of India , when he e ved ’ ” m in s As uh e u s . q , Philip father About three year before

s u r e u the ettlement of Plymo th , howeve , a t rrible plag e de vas tated the country of the Wampanoags and greatly dimin

ish d u e s . n s e their n mb r Governor Bradford , alludi g to thi “ s c s s us ds e pe tilen e , tate that tho an of th m dyed , they not ” “ e r one and s s b ing able to bu ie another, that their cul and

s e es n s bone w re found in many plac lyi g till above ground , where their hous es and dwellings had been ; a very s ad ” ck acl ul s s s pe t e to beho d . The Narragan ett who were s o n as s fortu ate to e cape the plague , took advantage of

ss e en es s e the weakne of th ir anci t fo , wre te d from th m one of the faires t portions of the ir domain the is land of Aquid s as s neck , (Rhode I land) and compelled M as oit to s ubject “ ” ms his ds r s nic Cano us . hi elf and lan , to their g eat achem

1 620 e Ch e s hi In , the Pokanok t i ftain could ummon to s aid 3 00 i s hi only about f ghting men , ixty of whom were s imme Y s . et s s as s his n ss diate follower Ma oit , de pite weak e , con trived to maintain his s upremacy over the petty s achems the s s T of variou clan of the Wampanoag confe deracy . he s agamores of the Is lands of Nantucket and Nope or Capa ’ s V s s acon t wack (Martha ineyard) , of Poca et , (Tiverton) , S e

Se e De o t on of o er W m p si i R g illia s . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 7

amas Nobs uas s (Little Compton) , N ket (Middleborough) , q et Y r Monamoit se as ( a mouth) , (Chatham) , Nau t (E tham) , P atuxet er s e t th (Plymouth) , and oth place , tog ther wi h e

e s i muc ere r r headm n of ome of the N p nation , w t ibuta y to

im n s s e s e s h . U doubtedly ome of the e chi f w re allied to Mas a s es s i res s s oit by ti of con angu nity or mutual inte t ; other ,

n as e r . probably , re dered homage conqu red to conque or

e r s s s e e ns Lik the Na ragan ett , the Wampanoag w r co ider v ably advanced in ci ilization . They built permanent villages

e e s u ns s s es . h and cultivat d corn , b an , p mpki , and qua h T ey manufactured cooking utens ils of s tone and and rude

s es - s s s ls implement for dom tic and war like purpo e from hel ,

s . e r r e tone , and bone They pr pa ed the g eater part of th ir

e was s food by the aid of fire and their cook ry , by no mean ,

s n unpalatable . The famed Rhode I land John y cake and s till more famous clam bake each claim an

r u e s ss Indian o igin . They nd r tood how to dre birch and

es se for n s ch tnut bark which they u d coveri g their wigwam , and they cons tructed canoes by hollowing out the trunks of

s s s s ses s large tree . Of ru he and gra they wove mat and

as e s ash e as ns e s e b k t , and they f ion d mocc i , l gging , and oth r

r articles of appa el from the s kins of wild be asts . The y were

se s s en very accurate in their ob rvation of the weather , and p t

s n the s the much time in tudyi g heaven , being familiar with ns s s n s for n motio of the tar , and havi g name ma y of the

es cons tellations . In common with the other native trib of

e rs s s n North America , th y wo hipped variou god , peopli g

s k sea e es e earth , air , y , and with d iti ; yet th y acknowledged

s e e n one uprem b i g , and believed in the immortality of the s oul . It is obvious that Mass as oit possesse d mental e ndowments

e r is s his e r of no m an orde , and it equally obviou that nvi on

Un doubtedly much of the clay use d i n P okanoket was procured at rr n t n a n t Ba i g o d Nor h Swans e a . ’ 8 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

ments were precis ely those best calculated to develop a character naturally s trong . He dwelt in a land which , if and e n not literally flowing with milk hon y, abou ded with s s s everything needful to s upply the imple want of avage life , and thus he es caped those demoralizing influe nces which

r attend the s truggle for me e exis tence . The proximity of

- a n re re h s e . powerful e emy nde d im , cautiou , al rt , and vigilant His pos ition as the chie f of a cons iderable confederacy in

s and e s ve ted him with dignity , call d into activity all tho e

- statesman like qualities for which he was s o jus tly famed . “ ns es s as e e s Wi low d cribe him grav of countenanc , pare of ” s s es r es peech , and thi d c iption talli exactly with our ideal “ e e ss s : s has of the man . G n ral Fe enden remark Thi chief i never had full jus tice done to h s characte r . Ce rtainly it was r r e e se s no o dina y man who , conqu r d him lf, till retained

s e e se ns ff i the re pect and all gianc of veral cla , di er ng in thought ,

n w r e e s s . as nu mod of life , and i t re t It no o dinary man who ,

is e en e daunted by m fortun , dured the yok patiently till the

u off se e se opport nity to throw it pre nt d it lf , and the n quietly taking advantage of the aus picious mome nt accomplished the liberation of himself and his people from a servitude more bitter than death itself . Massasoit was familiar with the appearance of white men ~ h r s at 1 1 . 6 9 before t e a rival of the Pilgrim Plymouth In , s e s s Captain Thoma D rmer , an Engli hman, vi ited the Mas s a “ chus etts coas t and held an interview at Namas ket with two

s e as s s king of Pokanok t , undoubtedly M a oit and his brother uad ui Th Q eq n a . e English were regarded with s us picion and dis like by s ome of the tribe s of the Wamp anoag con federacy , owing to the fact that a certain uns crupulous trader had kidnapped s ome of the natives and s old them into s lavery

C n n t om s t . He ol the I n n W n lo te u f ap ai Th a Hu s d dia s , i s w lls s , or “ £20 e e k r api c li e a w etche d man that cares not what mischief he doth for ro t his p fi . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 9

in Spain . Had the Englis h attempted a settlement at Plymouth when the we re at the ze nith of the ir

e r e pow r, they would , p obably, have b en either exterminated or r 1 620 as s e . as s d iv n from the country But , in , M oit , who e

r s ebb s e e e fo tune were at the , tood r ady to xt nd the right

s e - e s n s hand of fellow hip to the pal fac d tra ger , in whom he

e th ss s is perc ived e po ible deliverer of h nation . The tre aty

' with the Pilgrims into which he entered at Plymouth in

1 621 was h s se s s March , , t e bold troke of a wi tate man and

e e e an xp rienced politician . The articl in the treaty which s tipulated that the English should aid him if any did un ” ustlv h s his s j war agains t im make po ition plain . We cannot yet conceive but that he is willing to have peace with ” “ us s s w n s . s , write Win lo , alludi g to thi treaty And e pecially

s e rs Narrowhi ans ets becau e he hath a pot nt adve ary , the g

are s h h s that at war with him ; again t w om , he t ink , we may be s ome strength to him ; for our pie ces are te rrible unto ” ’ s n s Mas sas oit s them . Sub eque t event proved that policy was for ssis his e s not at fault , with the a tance of whit allie , he was n e e the n Canonicus fi ally nabl d to throw off galli g yoke of , and to res tore the Wampanoags to their old-time pos ition of n n an r i de pende ce d powe . 1 621 s In July , , Governor William Bradford decided to end “ ” n s a deputation to Poka oket , to di cover the country , to “ ” continue the league of peace and friendship which had s s been entere d into a few month previou at Plymouth , and ’ r s hors ma r r for . e e n s to p ocu e corn planting P ovid d with gift , a

n in s laced coat of red cotto and a cha , Edward Win low and

s s t n 2d Stephen Hopkin e out from Plymouth on Mo day , July ,

Tis uantum having for a guide q , or , the friendly Indian whose name appears s o cons picuously in the early s annals of Plymouth . The trail followed led the traveller - s through Titicut in the north we t part of Middleborough ,

e e s Matta ois et wher th y pent the night , to Taunton , thence to p ’ 1 0 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

(South Swans ea) and from there to Kickemuit in the e as terly

e the Kickemuit was part of Warren . Undoubt dly River

- e e s crossed at a wading place , oft n allud d to in the early record was s of Warren , which at a point a little north of the pre ent Ki ckemuit Child Street bridge . From they continued on to S owams in the wes tern part of the town on the shores m e k as S owa s . of the Warren Riv r, then nown the River There Kickemuit seems little reas on to doubt that , in going from w m n n to S o a s , they followed a windi g trail leadi g along what now cons titutes the K ickemuit Road and Market Street * as in 1 21 s in Warren , , 6 , the we terly portion of Child Street s s s k ns was a thick swamp . Thi vi it of Win low and Hop i w s s as the se cond paid by white men to Rhode I land , the fir t vis it having been made by Verazz ano and his companions nearly a century before . ’ Wins low s party arrived at S owams on the afternoon of July M 4th as s s se . es , but M a oit proved to be ab nt from home sen ers m s s g were im ediately di patched after him, and he hortly ’ appe ared being greeted by a dis charge of his white vis itors

s guns . He welcomed the Engli hmen cordially and invited

e his W ss th m into igwam , where they delivered a lengthy me age from Governor Bradford and presented the gifts they had s n brought with them . The achem at once don ed the coat and “ n i H h s . e was hu g the chain about neck not a little proud , “ s s ns e s hi s s ay Wi low, to b hold him elf ; and s men al o to ee ” s o their king bravely attired . ’ In ans wer to the Governor s mess age Mas s as oit made a long s peech in which he mentioned s ome thir ty different es s r s s plac over which he exerci ed ju i diction, and promi ed his e s s ns s that p ople hould bring their ki to the Engli h . At the close of the s peech he offered his gues ts tobacco and then “ ” s s n s fell to di cour i g of England , King Jame , and the French

From n tree t to et om v n Ha dy S M ac A e ue . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 1 1

“ s he s e e s again t whom e med to feel a particular av r ion . Late ” e s s ns his s it gr w , tate Wi low in narrative of thi journey to “ n ls ffe : e Poka oket , but victua he o red none for inde d he

so s o s had not any ; being he came newly home , we de ired to go to res t . Upon the following day many pe tty s achems came to

owams h s S to pay t e ir respect to the ir white allies . They e s s s s ntertained the tranger by playing variou game , the s s n s ns s take bei g ki and knives . The Engli hmen challenged “ e s for s ns e rs th m to a hooting match ki , but th y du t not

e . e e s one accept the challeng Th y, howev r , de ired of the two

s s s r s to hoot at a mark , who hooting with hail hot (bi d hot) ” “ s h r s s s they wondered to ee t e ma k o full of holes . Thi hoot ing at a mark is the first ins tance of target practice by a ' white man within the limits of Rhode Is land of which we have any record . On Friday morning Wins low and Hopkins took their

Sowams s see departure from , carrying with them ome d corn

s T e s e s which Mas as oit had given them . h achem arne tly entreate d them to prolong their s tay ; but the Englis hmen “ ” s e the s o e inv i de ired to ke p Sabbath at home , d clined the i “ tat on . They reached Plymouth , on Saturday night , wet ,

s r et s s weary , and u bated , indeed , y with the ati faction of

ss i feeling that the object of their mi ion had been atta ned . “ I n 1 2 e s ss s March , 6 3 , n w came to Plymouth that Ma a oit was and the s e m r was like to die ; that , at am ti e , the e a Dutch s r e s o the s e s ress e hip d iv n high on hor by t of w ather , right is n t s in r s sh before h dwelli g hat , till the tide c ea ed e could ” ff e s e e not be got o . Upon r ceipt of thi int llig nce Governor Bradford deemed it e xpedient to dis patch a second e xpedition to S owams for the two - fold purpose of express ing his friend “ ship for the Wampanoag chief and obtaining s ome confer ” s was i s ence with the Dutch . Edward Win low aga n elected ’ “ ” as m s ss e so the govern ent me eng r, having for a con rt a ’ 1 2 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

a entleman su certain Mas ter John Hamden, g of London ( p posed by s ome to be the famous parliamentarian of that name) m k e e Hobba oc . The and for a guid , the fri ndly native party n u Matta oi followed the ancient I dian trail , and , pon nearing p “ ” set f as s as was . , were in ormed that M oit dead and buried “ des ired the Englishmen to return with all ” ns e n s s peed to Plymouth , but Wi low b i g anxiou , if the

was n ee e s king i d d d ad , to enter into friendly relation with i h s s ss e . ucce or, decided to continue the j ourn y At Matta

ois e e s e the as s s p t, the wif of , ach m of Poc et , gave “ ” e e s r as the trav ll r friendly ente tainment , and , no definite ’ f Mas s as oit s was in ormation regarding condition obtainable , Wins low dis patched a messenger to Pokanoket to as certain

. ss r s the truth The me enger retu ning in a few hour , brought the welcome intellige nce that the chief was s till living though “

. e e ese s ns critically ill Much r viv d at th tiding , Wi low and “ ” his companions set forward with all s peed and arrived “ s n as s at their de tination late within night . They fou d M a s is e h . oit yet aliv , though apparently very near end The “ s e e Dutch hip , how ver, had d parted about two of the clock ” s o as its n s that afternoon, that regarded one of i tent , their “ was us j ourney fr trate . This Dutch ship probably vis ited S owams for trading r s s pu po e . The fact that it grounded right before Mas s a ’ ’ s oit s dwelling proves that the sachtmo comaco (s achem s h s was s s w m r ou e) ituated on the hore of S o a s (Wa ren) River . Probably it s tood not far from the S pring still known as ’ Mas sas oi s t Spring . This is located at the foot of Baker i s s Street in the compact part of Warren . In t natural tate was e s i it a pow rful pring , bubbl ng from a bed of pure white s and . Many ye ars ago it was excavated to the depth of s about eight feet and walled up like a well . At a di tance of

e the s c - was five f et from bottom a lui e way left , through which a s mall s tream flows during the greater part of the S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 1 3

its the s s year and , finding way to urface , trickle into the is . s e river The water , which never fail , of xcellent quality ns and even in warm weather remai pure and cold .

h s e e e the W W en the Engli hm n ent r d royal igwam , they foun d a great crowd of people assembled about the bed of “ ” “ t e r i h . e e e s ns n chief Th r they we , narrate Wi low , the

s e r n s e s s mid t of th ir cha ms for him maki g uch a h lli h noi e , as s e e us re r e it di t mp red that we well , and the efore unlik to ” im was s as s s s s w s h . as ea e that ick M a oit , who e ight gone , “ e e s s nf r s ns gr et d Win low with the e mour ul wo d , Oh Wi low ” I shall never see thee again 'Wins low ans wered that Governor Bradford had sent from Plymouth certain things “ e s in ess n confec d emed by the Engli h good illn and , havi g a m e s e s . tion of any comfortabl con rve etc , on the point of his e kn f s e s e p n i e , gave the ach m om , the j uice of which

s W r s he wallowed . h e eat tho e that were about him much “ rej oiced ; s aying he had not s wallowed anything in ten days ’ s as s n s before . Win low then w hed the ick ma mouth and

r nfe s s in gave him mo e of the co ction di olved water and , “ t s r r wi hin half an hour, thi t eatment wrought a g eat alter ” His s ation in him in the eyes of all that beheld him . ight began to return which gave both him and his white friends “ n i s s ss good encour age me t . W n low then ha tily addre ed “ a le tter to Governor Bradford des cribing the good s uccess

es n s ns of the expedition , and requ ti g that ome chicke for

e and er i s s broth , m dicine , oth th ng might be ent him ; and ,

s e esse s with thi lett r, a m nger tarted for Plymouth at two ’ o clock in the morning . as s s n sse s s is M a oit , havi g expre d a wi h for ome Engl h ” “ ns us pottage , Wi low, though unacc tomed and unacquainted ” i “ in s ss ts . s such bu ine , undertook preparation He cau ed ” a woman to bruise s ome corn which he placed in a pipkin

as s as s and , oon the day broke , he allied forth with Hamden s i s s in search of herb ; and , finding noth ng but trawberry leave ’ 1 4 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n gathered a handful and put them in the pot with the corn “ ” “ with a slice of s axifrax root to give the mixture a good ” s e s was su c s reli h . Wh n thi gruel ffi iently boiled , he trained “ it through his handkerchief and gave Mass as oit at le as t ” f n . s a pi t , which he drank and liked it very well A ter thi ’ “ s s s s o the achem ight mended more and more , indeed , “ was his e s s ins rapid improvem nt that , ay W low, we with adm iration blessed God for giving His bless ing to s uch raw s i s of ac and ignorant mean , h m elf and all them ” n i knowledgi g us the ins truments of h s preservation .

. ss s n mse so b s Ma a oit fi ding hi lf far recovered , now e ought Wins low to vis it all that were ill in the town and to give them the s ame treatment that had proved so beneficial in his own “

s s his e . s w ca e , aying that peopl were good folk Win lo ’ “ acceeded to the s request though it was much offen “ s he s s s s ive to him , not being accu tomed to uch poi onou s was s s avour . An entire morning pent in going from

W W w one n igwam to ig am , and can imagine the commi gled awe and gratitude with which the s imple chi ldre n of nature

us e s regarded the man who , to them , m t hav eemed gifted i s ss with div ne power . Doubtle that wondrous seas on of

e was e e Sowams ss h aling long rememb r d in , and doubtle the name of Wins low continued to remain a hous ehold word in the Indian village many years after its owner lay s lumbering in his grave .

n ns s r In the afternoo , Wi low again allied fo th , gun in hand , “ ” s n to gratify the de ire of the ki g for more pottage of fowl . “ ” He shot an extraordinary fat duck and with it prepared “ as s s s e s as a broth of which M a oit , de pit all warning , ate ” as s s much would well have ati fied a man in health . The “ ” result of this gross meal was a relapse s o severe that even

s e s e r the Engli hmen doubted th ir patient r cove y . For the s pace of four hours the s ick man bled profusely at the nose ; u as e s u b t , at l t , the bleeding c a ed and he fell into a profo nd S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 1 5

s he es e s r lumber from which awakened refr h d and t engthened . Meanwhile the messenger returne d from Plymouth with the

ns e n s h s h as chicke and oth r thi g for whic Win low ad ked , but “ ” as s s n his s M a oit findi g tomach come to him , would not ” s have the fowl killed , but kept them for breed . These his toric chickens were the first domesticate d fowls ever ’ far w brought into Rhode Island . So as the sachem s health res tored that the Englishmen dare d not give him the medicine

s the s r e . as s s s ent by Plymouth u g on M a oit , him elf, felt “ as s i r s ure d of h s recove y . Now I ee the English are my ” “ s me he e and s e friend and love , xclaimed , whil t I liv I will never forget this kindness they have showed me These

as s s s were no idle words ub eque nt event proved . ’ During the white me n s stay at S owams many of Mas s a ’ “ s oit s r e s es e s h s e h f i nd and alli cam to vi it im , om by t eir

s report from a place not les than a hundred miles . To all ’ comers one of the s achem s chief men relate d the story of ’ “ Mas sas oit s ss was s s illne , how near he pent ; how, among t others his friends the Englis h came to see him ; and how s uddenly they re covered him to this st rength they saw; he ” i was being now able to s t upright by himself . But it not “ ” by words alone that the good folk of S owams showe d ’ E n li m n the ir appreciation of the g sh e s services to them . “ ” s we e es s e er e Whil t w re there , writ Win low, our nt tainm nt

h ers he s er r e xceeded all ot er s trangers . Div ot r thing w e wo th “

s e r e e s . the noting , he add , but I f a I have be n too t diou Gladly would we have pardoned the worthy chronicler the ” mos t tedious des cription of that primeval entertainment

ss e s which , doubtle included f a ting and dancing and wild s aboriginal s ports . Of what ine timable value would it have been to the his torian ' ’ But it was at the moment of his guests departure that Mas s as oit demons trated the depth of his gratitude to his

s n Hobbamock as he preserver . Calli g , the guide , ide , in the ’ 1 6 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

s e his s s uns s pre ence of two or thr e of mo t tru ted co ellor , charged him to acquaint Wins low with the exis tence of a ’ plot originated by the Massachus etts Indians agains t Weston s s colony at W essag us set and the ettlement at Plymouth . ’ Hobbamock faithfully obeyed his s achem s ins tructions . What would have been the fate of the Pilgrims had this time ly

r . ss s warning not been given, we can only conjectu e Ma a oit “ advised his white allies to kill the men of Mas s achus et who ” the s is i e s s were author of th ntend d mi chief, and thi advice

ns they were co traine d to follow . This second vis it of the Englis h to S owams marks an epoch

s . in the hi tory of both red men and white It firmly cemented ,

s the s rs s by mutual gratitude and e teem , friend hip fi t e tab i s i ls hed s . s ss s on a political ba i Prev ou to it , Ma a oit appears to have cherished s ome mis givings regarding the good

is s s his s r faith of h Chri tian allie . But re to ation to health

’ by their minis trations removed every doubt from his generous “ n is s s . ss h s ee the mi d Witne word , Now I that Engli h love ' s s me and are my friend , and whil t I live I will never forget H s ss s . e e thi kindne they have howed me n ver did forget it .

ess e s e is s L than a decade aft r thi ev ntful v it , an Engli h trading house was es tablis hed within the limits of S owams

h s e s of which at one period, T oma Prince , aft rward governor w “ ” as s . is of , ma ter The location of th trading hous e has caused his torians as much perplexity as

the S owams s . is location of village it elf William J . Miller in h “ ” “ s s s Hi tory of the Wampanoag Indian s ay (p . The trading pos t was s upposed to have been locate d on the Bar rington s ide of the river (Warren River) on the land known ’ ” as Ph b e e s Neck . A little thought will convince anyone familiar with the S owams region that the trading house would e c r n s never have be n pla ed in Ba ri gton , for the rea on that a ’ e e P s wid , de p , and unfordable river lay between hebe Ne ck ’ and Mas sas oit s town which the white men would have been

’ 1 8 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n they invaded Pokanoket for the purpose of compelling Mas s

i i s as s s e in s s as o t and h s warrior to i t th m repul ing the Pequot , n n s s may be only co jectured . Sta di h , perhap fearing a s i s i e Sowamset s econd ncur on, remain d at until ome time in * May . u s In co r e of time , the trail leading from Plymouth to S owams became a familiar path to the people of the Pilgrim T s s settlement . he Plymouth record how that Edward

s eas s Win low made , at l t , one more vi it to Pokanoket , and

e s t rs s that , Samu l Na h , and o he , al o j ourneyed

the S owamset s there . All who explored di trict perceived “ was s that it , like the valley of E hcol , a good land , and the ide a of es tablishing a plantation within its limits seems to have be en entertaine d by the Plymouth government for s s s s e W as ome year before uch a ettlem nt actually begun .

s s s e in s The mo t famou oj ourn r at Pokanoket , tho e e arly w s as e s . s day , Rog r William Bani hed from Salem , in January, “ 1 63 6 th e s r s s as s s , he fled from avage Ch i tian of M achus ett ” the s s s s Bay to Chri tian avage of Narragan ett Bay . In ” s s n he his a bitter winter ea o , made way through the wild s s s in s as s s fore t to eek a new home the domain of M a oit , the m friend of white en . The bes t authorities be lieve that Mas sas oit gave him she lter at S owams village until the s pring “

. s s s broke William him elf, write , When I came (to the “ s was s Narragan ett) I welcome to Ou amequin , and I tes tify

d l t s t s s and ec are , hat , at my fir t coming into he e part , I s e s u obtained the land of Se konk of Ou amequin . If circ m stanti al e r evidence be of any valu , Wa ren has certainly good grounds on which to bas e its claim to the honor of having been the firs t s pot in Rhode Is land pressed by the foot of the ’

s s s u . is t State illu triou fo nder It a fact worthy of no e that , one hun dred and twenty-nine years after

Winthro p . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 1 9

’ s s s s e s s r ought refuge with Ma a oit , Rhod I land g eat educa tional s e s e in titution (Rhod I land Colleg , now Brown Univer s it e its ee s the s y) , b gan car r within a few rod of ite of the royal

W es s the e igwam which , pr umably, heltered Sal m exile . e 25 1 63 9 as s s his s s on On S ptember , , M a oit and elde t , “ as Mooanam e e then known , appear d at Court and renew d ” n e e ss s the a ci nt league with the Plymouth governm nt , Ma a oit “ n s s n ” acknowledgi g him elf a ubject of the King of E gland .

e s e as s Thirt en year lat r , we find by the record of the colony , “ ” s an Engli h plantation , rated at the value of

s e S owams s s e was exi t d at . Thi ettl ment located on the banks of the Kickemuit River in the n orth—eas terly part of the s was e e s pre ent town of Warren . It compl t ly de troyed ’ s r s bu t as as by the Indian du ing King Philip war , late

e es the e s its s R volutionary tim , r main of cellar and hearth

I r stones were s till vis ible . ts no thern limit exte nde d to what now cons titutes the boundary line separating Warren

r I ts s s h from No th Swanse a . outhern limit approac ed within less than a mile of the Indian village of the s ame

s the s n s name . At ju t what date fir t log cabi of a white ettler was erected at Sowams we have no means of as certaining ; but it is not unreas onable to s uppose that the little hamlet

“ s u se ' grew up , lowly , aro nd the old trading hou

Kick mui is res s ris n The e t River a pictu que tream which , i g in s e n s the s es r e and s Swan a , wi d along hor of Wa r n Bri tol and empties into at a point called by the Indians “

W ois t h s the r s . s eyp e , by t e Engli h Nar ow On the we t

e s e the r n bank of the riv r , near the it of old bounda y li e of is s s as Warren and Bristol , a living pring till known Kicke

’ n x 46 orton emor e 3 . M s M ial , App di , Co who n m n r i n o e n Th t nn e E . e e t e t T e la e Miss A i l , sp a y y a s c ll c i g his ori cal t re t n to W rren bel eve t t the tr n o t o e t da a la i g a , i d ha adi g p s ccupi d “ nt lo t on on the e t b n of the Ki ck emuit ne r the n a c e ral ca i up w s a k , a wadi g ” n place before mentio ed . ’ 20 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

* n The s the s s is muit Spri g . oil in vicinity of thi pring mixed

s e s s e s l with oy t r , clam , and quahaug hell to the d pth of evera

r r s n e s feet , and f om it va iou aborigi al impl ment have at dif

h is e ferent periods been ex umed . It evid nt that an Indian l li village once occupied the oca ty . T The main trail winding from Kickemuit to S owams was interse cted by shorter paths leading to various sections of

e Pokanoket . The Metacom Avenu of today, familiarly known “ ” is the as the Back Road , identical with trail worn by n moccas ined feet in travelli g to and from Mount Hope . Another trail closely following the lines of the present Kicke mui s s t Road , School Hou e Road , and Swan ea Road , led to “ is s s s what now North Swan ea, and pa ed the national grind ” he n s ing mill of t Wampa oag , 1: a large flat rock located on the wes t s ide of the Swanse a Road at a point very near the

“ On the e t ore of the r ver few r b elo the n - e as sh i , a ya ds w wadi g plac , “ o l be een e than a centur a o the rem n of an I n n hot- o e c u d s l ss y g , ai s dia h us , e - e mb er on tr te of tone and b i t nto the r ver b n a c ll lik cha c s uc d s u l i i a k , v n i n t en tre fl at b ed of tone the o e en o re m e r n ha i g i s c , a s , wh l cl su asu i g Th - “ about e ight fee t i n l ength . e savages made us e of the sweating bath i n ne or to le n e t e r n of mul t on of rt n t a nd sick ss c a s h i ski s accu a i s di , pai , “ fir n r f re e . e e b t o the r e e l e o the hot o e g as A hug was uil ud fi p ac h us , b n remove ter the mb er b e me t oro l e t Th I h ei g d af cha ca h ugh y h a e d . e “ n t en e te t em e ve ro n the hot tone an d rem ne for dia s h s a d h s l s a u d s s , ai d “ a n o r or more o er W l m t n tob o o r n h u , says R g i lia s , aki g acc , disc u si g ” n r er ro e r r n n a n d sweati g toge the . Aft thus p fus ly pe spi i g they plu ge d

r n to oo e r o e . i to the wate . c l th i b di s ' 1 The I ndians accounte d for the serpentine course of Ki ck emui t River t e a o t e e e over h e f rt . e t e o e o th hus Ag s g , h y said , a d lug c d wh l fac e e a h . W en the ter b e e rt n v n t who n b te P o no e t h wa s su sid d , a c ai di i i y i ha i d ka k , n r or i n r E feeling hu g y sallie d f th sea ch of food . spying a huge eel basking i n the m he r e e r o t b t the eel er e v n e n ud , ais d his sp a al f u , p c i i g his d sig , b n r n r i n the O o te r t n t t t t e e o . e r to ga w iggli g apidly pp si di c i As i wis d , fi s the r t t en to the e t t r er ob to o n t ntl t igh h l f , i s pu su was liged als co s a y urn a nd turn and soon b ecame s o fatigued that the eel e asily ou t-distan ce d m a nd n n e nto o nt o e T t t hi fi ally plu g d i M u H p Bay . he rack le f i n the mud by pursued and pursuer e ventually became the bed of the Kicke m i v r u t Ri e . n x I See Appe di . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 2 1

line se parating Massachus etts and Rhode Is land . There were other paths leading to Birch Swamp in the north e s en P o as uash th e e a terly part of Warr , to pp q ( name th n

es er s applied to the w t ly part of Bri tol) , and to a ferry over S owams River by means of which connection was made be tween ’ Massas oit s w Chachacust in is to n and , (a neck of land what

r s n e s are e now Bar ington) . The two la t me tion d trail id ntical n n with North a d South Mai Stree ts in Warren . “ From the wading -place a trail ran eas tward a short

s r e off r s Touis e s e di tance and then b anch d towa d t, Mattapoi tt ,

e s h r re r s and other localities . A car ful tudy of t e ea ly co d of

se has n the Swan a and Warren convi ced writer that , in laying

s s s s out highway , the original ettler of the town , in many

s s re e r s us e in tance , me ly widened the anci nt t ail d by the Wampanoags for no one kn ows how many ce nturies prior

in to the arrival of the Mayflower Cape Cod Bay . The Plymouth government having es tablis he d a settlement “ * Sowams the e ei e e at , gard n of th r patent , grant d c rtain ” worthy gentlemen of the colony le ave to purchase land in m s the S owa set dis trict . Negotiation were immediately

e res e entered into with the Wampanoag chi f, which ult d in “ the s ale of S owams and Parts Adj acent by Massas oit

his es s on W ams utta Mooanam e in and old t ( or Al xander) , “ ” e S wom s n s 1 65 . as s ese a e March , 3 The purch r of th La d , which included the greater part of Pokanoket were Thomas

r n as e s s s s P i ce , Thom Will tt , Mile Standi h , Jo iah Win low ,

r r s r n s s William B adfo d , Thoma Cla k , Joh Win low, Thoma L us W hite s n e C hman, William , ] John Adam and Experie c

w r -fi n e . e as ve s s Mitch ll The pric paid thi ty pound terli g, and the reader s carcely needs to be told that the Englis hmen “ ” n got the bes t of the bargain . Why Mas sas oit cons e ted

’ l tor l D o r Cal ende r s His ica isc u se . 1 62 1 Th r r r wo on W l m Wh te e . e t l e e e t T il ia i di d , ac ua pu chas s w his s s , r n Re solve d and P ereg i e . ’ 22 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

“ l is is s s s to se l h birthright , a que tion more ea ily a ked than

e . answered ; gratitude probably influ nced him , in part He P os never forgot that he owed his life to his Englis h allies . s ibl s s es n e s y , too , the wi e tat ma , r alizing the uperiority of ’ s his e the white man civilization , believed peopl would be is s benefitted by closer relations hip with them . He aid to have warned his s ons that if they ever engaged in war agains t

the English they would meet with de feat . The S owams proprietors did not imme diate ly enter into “ r r s e possess ion of thei enti e purchas e . By a clau in the Grand ” “ e e s n r Deed of Saile , th y wer re trai ed f om occupying the ” i * s u as s 6. neck ( . Mount Hope Neck ) until ch time the Indian “ s e t e e e e as s hould remov h r from , the t rm n ck u ed , however, “ ” s i i s really gnify ng only the upland , or central portion of

s r s The s what now con ti tutes Warre n and B i tol . meadow “ ” i e s es s r Sowams ( . . mar h ) on either ide the great rive , (

e Kickemuit and P o as uash and Riv r) , River , in and about pp q Chachacust were the only portions of the territory which

se e actually passed into the ir hands at the date of s ale . The th y

r s s at once proceeded to divide . The bounda ie of the everal “ ” lots are plainly des cribed in the Re cords of S owams and Parts Adj acent and may be e as ily traced on a map of Bristol

. . s s County, R I The lot apportioned within the limit of Indian and Englis h S owams fell to the share of Captain

es s e e e e es r r ne Mil Standi h , Exp ri nc Mitch ll , R olved and Pe eg i h as s s W ite , Thom Willett , John Adam , Thoma Prince , and s s John and Jo iah Win low . The lot of Captain Standis h included the marshes on both s ides of Kickemuit River from the s ource of the s tream to “ ” the pas sage where they have us ually gone over with canoes

The En l v he n m of t o N to the n ns ul orme g ish ga e t a e M . H pe e ck pe i a f d by S owams River a nd Narraganse tt Bay on the we st and Ki ck emu i t River d an t . o e n t I t t n m t t f hi o the e s . t r ne e i n ex en o M H p Bay a is a ac i il s , w ch one m le i n Nort ns e t ree m le are i n W rren an d the rem n n i is h Swa a , h i s a ai i g fiv e m le n n he ll r m n n m r i r t l t o the e a e n o . i s , i cludi g hi f which ck is a e d B is S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 23

i - . e the . . wading place Standish als o had land on the eas t bank of the river from the wading-place to a certain ” His creek running towards the upland . next neighbor on “ ” the s outh was Experience Mitchell whose meadow e xtende d “ ’ ” e e e s B from the cre k befor mention d to Clark Creek . e ’ yond Mitchell s land that of John Adams stretche d from ’ ” “ ” s r e s e s Clark C eek to Rocky Run ; whil , till farth r outh , “ ” “ the lot of Res olve d White ran from Rocky Run to Wey ” “ ” i r l o s ett s e . s e s p , the na row of the riv r Re o ved Whit al o possessed a strip of marsh on the west bank of the stream “ ” which began at the p assage with canoes and ended at a “ broak n s e red oak tree who e location no man now knoweth . ’ The northern boundary of Captain Thomas Willett s lot was marked by this s ame broaken oak tree and its s outhern “ ” r boundary line was very near the na rows . In addition to this land Willet had a s trip of marsh on the e ast bank of o m s s r was S wa s River . South of thi t ip the lot of John ’ s s ns s was t Win low , and outh of Wi low meadow a trac of land ’ r r n R s belonging to Pe eg ine a d e s olved Wh ite . Willett ’ meadow was apparently bounded by Massasoit s village on

t th e s s r the nor h , mar he of which we e not divided , undoubt edly having been reserved by Mass asoit for the use of his people . ’ h s s e s The land on t e ea t hore of Belch r Cove , an arm of

Sowams the s re s r e . River , fell to ha of Thoma P inc On the ” wes t s ide of the Cove the meadows to the head thereof were s Sowams laid out to Jos ias Winslow and the W hite . The ” w s the n e s Purch as e as a peculation , and origi al propri tor

r e er s s did not long retain thei land . That th y w e no lo er by their investment is prove d by the fact that Peregrine

s s £40 s s Wh ite s old hi hare for pound , five pound more than was paid the Wampanoags for the entire territory bought .

e as sas 1 660 e From 1 652 until the d ath of M oit in , p ace between the white men at Englis h S owams and the red men ’ 24 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

at Indian S owams remaine d uninterrupted . The civilized farmer and the s avage warrior appear to have e ach dwelt “ quietly under the shadow of his own vine and fig tree ’ Doubtless the inhabitants of Mas sas oit s town were more or less affected by every day intercours e with their white ne igh s t n s bors . They mu t have learned many hi g unknown to

s r s s the s avages of dis trict remote f om English ettlement .

as was hi r s ss Firm s f iend hip for the white men, however , Ma a “ s s es was as e oit , Hubbard tat , never in the le t d gree well affected to the religion of the Englis h and would fain have forced them to promise never to attempt to draw away any of his people from their old pagan supers tition and devilis h ” e e i er in a idolatry . He lived and di d a heath n , cl nging p t i l c ous y to the faith and gods of his fathers . In 1 658 the Plymouth government vote d to rais e a troop of hors e out of the several townships to bee reddy for ser ” w “ vice when required . Each horse as to be well appointed ”

u r . s as r l with f rnitu e , viz ; a addle and a c e of pette ne ls . Sowams ett is contributed one trooper to th company .

s s r ss s W ams u ta For everal year p ior to the death of Ma a oit , t , or e was s s his Al xander , a ociated with father in the govern ’ s e ment of the Wampanoag , and wh n the great chief s spirit S owani u the s fled from earth to , paradi e of the red man,

s t e He became the achem of h tribe . does not appear to ’ his s his own r s u have made father town headqua ter , b t to

es r have r ide d at Mount Hope . P obably his village s tood s near, or upon , the ite of that occupied at a later date by his ’ brother Philip . Philip s town was not located as many

e s erroneoul s se writ r have y tated , upon the mount , it lf, but at a point about a mile and a half north of it and near the “ ” s Kick m i e u t . s s narrow of River At and about thi pot , relics of the aborigines have been dis interred in cons iderable

“ ’ ” P e tronel n of r b ne or or em n tol W b t , a ki d ca a i h s a s pis . e s er .

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n to the Narragans ett country . The gover ment decided to s s s deal peremptorily with him and , accordingly , Jo ia Win low, was then Maj or Commandant of the Colonial militia, de patched to bring him to Plymouth by force . Wins low and s s e u i his party came upon the achem , udd nly, at a h nt ng Mun ons in s lodge near p et Pond the pre ent town of Halifax , ’ as s e s M ; and , when Alexander d clined to accede to the Court

s w r s e is his as demand , Win lo p e ent d a loaded p tol at bre t threatening him with ins tant death if he pers is ted in his

s . s s ss refu al Alexander and follower were almo t helple , their guns which had been stacked outs ide the lodge having

s e s s been eiz d by the Engli h before entering , and con equently , s his after a parley , and at the earne t entreaty of people , s l and the achem yie ded to the inevitable , accompanied by his wife and a long train of warriors and s quaws began the march towards Plymouth . Upon reaching Duxbury he ’ was s s s entertained at Maj or Win low hou e , pending the arrival of orders from Governor Prince who res ided at Eas t s ham . But the haughty pirit of the Wampanoag king could s s ill brook the humiliation of arre t and impri onment , and Ale xander was s oon s mitten with a raging fever induced s by grie f and anger . The be t medical s kill was summoned

s n his s to attend him , but he a k rapidly, and terrified follower , e l n s s b ievi g him poi oned by the Engli h , entreated to be allowed

. s to carry him to Mt Hope , promi ing to return with him as s oon as he should recover and offering to send his s on* as s h a ho tage . T eir request was granted and with all poss ible s e s p ed they tarted on the homeward j ourney . They bore their chief on a litter until they reached Titicut where they i s u embarked n canoe , b t had proceeded only a short dis tance e h w i down the river ere they p rceived t at he as dy ng . They

t s the s immediately drew heir frail bark to hore , lifted him

’ The n me of lex n er son un no n a A a d s is k w . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 27

from the canoe , and tenderly placed him upon the gras s . In s s and h s toical ilence they awaited the end ; , when , t e la t u e s s s fl tt ring igh had e caped the pallid lip , they replaced

s e in s h the form of the dead ach m the canoe , gra ped t eir es s and t s paddl and , with heart burning with grief, anger , hir t

s s s e s r . for revenge , pu hed wiftly and il ntly down the t eam

The e — r es tragic death of Al xander , the di ect r ult of the bold and perhaps unwise policy of the Plymouth govern — ment broke the first link in the chain of friends hip that had n s bou d Wampanoag and Engli hman together . The sullen

u s s e s s attit de of the avage awakened anxi ty among the coloni t , and it was with s ome alarm that those dwelling at the ’ S owams settlement beheld a vas t co ncourse of s avages

for gathered at Mt . Hope to mourn the dead chie f and to ’ i s s celebrate h s brother Philip acce s ion to the sachemship . But the feared outbreak of hostilities did not occur . Whatever ’ s i s e he s r Philip real feel ng w re , apparently de i ed to live in amity with the Englis h ; and a few months after becoming “ ” the head of his tribe renewed the covenant which Mass a

He s oit had made with the government of Plymouth .

s s r s e r ns doe not eem to have , at fi t , f lt a p ejudice agai t the s in 1 663 —4 his Chri tian religion for, the winter of , he and “ people sent to John Eliot for books to learn to read and to ” ’ a s s on c s e pr y unto God . Eliot twi e vi ited Pokanok t and

u s e e ad ta ght among the Wampanoag , and from a l tt r s 1 664 s dressed by Eliot to the United Colonie in , it appear

s i s . probable that the apo tle , h m elf, labored at Mt Hope in

The hamlet by the Kickemuit continued under the ward 1 663 1 664 so re of Rehoboth during and , being ordered to “ main until s uch time as the naighborhood should be in a capass itie and des ire to be a towns hip of th emselves . In 1 664 S owams was rate d at £2 :05:00 in 1 666at £07 “ in 1 667 n t s s e r W annamoi , at Duri g hi ame y a , ’ 28 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

* sett and Parts Adj acent were incorporated as a township

T e r e under the name of Swans ea . h charter g ant d it de “ scribed the towns hip as all such lands that lyeth be twixt the s alt water Bay and coming up Taunton River all the land be tween the s alt water and r iver and th e bounds of Taunton

e r s s and R hoboth . It will eadily be een that the ite of Warren was included within the bounds of this extens ive

r ms s territory . The his to y of Sowa thu became merged in

s ss e e s e i s that of Swan ea, le than a scor of y ar aft r t commence

r the n s s us ment , and f om an al of Swan ea the chronicler m t

t e s i s s glean h fact that make up t final chapter . It is not within the province of this s ke tch to dis cuss at length the caus es which led to that mighty struggle between ’ s avagery and civilization known is history as King Philip s

. s e s r e s War For om year afte he b came achem , Philip main tained s as an outward how of fe alty to the Englis h . But time went on the re lations of red men and white be came

r b strained . The Indian saw the fo ests rapidly vanis hing e ’ the n s s axe and e neath colo i t , r alized that the game on which

f r r e o s s n s s s e . he depend d u te ance would , al o , oon di app a

was s his s e c ss s He forced to ell land for the n e itie of life , and

e and e s s he complained bitt rly, too oft n with rea on , of wrong

e u i - was h s e . inflict d pon him by whit brother Moreover , he a f s t be coming debas ed by the vices of civilization . Philip was s t s H hi a ate man and a patriot . e loved s country and

hi r s people . In the inc e as ing power of the English he saw

s the He s pre aged downfall of his race . re olved to attempt

u His r i e the extermination of the s urpers . fertile b a n evolv d a s cheme for a u nion of the various native tribes agains t f T ee . he s s s i s the common Engli h u pecte d h s design , yet

es fl he many tim adroitly baf ed the ir watchfulness . The

s ns he was s in e fate , however, were agai t him , and de t ed nev r s i to work out the alvation of h s people .

See n x Appe di . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 29

1 675 Sassamon s In , John , a Chri tian Indian employed as a s r s e ort of p ivate ecr tary by Philip , warned the Plymouth

e his as was s gov rnment that m ter plotting again t it . Philip

s er the erfid Sassamon sh r di cov ed p y of , and ortly afterwa d , the dead body of the latter was found beneath the ice in

As s awamset n Pond in Middleborough . The E glish doubted ’ not that Sassamon had been put to death by the s achem s order . They arres ted three s avages whom they charged

r e e e with the murde , tri d them b for a j ury composed of twelve

n s e r ns s n E gli hm n and fou India , and ente ced them to death ,

e n e e r though two of th m mai tain d th i innocence to the las t . Philip had been summoned to Plymouth to testify regarding his e the r was own conn ction with murde , but he too wis e t o e n s o r h e . ns n ob y an i junction , f aug t with p ril I tead , he ope ly r e his s hu led d fiance at accu ers . His firs t overt act was committe d within the limits of w m ” S o a s . e the A little b fore Court , the Plymouth Re cords “ e us e his t ll , Philip began to ke p men in armes about him and to gather s trangers unto him and to march about in armes toward th e v per end of the Necke on which he live d and neare to the English houses whoe began thereby to be s omewhat dis quieted but tooke as yett noe further notice but only to sett a military watch in the next Townes as ”

e e . n s e r Swanz y and R hoboth The I dian , how ve did not long confine themselves to s talking about and flouris hing

e r s . e r s or es s n es th i weapon Th i powwow , pri t , havi g proph ied de feat to which e ver party should shed the firs t blood in the s r s conflict , they ought to p ovoke the Engli h to attack

e s r e e e s th m by hooting thei cattl , fright ning wom n , and in ult ’ 1 1 s s . 8th 9th s ing traveller On the or of June , Job Win low “ ”

s was e e . hou e broken up and rifl d by th m On Sunday ,

’ “ ter the lo e of P il war Job W n l o ere te ell n o e Af c s h ip s , i s w c d a dw i g h us - t Ki k mui n t n w h rm of Mr ne ar the wading place a c e t o wha is o t e fa . “ ” r E nn I t rob b e t t the o e b ro en b the E dwa d is . is p a l ha h us k up y

I ndians occupie d this same site . ’ 3 0 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

n 20th rs u i Ju e , a party of eight warrio f lly armed , nvaded

e s the hamlet . Th y knocked at the door of a coloni t and n demanded permiss ion to grind their hatchets . Upon bei g ’ told that the grin ding of hatchets on the Lord s Day was “ s in e W e is a they r plied , know not who your God and we ” shall grind our hatchets for all you or your God either . They then proceeded to another hous e where they helped

re ad thems elves liberally to food . Continuing along the

e s e s u th y met an Engli hman whom th y took pri oner , b t later ’ s s s e i s di mi ed , after nj oin ng him not to work on the Lord

Day and to tell no lies . As the y proceeded on they began to shoot the cattle in s u sis as al s s the field , enco ntering no re tance nearly l the ettler

e were in attendance at public worship . At l ngth they reached w his a hous e whose owner as not at church . They killed

e e e the us cattle , th n nter d ho e and demanded liquor , which The be ing refus ed they attempted to seize by violence . s u s his un r s us Engli hman inf riated , natched up g and fi ed , erio ly Th i s es . e ns injuring one of the avag India mmediately retired , n in bearing the wou ded warrior with them , and breath g w threats of vengeance . Back through S o ams they swiftly s s wended their way to their own territory . Tradition ay

Kickemuit that at Spring they met Philip , who wept when

r s s s eas he heard thei tory , and there eem little r on to doubt f the truth o the tradition . Though he had long meditated

the s was e . s war, achem not yet fully prepar d for it Event

ese as e s s . unfor en had , however , h t ned the cri i He found it imposs ible to cur b the impatience and fury of his younger

s e his s warrior , and though he had fail d to complete cheri hed s is men cheme for a general upr ing of the red , he could no

longer delay open battle with the enemy . Perhaps a prophe tic

r h s fo e boding of defeat forced t e te ar from his e yes . The raid upon S owams was the beginning of a reign of

e s The terror that extend d over every portion of Swan ea . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 3 1

n n Plymouth gover ment , upon be i g notified of the condition f s e e s n of af air , imm diat ly di patched compa ies of militia to s s s e s ss s . On n 22d the a i tanc of the di tre ed town hip Ju e , s ix men u e Ma ta ois were killed or mortally wo nd d at t p et . s 24th was e s Thur day, June , appoint d a day of fa ting and

as s e s s e r prayer , and om of the coloni t w re eturning from church they were fired upon by the Indians with the result

man was r r that one killed and anothe wounded . Du ing the same day s ix men were kille d in another part of the ” 2 . the 8th was town On , William Hammond killed and one “ ’ Corporal Be lcher woun ded while s couring the e nemy s ’ territory betwee n Miles garris on at North Swans e a and w m ’ 2 the S o a s s e . the 9th s ettl ment On , a party of Indian who had shown themse lves near the garris on were purs ued by the Englis h towards S owams but made their es cape into a

swam e re nearby p T That night Philip , f arful of captu ,

s abandoned Mt . Hope Ne ck retreating acro s the bay to

ss er . One s s r Poca et , now Tiv ton of the la t act perfo me d

the s es ere n e t r n s s was by avag quitti g the hom of hei a ce tor ,

m r s the final des truction of S owa s . Hubba d tell us that on the following day the e ntire English force (which had ’ concentrated at North Swans e a) marched from Miles garri

n n e s o towards Mt . Hope . At a poi t about a mil and a half “ below the bridge near the garris on they passe d by s ome ” “ hous es newly burned and n ot far off one of them they found a Bible newly torn and the leaves s cattered about by

se rre ns r s the enemy . The cha d rui and to n and cattered

s n n s Sowams - e leave were all that remai ed of E gli h , ill fat d

S owams s s ne be es e the s , trangely de ti d to d troy d by ame

e hands that had nurtured it in its infancy . Two or thr e “ r on r the e h s miles fu ther , at the Nar ow of N ck on t e we t

n w B rn v ill The r e o er This was locate d i n what is o a ey s e . b idg v ’ “ ’ ” P almer s River ne ar its site is still gene rally called Miles B ridge ' - r n 1 Bi rch Swamp i n the north e asterly part of War e . ’ 3 2 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

Kickemuit s s s s bank of River the oldier di covered the head , ” s s s n s hand , and calp of eight E gli hmen , murdered at Matta “ ” ois ett s s e s p , tuck up on pole n ar the highway, clo e by the s pot which mus t have been pressed by the feet of Winslow

ns e and Hopki wh n , j ourneying from Plymouth to Pokanoket ” 1 62 1 ss the n - Kick muit in , they cro ed wadi g place at e and “ entered Sowams for the purpose of continuing the le ague

e s as s s s of peace and fri nd hip with M a oit , and of ecuring from the s avage chie f the supply of seed corn which the feeble s s in colony of Plymouth then tood orely need of . The s ite of Englis h S owams remained des olate from that eventful June day un til s ome time afte r the close of the war 1 s us 676. which oon followed the death of King Philip in Aug t ,

1 678 s s e e the Kickemui About , ettler b gan to r build along t, “ “ ” “ and the old ways and bridal paths laid out long ” ’ s S owams s s re-s s ns ince by the coloni t were urveyed , de criptio s of them be ing carefully recorded . Mo t of these ancient n highways are in use at the present day . There be i g no

s Indian left on Mount Hope Neck , the territory now occupied s by the town of Bri tol and the compact part of Warren , passed into the possess ion of the s uccess ors of the original ’ S owams s bv V e ee ss proprietor , irtu of the d d executed by Ma a m 1 s W a sutta 1 1 1 653 . oit and By an arbitrary act , King

s s e e s s Charle tran f rr d the ite of Bri tol to Plymouth , but that As e s . as 1 671 of Warren b came a part of Swan ea early , the ’ las t mentioned dis trict was known by the name of Brooks ” s e s n s Pa tur , undoubtedly from ome right of ow er hip in it * possesse d by Timothy Brooks . What that right was the

e has s e s e writ r been , thu far, unabl to di cover , though a car ful and dilige nt search of the early records has been made in the f s the s . e s hope of olving my tery At di fer nt period , between ’ 1 1 1 725 s as — 68 and , Brook P ture with the exception of the meadows or mars hes divided in 1 653 between Thomas Prince

n ix See Appe d .

A ppe n d i x

S om e Notes on th e F amily of Mass asoit

in Ak m as s s s uade u a ko oin . M a oit had two brother , Q q and p s sas s u 22 1 621 was When Ma oit vi ited Plymo th , March , , he “ accompanie d by Quadequina who is described as a very

e es s counte proper , tall young man, of a v ry mod t and eemly ” is s s ss s he nance . It uppo ed that Ma a oit took t name of u u Ousame quin upon the death of Q adeq ina . Akkom oin Uncom awen W oonka onehunt was p , p , or p , one ’ He s of King Philip s counse llors . igned the treaties made s us 6 1 662 by Philip with the Engli h at Plymouth , Aug t , ;

n 1 0 1 671 a t e at Tau ton , April , ; and Plymouth , S ptember was s 29 1 671 . , He killed by the Engli h , while attempting 1 1 ss e 3 676. to cro Taunton riv r , July ,

amum um ali as Tata anum ali as W eetamoe N p , p , , the wife

Mooanum ali as W amsutta a li as r ali as So a uitt of , , Alexande , p q , ’ “ Mas s as oit s e es son is n s as the ld t , k own in hi tory Squaw ” is s Sachem of Pocas set . She suppo ed to have been the daugh t ter of Corbitant of Mattapoiset. At he time of her marriage to Ale xander she was the widow of an Indian name d W eeque e quinequa . Soon after the d ath of Alexander she we dded r s ui ue uanchett a thi d hu band Q q q , of whom nothing definite

w Pe ownonowi is . e t t s kno n She marri d , fourth , , who e poused ’ n s us s s e the E gli h ca e during Philip War, in con quence of which his wife separated from him and formed an alliance

uinn a in r se s e with Q p , a young Na ragan tt ach m , and one of ’ W am Philip s chief captains . eet oe followe d the fortunes She was i . n n of Philip throughout the war , drowned Tau ton 1 e s s 676. e Riv r, near Mattapoi ett , Augu t , Al xander had a s on his is s s , but of h tory nothing eem to be known . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 3 5

ali as P ometacom ali as ali as , King Philip , ’ W ewas cowanett Mas s as oit s s s on r , econd , ma rie d W ootone k k m anus e s s W eeta oe . n , a i ter of They had two childre , one 1 1 67 . was of whom died in The other , a boy of eight , , with his s us 1 1 67 mother , captured by the Engli h , Aug t , 6, and ,

s on r after the death of Philip , both mother and we e shipped to the Wes t Indies and s old into s lavery . Of their subse i quent fate there s no record . n n w w on s His Su co ewhe as the third s of Ma s as oit . name

s ee 3 0 1 668 appear upon a d d given by Philip , March , , con firming the s ale of the town of Rehoboth made by Mas s as oit i 1 41 is s 6 . e e n It aid that King Philip had a broth r kill d ,

1 8 1 675 was e July , , who a great captain and had been educat d w Suncon w w as e he . at Harvard College . This probably m W a us a Mass as oit had a daughter A ie . She marrie d t p

Tus a u in e As s awamset s quin, or p q , chi f of the Indian , gener ” She is ally calle d by the English the Black Sachem . ” probably the s is ter of Philip who was captured by the 1 us n was s 1 676. Engli h , July 3 , Her h ba d put to death by 1 s s es e e 676. e the Plymouth authoriti in Sept mb r , D cendant

T a uin m e as roval of us p q and A i are living , the l t of the race e es n of Mas sas oit . For an authentic and int r ti g account of “ s them the reader is referred to Indian Hi tory , Biography ” e re s s . and Gene ology by Ebene zer W . Pi rce of F etown , Ma

1 Zerv iah e s n published , 878, by Gould Mitch ll , ixth in li e of

Tus a uin his . des cent from p q and Amie , wife

H istoric L ocaliti es in and Abou t S owams

E T e n n TOUI S . Indian nam of a neck of la d lyi g between ’ s s t is Kickemuit and Cole s River . The we tern por ion of it e e the s s . s in Warr n , ea tern in Swan ea Indian relic have be n u e s was exh med from its soil , and , p rhap an Indian village 1 0 1 673 Tottomommuck once located upon it . April , , , ’ 3 6 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

s Se aconne t . s an in achem of (Little Compton , R old l d ” ns Tows i ett . Swa ea called , to Nathaniel Pa ne In the “ early records of Swans ea Touis et is ge nerally termed The as r was 1 Sheep P tu e . It laid out in 06 lots which were s s 1 u divided among the Swan ea proprietor in 686. In J ly ’ 1 675 rs s s , a great concou e of Philip warrior gathered at “ ” “ Touiset s Kickemuit , near the narrow of the River , to eat ” s s s s i in clam , other provi ion being carce . Capta n Benj am h as s s sur C urch , then at Poc et (Tiverton) , greatly de ired to

is is e as pr e and capture th body of the en my ; but , he had

e s s p remptory order to proceed from Pocas et directly to Mt . was m e r s . Hope , he compelled to allow th m to emain un ole ted ’ s s After the clo e of Philip war, the remnant of the Wam anoa s and i p g fled to , ult mately became merged in

s . c s the Penob cot tribe Up to half a entury ago , partie of Penobs cot Indians were in the habit of making periodical

s s m s s us r s vi it to Warren , ca ping for everal day in vario pa t

. e e n of the town B for returning to Mai e , they invariably “ ’ paid a vis it of a few hours to what is known as the Hicks ” Tou iset u r s s Farm on Neck , tho gh for what pu po e thi par

i r was t cula locality vis ited they never divulged . ’ “ ” I NG S OCKS the n K R , National Gri ding Mill of the

a s . . Wampano g The following article , contributed by Gen “ ”

. ss e e Guy M Fe enden , appeared in the Warren T l graph

s 2 1 860. i sue of June , “ E i r n e n in Mr . d to zA inter sti g dis covery reference to the

as . aboriginal his tory of this town h re cently been made . Mr s i Franci Lor ng, an intelligent Indian, and a member of the s has s s a Penob cot tribe , who been in thi vicinity for ever l ks n ss s wee , i formed the writer that the tribe had in their po e s s e i ion , and which they carefully pre erved among th r national s s n i archive , an ancient book made of skin , contai ng many

s s s s s de cription of important hi torical localitie , ome of which

r Taunton Re co ds . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 3 7

s are in thi vicinity , all of them in the ancient Indian style of s igns and picture writing . One of these pictures repre s s ur men s e s ent fo rolling a heavy circular ton , by a tick

e r plac d through a hole in the cent e , back and forth over a s as quantity of corn , and de cribed the Wampanoag national

e was grinding mill , wh re corn ground for war parties or for

r e any la ge public gath ring of the people . “ was o i s The locality of the place s pla nly tated that Mr . n fi Lori g had no dif culty in finding it . It is at the place ’ ” e s s r s call d King Rock in Wa ren , near the Swan ea line

s r l s s h about two mile f om the vi lage . On the we t ide of t e mass of rocks is a nearly le vel s mooth surface of rock about -fiv s twenty e fee t by eight feet in width . In thi level place

s e ss ns are three regular , narrow, traight d pre io . They appear evidently to have been worn into the rock by s ome forcible in fact s s s as attrition , and are , , j u t uch hollow m ight be made by the cause as s igned . These worn places have heretofore attracted notice and s the us e s e has peculation , but true ca e of their xi t nce not

e e e e s the b for be n known by late g neration , and idea of a n n s national gri di g mill , or of pulverizing corn by a rolling tone in connection with Indian his tory will probably be new to every one . “ i s s As r the . confi matory of locality, Mr Lor ng ay the pic ture has upon it another hill of s omewhat peculiar appearance (a large rock upon the s ummit) s ituated about a mile eas t * he i e i s . of t grind ng plac , named , he th nk Wigwam Hill Leading from this hill towards the setting sun are two hun

m n s s i e s s i n dred and forty hu a tep , the l n of tep term nati g in three S kulls which denotes a burial place . Mr . Loring ’ vis ited the hill (now called Margaret s Hill from the las t Indian woman who res ide d there) and pacing off 240 steps

r Mr E r n Bi rch a o ll on the m of . o m This hi is fa dwa d Mas , Sw p R ad ,

Warren . ' 3 8 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

w s a ce e t c me to an Indian metery , which he verified by dig in i ns . g g, and find ng human remai F

. s i s Mr Franci Lor ng, known al o by the name Big ” is n l Thunder now livi g, at an advanced age , on Indian O d s is us s Town I land, Maine , and the c todian of the Penob cot “ tribe . The writer recently le arned from him that the ancient ” k e s ins e ss was boo mad of k alluded to by G neral Fe enden , a w s e es . f year ago , accidentally d troyed by fire The Penobs cot language contains several words which are s undoubte dly of Wampanoag or Narragans ett origin . Thi

a . I . as e as sas . tribe reg rd Warren, R , the form r home of M oit

e t s the Sowams e u . Th y ran late word , Place of the S tting S n W ANNAMOI S ETT T i . he northern part of Barr ngton extend ’ i ee s ing nto S konk , and including Bullock Point and River

I 1 4 . s e . t was as th e s 6 5 id purch ed of Indian by John Brown, 1 ns 668 . Became a part of Swa ea ,

“ CHACH AC U ST n e ee r . The ne ck of land lyi g b tw n Bar ington ’

s s . s and Warren , or Palmer River Called by the Engli h , New

e or t e s . e the Meadow N ck , h New Meadow Und r date “ ” 7 1 647 the New e s December , , M adow are referred to , in the “ s as the s s S owams Plymouth Record , being on we t ide of ” River which proves that Sowams River and Warren River of Chac acus t are identical . King Philip claimed that a portion h “ was not included in the s ale of S owams and Parts is 1 668 s as h . Adj acent , and the Engli h purch ed right in

P OP ANOMS CUT T e s in . . h outherly section of Barr gton It “ ’ was n s Ph be s e e s called by the E gli h e N ck , and app ar to

e e Fe have b en the abod of bee , or Thebe , a petty Wampanoag ’ w s s ns s . as achem , and one of Philip cou ellor Thebe killed ’ th n s 2 1 s h s e 675. by E gli h July , At the clo e of P ilip war “ Plymouth Colony claimed P e panoms cut as conquered ” ’ u S owams rs s e s s land , b t the proprieto ucc eded in e tabli hing “ their right to the tract under the provis ions of the Grand “ Deed of Saile of Sowams and Parts Adj acent . S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 3 9

’ “ In Roger Williams Key occurs the word paponaum ” “ s uog which is thus defined : A winter fis h which comes up in the brooks and riv ulets s ome call them frost fish from their coming up from the sea into fresh brooks in time of

s familar fro t and snow . Every one with Warren River is the e e aware of fact that , with the arrival of cold w ath r , s r s fis h e its s s great quantitie of f o t app ar in water , warming

s n an r clo e to both the Barri gton d Wa ren shores . The ” “ s imilarity of the two words P opanoms cut and paponaum ” snog suggests the question : May not the former word have

er its e n been derived from the latt , and may not m a ing be “ place of fros t fish or s omething of s imilar s ignification' P opanoms cu t was laid out and divided among the pro prietors between 1 676and 1 680.

A A k r HA HAP C S ET Rums i c . C C . t Ne ck in Ba rington The

R s ick was 1 697 s name um t applied to the neck in , and at fir t “ only to a locality as Rumstick on Chachapacas et. Some authorities be lieve the word Rums tick to be of Norse origin .

- i n AYATT s s n . N . The outh we t poi t of Barr ngto A H C K RE E K ns the r MOS C C U C . It ru from b ickyard at

Nay att into Narragans ett Bay . NNA MS C OTT s A W O . That ection of Barrington now known

D n ill as row v e .

P RI NG SCAMS CAMMUC K S . Located at the upper end of

Chachapacas set. ’ H RE E K s s s MOS S KI TUAS C . Thi flow into Bullock Cove at

Rivers ide . H E C K P o as uash s e P OP P AS QUAS N . pp q , though originally u d r r s is to indicate the entire western pa t of B i tol , now only applied to a small penins ula surrounded by the wate rs of Bris tol harbor on the eas t and on the

rvest.

AMP The s e The MI E RY SW . wamp at Mount Hope wh re

s 1 2 1 676. King Philip was s lain Augu t , ’ 40 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

’ I NG HI LI P S HAI R i as K P C . A niche n the e te rn s ide of u i in n i Mo nt Hope n which , accord g to traditio , K ng Philip was accus tomed to s it for the purpose of reviewing his war “ s n s n i i o . s ri r , practici g target hooti g , etc Near the cha r a r S pring of pu e water .

Th e Gr and D e ed of S aile of L and s from Os am e qu in and

m tt h i s s on t d 2 th M W a s e o , d a e 9 arch , 1 653 .

e whome s ese s s s To All P ople to the e pr nt hall come , O ama u W amsetto his es q in and Eld t Sone Sendeth greeting .

Yee s Osame u in W ams e o Know , that wee the aid q tt , for in cons ideration of thirty-five pounds sterling to us the s aid Osamequin and W amsetto in hand payd By Thomas e : s : s s : Prince G nt Thoma Willett Gent Mile Standi h , Gent

s ah i s : behalfe h ms lu s Jo i W n low, Gent for And in the of t e e e and divers others of the Inh abitants of Plimouth Juris dic s s s e tion, who e name are hereafter p cified, with which s aid summe we the s aid Osamequ in and W ams etto doe Acknowl e ourselues u s atisf ed dge f lly y contented and payd , Haue freely and abs olutely bargained and Sold Enfeoffed and Con firmed and by these presents Doe Barg aine Sell Enfeoffe

Confirme us s Osame uin W amse and from the aid q and tto, our our haiers as n and and Every of unto Thom Pri ce , Thomas s is s ns s s Willett , Mile Stand h , Jo ia Wi low, Agent for them elves m a f Senr : as and Willia Br d ord , , Gent Thom Clark , John ins s us W low, Thoma C hman , William White , John Adams c e and Experien e Mitch ll , to them and Every of them , their and Every of their haiers and ass igns forever s Severall s s V land s All tho e parcell and Neck of p , Swamp and Meadows Lyeing and be ing on the South Syde of Sinkunch Els u s is u Rehoboth , Bo nd and and bo nded from a Little Brooke of

I nd ans Mosskituash es o water , called by the j W terly , and s Estward and so r Ranging by a dead Swamp , , by markt t ees as Osamequin and W ams etto directed unto the great River with all the Meadow in and about ye Sydes of bothe the

’ 42 M a s s a s o i t s T o w n

Timothy Brooks was the son of Henry and Sus an Brooks

as s lst 1 659 e e 2 of Woburn , M . He married ( ) , , Dec mb r , 1 68 . uss . 0 Mary, daughter of John R ell She died at Woburn,

2d 1 680 e e He married ( ) , , M hitable , daught r of Roger and

n s s . Mary Mowry, and widow of Eldad Ki g ley of Swan ea Timothy Brooks had several children of s ome of whom we find record as follows 1 6 1 1 9. 85 Timothy, born, 66 , October Married , , November 1 0 , Hannah , daughter of Obadiah and Abigail (Bullock)

w s s . s . as Bowen He a Bapti t mini ter Removed from Swan ea,

as s s . Y . M , to Cohan ey, N 2 1 1 66 . st u John , born about Married ( ) Martha , da ghter of 2 1 1 1 u 1 66 1 6 . 7 H gh and Mary (Foxwell) Cole (b . , April ; d )

r 2 Y 1 71 4 mar ied ( d) Tabitha Wright of New ork . She died, . H 1 4 22 1 9 3 0 s . e 1 7 November , aged year . died , , November , 52 aged years . son us Mary, married Samuel , of William and S annah 1 am l s s . 666 u Sali bury (b , May and died S e Sali bury married (2d) Jemima Martin .

1 689 1 0 as s . Elizabeth , married , , April , Thom Lewi 4 22 ah H i 1 r 1 69 . e s bath 673 . p , born, Mar ied , , May Pelati ,

s on u as . 1 669 of Samps on and Mary (B tterworth) M on, (b , 2 24 1 7 7 us . s April and died , , Aug t He married a econd , 2 i u 1 763 9. th rd , and fo rth wife and died , , March 1 696 e 6 ah s on Rebecca, married, , Novemb r , Melati , of w 1 673 s . as John and Joanna (E ten) Martin He born, , 1 u 3 0 1 76 3 0. April , and died , , Jan ary

s . Abigail , married Levi Pre ton Y 1 R . s s as s 1 68 . e Jo iah born , Swan ea, M , moved to New ork s s f s ur Timothy Brook re ided at di ferent period , at Wob n , ’ hi s as s . r s s Bedford and Swan ea, M Du ing King Philip war, “ 1 ” s . 0 family were protected at Garri on No at Bedford , S o w a m s i n P o k a n o k e t 43

s his s e as which tood near re idenc , now known the Old Page

s r his rs e 1 6 0 Hou e Afte the death of fi t wif , 8 , he removed “ w s n to Swansea . He a admitted i to ye second Ranke

1 1 2 r 1 ns 680 e . 1 e . e at Swa ea , Nov mber F e man , 68 Grant d “ liberty to set up a Saw Mill on Mattapoisett River at the upper falls and four acres of Land to accommodate the same ” “ n 1 1 1 1 On th n Eu 68 e . e e adj oi ing , , Nov mber of Gra d ” 1 2 n r es 68 6. e e e e qu t , , Ju e G ant d lib rty to ke p Ent rtainment ” 1 4 n 1 i n s 68 . ss e for Traveller , Ja uary Comm io d Lieutenant

1 4 r ns 686 e . of the Swa ea Company , , Jun P omoted to be 1 2 690 0. Captain of the Company , , May Timothy Brooks reside d in that part of Swans ea now

r in 1 690 was one the s n e War en, and , , of fence viewer appoi t d

Ki k m i His s l was rs er for c e u t dis trict . ho te ry the fi t ev opened

s within the limits of Warren . Judging by deed recorded at

s was e on the e s S Swan ea and Warren , it locat d a t ide of Bel ’ His s s s e cher s Cove on the Swanse a Road . e tate con i t d of a

se - n s 1 1 0 r s hou , barn, and out buildi g and ac e of land, which 2 s e r s 1 5 1 70 . he old to John Barn y of B i tol , May ,