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Connecticut - River Canal Company, The, 322.
Connecticut-River Company, The, 319; 320; 322; 333.
Connecticut-River Valley Steam Boat Company, 338.
Connecticut, state, 320; 347. See Boundaries.
Connecticut State House, the old, 440, 441; the new, 72, 364, 443, 445. Connecticut Trail, the second, 36.
Connecticut Valley, topography of, 345-366; bounding summits, 347; the Upper Valley, 198, 199, 203, 204, 206, 220, 256, 259, 260, 326, 351, 352, 354, 389, 391; in the Mas- sachusetts Reach, 359-363; the "new red sandstone" formations, 359-361; the Lower Valley, 430-447, 448-463.
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Coös country, The, 186; 203; 220; 223; 224; 250; 353; the "Garden of New England," 353; 373; the Lower Coös, 225, 253, 354, 355, 368, 373, 378, 385; Upper Coös, 225, 253, 354, 373, 375.
Continental Congress, 263; 264; 275; 276; 277; 278; 279; 284; 286; 287; 288; 289; 294; 295; 296; 297; 298. Cooper, James Fenimore, 88; 118; Lieut. Thomas Cooper, 134; Lieut. William Cooper, 117.
Cotton, Rev. John, 39; 40; 41; 43.
Cornish, 260; 273; conventions at, 279, 280, 282, 283, 293, 294; 297; 356; 386; 387.
Courtemanche, Capt., 191.
Cowass, on the Great Ox-Bow, 179; 203; 223; 224; 378. Cromwell, 365; 452; 454. Cromwell, Oliver, 67; 68; 76. Cross, James, Indian trader, 206.
Crown Point, 235; 236; 240; 245; 247; 248.
Crown Point Road, 246-247; 248. Cumberland county, 264; 265; 285; 289; 290.
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Dalton, 351; 353; 354; 377. Dalton Mountains, 377.
Dartmouth, earl of, 256; 383.
Dartmouth College, established, 256, 257, 259; 260; 261; first College Hall, 262; 264; under the patronage of Vermont, 274; the Dartmouth controversy, 300; 337; 355; 372; 373; 380; the college of to-day, 382- 383; first commencement, in 1771, 382-383. See College Party; Hano- ver; New Connecticut, Wheelock. Debeline, Gen., 215; 216; 217.
Deane, Silas, 450, 451; his brother, Barnabas, 451.
Deerfield, 80; 81; 83; in King Philip's War, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124,
125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 136, 138, 145, 148, 151, 154, 156, 158, 159, 160; reoccupation of, 162, 167; in the French and Indian wars, 164, 165-166, 167-168, 179, 196, 212, 214; sack of in 1704, 164, 168-177, 180, 191, 192, 200, 203, 204, graves of victims of, 197; 198; 208; Pocum- tuck, Indian name, 306; 311; 312; 320; 321; 335; 356; 362; the mod- ern town, 395-398; Deerfield Old Street, 124, 126, 156, 168, 395, 396, 398; 414.
Deerfield Academy, 192; 397.
Deerfield Mountains, 361; 395.
Deerfield River, 83; 153; 154; 171; 314; 321; 335; 362; 394; 395.
Deerfield Valley, 83; 395.
Delaware River, John Fitch's steam- boats on, 325, 326, 328.
Dennie, "Joe," "the American Addi- son," 388-389.
Dennison, Capt. George, 158; 159 Dexter, George, 2. Dickinson, Reuben, in Ely's insurrec- tion, 414.
Dogs in Indian warfare, 138; a captive squaw thrown to, 138-139; the hunt sergeant, 139.
Dorchester, Massachusetts, colonists from, 24, 35, 44, 45; controversies over the intrusion of on the Ply- mouth Meadows, 25-29. See Windsor.
"Dresden" (Hanover), 260; 262; 265; 268; 273; 277; 283; 284; 288; con- ventions at, 298; 382.
"Dresden statesmen, The," 382. See College Party, The.
Dudley, Joseph, governor of Massa- chusetts, 139; 169; 191; Thomas Dudley, governer of Massachusetts, 43; Col. William Dudley, 190, 191. Duke of York, 74; grants to, 221, 254. Dummer, William, governor of Mas- sachusetts, 200; Fort Dummer named for, 200; 202.
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Dummerston, 199; 219; 358; 388.
Duportail, Gen. 450.
Dutch arms, set up at Saybrook Point, 19; 31.
Dutch charter of 1614, 9; 10; 11.
Dutch "House of Hope," The, 19; 21; 22; 25; 26; 29; 36; 37; fall of, 56- 66; 82; 86; 303.
Dutch occupation, 1-13; first trading post, 15, 19; Indian title, 16, 19; 25; 42; collisions with the English, 57-62; 93; 97; 101; 440.
Dutch Point, 440; 449.
Dutch West India Company, 11; 12; 18; 19; 20; 22; 65.
Duyckink, Evert, 59.
Dwight, Capt. Henry, 407; Jonathan Dwight & Sons, 407; Mary (Ed- wards) Dwight, 407, 409; Mehitable (Partridge) Dwight, 407; Judge Nathaniel Dwight, 407; Theodore Dwight, 407, 441; Col. Timothy Dwight, 200, 407; Maj. Timothy Dwight, 407, 409; Dr. Timothy Dwight (president of Yale), 200, 346, 350, 351, 365, 403, 404, birth- place of, 407, 409, 412, 462.
Dwight family, in Hatfield, 197, 407; in Northampton, 200, 407; in Spring- fleld, 311, 407, 420, 422, 423.
Dyer, William, 64; 65.
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East Barnet, 377; 378.
East Haddam, 80; 83; 366; Rock Land- ing, 459; East Haddam Landing, 459; the modern town, 459-460. East Hartford, 364; 438; 447. East Northfield, 392; 393.
East Windsor, 329; 364; 431; " Wind- sor Farmes," 432; 438.
Eastern Union. See Vermont.
Edwards, Agnes (Spencer), 435; Anne (Edwards) Cole, 435; Elizabeth (Tuthill) Edwards, 435; erratic ten- dencies of Elizabeth Tuthill and the
Edwards race, 435-436; Esther (Stoddard) Edwards, 436-437; Je- rusha Edwards, 461; Rev. Jonathan Edwards, 406, 407, house of, 409, 410, pulpit of, 410; birthplace of, 432, 434, 436, 437, 461; Mary (Tal- cott) Edwards, 435; Pierpont Ed- wards, 436; Richard Edwards, 435, 436; Rev. Timothy Edwards, house of, 434-435, 436, 437, sketch of, 435- 437, 438; William Edwards, 435.
Edwards family, in Hartford, 435; in
Northampton, 407, 409, 410; in South Windsor, 434-438.
Eelkens, Jacob, 12.
Election sermon, first in Vermont, 51. Ellsworth, Josias, 431; Oliver Ells- worth, 431; " Ellsworth mansion," the, 431-432.
Ely, Nathaniel, 194; Samuel Ely, see Ely's insurrection.
Ely's insurrection, 411; acts of, in Northampton, 412, 413, 414; in Springfield, 413; Samuel Ely, the leader, 412, 413, 414, 415.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 397.
Endicott, John, in first Pequot expe- dition, 91, 93, 94; sanguinary com- mission of, 91.
Enfield, 80; 81; 199; 430; Enfield Shakers, 431.
Enfield Rapids, 7; 25; 83; head of tide water at, 303; 304; 305; 315; 316; 317; 319; 322; 323; 334; 336; 364.
English occupation, 3; 13; 14-23; entry of Plymouth men, 17; Bay colony expeditions, 17; 18; establishment of the Plymouth House, 20, 21; 62. "Equivalent Lands," the, 199; 200; 207; 210.
Erving, 121; 393; named for John Er- ving, 394.
Essex, 366; 461; war-ships and priva- teers built at, 461; 462.
Everett, Edward, 129, Dr. William Everett, 129.
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Exeter, 260; 261; 263; New Hampshire government at, 266, 268, 270, 272. 275, 279, 282, 284, 287, 291, 296.
Exeter Party. See New Hampshire government, under Exeter.
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Fairlee, 325; Morey's steamboat at, 330, 332-333; 381.
Falls Fight Township. See Bernards- town.
Falls Mountain. See Kilburn Peak. Falls River, 154; 361; 394.
Fallsmen. See River Navigation.
Farmington (Tunxis) River, 21; 83; 364; 431; 433:
Farnsworth, David, Indian captive, 245; Ebenezer Farnsworth, Indian captive, 228, 229, 234, 236, 237, 239. Father Ralé's War, 198; 201; 203; 205; 212.
Fay, Jonas, 294; 296.
Fenwick, George, 67, 68, 72, house of on Saybrook Point, 72, 73; his wife, Lady Fenwick, 73, tomb of in Say- brook, 73; their daughters, Dorothy and Elizabeth, 73.
Ferries, the chain ferry, 309; " Went- worth's Ferry," 246 ; "Wolcott's Ferry," 434; 452.
Field, Rev. David Dudley, 460; his sons, Justice Stephen Johnson, Da- vid Dudley, Cyrus, West, and Rev Henry Martyn, 460, his daughter Emelia, wife of Justice Brewer, 460.
Field family, in Haddam, 460.
Fifteen-Miles Falls, 225; 253; 315; 317; 351; 353; 354; 373; 376; from the "great eddy " to the "pitch," 377-378
Figurative Map, the, from Adriaen Block's data, 9; 10.
First, or Connecticut, Lake. See Con- necticut lakes.
Fiske, John, 38; 44; 50; 51; 70; 71; 453; 455; boyhood home and early life of in Middletown, 456-457; born Edmund Fiske Green, 457; John Fiske, senior, 457.
Fitch, John, inventor of the steamboat,
birthplace of, 438. See Steamboats. Flatboat, the. See River Craft, also River Navigation.
Fletcher, Benjamin, governor of New York, 440.
Florence. See Northampton.
" Flower of Essex." See Battle of Bloody Brook, under King Philip's War.
Flynt, John, in Indian massacre, 240. Foote, Mary, Indian captive, 166.
Fort Bridgman, 238; 241.
Fort Dummer, 198; 200-201; 204; 205; truck-house for Indian trade, 199, 206, 211; 204; 205; 210; in the Old French War, 211, 212, 213; 407.
Fort Massachusetts, 211; 212; 214.
Fort " No. 4," 201; in the Old French War, 210, 212, 213, 214; remarkable defence of, 215-218; 224; 225; in the Last French War, 228, 229, 245, 246, 247; 250; 251; 378; 386; site of, 388.
Fort Pelham, 211. Fort Shirley, 211.
"Fortune," the ship, 4; 9.
Fossil footprints, 359-361.
Fourth Lake. See Connecticut lakes.
Franklin, Benjamin, 271; 461.
Franklin County, 394.
French and Indian Wars, 139; 162; 347; 348; 353; 440. See Queen Anne's War, Father Rale's War, Old French War, Last French War. Frontenac, Count, governor of Can- ada, 167.
Frontiers. See New England frontiers. Fuller, George, 398.
" Fundamental Orders of Connecti- cut," The, 50.
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Gaffield, Benjamin, in Indian mas- sacre, 240-241.
Gallop, Capt. John, in the "earliest sea-fight of the nation," 88; 111.
"Garden of New England." See Coos country.
Gardiner, Lion, 30; 67; sketch of, 69; 91; in the Pequot wars, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 109.
Gardner range, 353; 377.
General Court, Connecticut, 48; 49; 50; 51; 59; 61; 65; 66; 75; 76; 96; war declared by against the Pequots, 97-98; 110; 305.
General Court, Massachusetts, 41; 43; 45; 47; 122; 139; 197; 205; 246.
Gibbons, William, 66.
Gilbert, John, Indian captive, 153.
Gill, 359; 360; 361; 362; named for lieut .- governor Moses Gill, 394; Riv- erside, 395.
Glastonbury, 136; 365; 443 ;. Keeney's Cove, 449; Glastonbury Landing, 451; the modern town, 451-452. .
Glines, Israel and John, hunters, 353. Gloucester County, 264; 265; 266; 290.
Glover, Rev. Pelatiah, 133; 135.
Goffe, William, the "regicide," in Hadley, 117-119; 401-402.
Goffe's, Col. John, regiment, 245; 247; 379.
Gomez, Estevan, 2.
" Governor's Gold Ring," The, 458- 459.
Grafton County, 261; 266; 290.
Grant, Samuel, 438; his son, Matthew, 438; ancestor of Ulysses S. Grant, 438.
Grant family, in Windsor and South Windsor, 437; 438.
Gray Lock, Indian chief, 202; 204; 212; 248.
Graylock, mount, 202.
Great Falls, The. See Bellows Falls, and Turner's Falls.
" Great Falls Fight," The. See King Philip's War.
Great Monadnock, 199.
Great Ox-Bow, 179; 203; 378; 379; 381. Green, Edmund Brewster, 457; Ed- mund Fiske Green, see Fiske, John. Green Mountains, 211; 246; 247; 255; 257; 258; 264; 265; 288; 289; 290; 291; 292; 299; 347; 348; 354; 357; 362; 364; 375.
" Green Mountain Boys," The, 255; 286.
Green River, 154; 156; 182; 198; 362; 394.
Greenfield, 154; 160; 181; 182; Green River Farms, 198; in the Old French War, 212; 311; 321; 335; 341; 359; 361; 362; the modern town, 394- 395.
" Griffin," the ship, 40; 41.
Grout, Hilkiah, in Indian massacre, 240-241.
Guildhall, 352; 353; 374; 376.
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Haddam, 80; 82; 366; Goodspeed's Landing, 459; the modern town, 460-461.
Hadley, Arthur T., president of Yale College, 446.
Hadley, 80; 81; 83; in King Philip's War, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 130, 132, 136, 137, 138, 140, 146, 149, 150, 154, 157, 158, attack on, 159, 160, 161; 166; 204; early Hadley boats and boat- men, 305; 362, 399; the modern town, 400-405; the Porter-Phelps- Huntington homestead, 402, 403- 405; 413; 419.
Hadley Falls. See South Hadley Falls.
Hale, Rev. Edward Everett, 129; Col. Enoch Hale, 295-296; Rev. Enoch
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Hale, 416; Nathan Hale, statue of, 444; schoolhouse of in East Haddam, 460.
Half-Way Brook, 83.
Hall's Stream, 351; 367; 371.
Hampden, John, 20; 68; 69; 76. Hanover 257; 258; 259; College Dis-
trict of called "Dresden," 260; 261; 262; 265; 268; 298; 337; 339; 354; 355; 380; 382-385. See Dartmouth College, and Dresden.
Hapgood, Norman, 387.
Hartford, 15; begun as Newtown, 36, 40; named, 48; 49; 50; 51; appear- ance of in 1639, 57-58; 63; 64; in the Pequot wars, 98, 100, 110, 111, 112, 136, 152, 158, 160; 200; early commerce of, 307, 308; transporta- tion centre, 310, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320; steam boating, 325, 330, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339-341; 364; 401; 402; 403; 432; 433; 434; 435; the " Charter City," 438-447; Bushnell Park, 439, 445, 446; Wadsworth Athenæum, 443, 444; Watkinson Library, Hartford Public Library, 444; 448; 456; 458; 462. See Con- necticut Historical Society, Con- necticut State House, Hartford Theological Seminary, and Trinity College.
Hartford, Vermont, 259; 269; 278; 299; 373; 385; 386.
Hartford Convention of 1814, 407; 441. Hartford Theological Seminary, 446. Hartford treaty of 1650, 63.
" Hartford Wits," The, 407; 441.
Hartland, 260; 314; 315; 339; 356; 386.
Hastings, John, 238.
Hatfield, 80; 81; in King Philip's war, 117, 120, 124, 129, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 146, attacks on, 147, 151, 153, 154, 156, 157 ; captives taken to Canada, 165-166; 170; 174; 197; 201; 204; 208; in the Old French
War, 212; 362; the modern town, 399-400; 406; 414; 415.
Haverhill, 225; 260; 262; 319; 354; 355; 375; 378; 379; proposed site for Dartmouth College, 380 ; Haver- hill Corner, 380, 381.
Haverhill, Massachusetts, settlers from, 260; 379.
Haverhill Academy, 380.
Hawkes, Maj. John, 247.
Hawley, Maj. Joseph, 407.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel,' 118.
Haynes, John, 40; 43; 44; 47; 48; 50; 51; governor of Connecticut, 57; 59; 110.
Hazen, Capt. John, 379.
Hazlerig, Sir Arthur, 67; 76.
Henchman, Capt. Samuel, 158; 159; 160.
Hendricksen, Cornelis, 9; 12.
Higginson, Rev. Francis, 73; Rev. John Higginson, 73; Stephen Hig- ginson, 312; Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 312.
Higginson family, 73.
Hildreth, Rev. Hosea, 396; Richard Hildreth, birthplace of, 397.
Hillhouse, Gen. James, 321.
Hilton, Martha, 257.
Hinsdale, 81; 83; 144; 153; 198; 207; 219; in the Last French War, 238, 240, 241, 245; 322; 358; 391. Hinsdell, Experience, 154; 156.
Hitchcock, Prof. Charles W., 361; Deacon Hitchcock, 397; Dr. Edward Hitchcock, 352; 354; 359; 360; 397- 398, 418; Mary (Hoyt) Hitchcock, 397.
Holland, Dr. Josiah Gilbert, 312; 406; 409; 419.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 346; 397; Lieut. William Holmes, 20; 110.
Holyoke, Elizur, 419, 421; Capt. Sam- uel Holyoke, 156.
Holyoke, 312; 341; 363; 419; " Ireland Parish," 420; development of the
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hydraulic works, 420-423; Holyoke Water Power Company, 422; the "Paper City," 422.
Holyoke range, 362. Home Circle Clubs, 417.
Hooker, Isabella (Beecher), 446; Gen. Joseph Hooker, birthplace of, 402; Rev. Thomas Hooker, journey of with his congregation through the wilderness, 34-35; in Hartford, 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 47; 48; 49; 50; 51; letter of 1638 to John Winthrop, senior, 52; 53-56; 73; 98; 440; grave of, 445; house of, 445.
Hopkins, Edward, governor of Con- necticut, 58, 402; Dr. Lemuel Hop- kins, 441.
Hopkins Academy, 402. Horgers, Hans, 4. Hosmer, Aaron, 228; 229.
Housatonic River, 6; 161.
House of Hope. See Dutch House of Hope.
Howe, Caleb, in Indian massacre, 240; 241; Jemima Howe, the "Fair Captive," 238; 241; 391.
Howells, William Dean, 390.
Hoyt, David, Indian captive, 397; Gen. Epaphras, 321, 397; Mary Hoyt, 175.
Hubbard, Rev. William, 119; 120; 125; 167.
Hudson, Henry, 2; 4.
Hudson River, 3; 4; 7; 12; 83; 84; 109; 116; 161; 220; 253; 293; 294; 296; 320; 321; 325.
Humphreys, Col. David, 238; 441.
Hunt, Richard Morris, 390; William Morris Hunt, 390.
Hunters in the Upper Valley, 206.
Huntington, Arria S., 404; Rev. Dan Huntington, 404; 405; Elizabeth (Phelps) Huntington, 404; 405; Bishop Frederic Dan Huntington, 402; 403; 404; 405; Joshua H. Hunt- ington, 349; 350.
Hutchinson, Rev. Aaron, 269-270; Holmes Hutchinson, 320; Thomas Hutchinson, 118; 119; 399.
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Indian deeds, to the Dutch, 16, 19, 59; to the English, 59, 369. Indian River, 348.
Indian Road, 206, 348. Indian Stream, 368; 371.
" Indian Stream Territory." See
Pittsburg.
Indian tribes, Abenakis, 146; 167; 170; 171; 183; 350; Agawams, 83; 131; at the burning of Springfield, 132, 134, 136, 150; Caughnawagas, 188; 201; 202; Cooashankes, 350; Five Nations, 83; 84; Iroquois, 84; Mac- quas, 171; 175; 181; 185; 187; 188; 204; Mahicans, 7; 83; 84; 145; 161; Mohawks, 7; 83; 84; 85; 145; 148; 155; 159; 161; 199; 203; Mohegans, 59; 84; 85; 98; 107; conquered Pe- quots amalgamated with, 111; 113; 117; 128; 136; 143; 145; 151; 158; 159; 383; Narragansetts, 85; 87; 94; 96; 103; 104; 105; 110; conquered Pe- quots amalgamated with, 111; 113; 116; 142-160; breakup of, 160, 161; execution of chiefs of at Boston and Plymouth, 162; 165; Nawaas, 7; 82; 84; Niantics, 84; Nipmucks, 85; 114; 127; 143; 144; 145; 146; 148; breakup of, 160, 161; Nonatucks, 83; Penob- scots, 374; Pequots, 7; 8; 14; 15; 19; 20; 48; 49; 59; 82; 84; 85; 87; 89; 90; 113; 114; Pocumtucks, 83; 85; 120; 127; 136; 144; 145; 146; 148; 152; breakup of, 157; 161; 165; Po- dunks, 83; Quabaugs, 85; St. Fran- cis, 186; 212; 224; village of, 236; 240; destruction of, 247-249; 374; 378; Sequins, 7; 12; 61; 82; Tunxis, 83; Wampanoags, 113; 114; 116; 127; 142; 143; 145; 160; breakup of, 161;
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Warranokes, 83; 202; Wongunks, 82.
Israel's River, 322; named for Israel Glines, hunter, 353; 374.
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Jennings, Stephen, 166-167; 191. John's River, 353; named for John Glines, hunter, 353; 354.
Johnson, Col. James, 227; 228; 229; 230; 231; 234; 236; 237; his wife Susanna, 227; her "Narrative " of the Johnson family in captivity, 227-239; her birth of a daughter, "Captive," during the march to Canada, 231-232; life after return from captivity, 237-239; 244; Cap- tive Johnson, 237; 239.
Johnson family in captivity, Narrative of, see Johnson, Susanna ; monu- ment to, and their fellow captives, 239.
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Keep, John, and his wife Sarah, in Indian massacre, 150.
Kellogg, Capt. Josiah, scout, 204.
Kieft, William, director of New Neth- erland, 60; 61; 62; 63.
Kilburn, John, 209; 210; 225; “ Kil- burn's Fight," 241-244; Kilburn Peak, named for, 241, 244.
"Kilburn's Fight," See Kilburn, John.
Kilburn Peak (first Fall Mountain), 204; named, 241, 244; 357; 388.
King Philip (Metacomo), 113, 114; precipitation of the war of, 114-116; 120; 123; 130; 131; 132; 133; 136; 139; 142; 144; 145; 146; 147; 148; 158; 160; fate of, 160-161; King Philip, an up-country chief, 369. " King Philip's chair," 130.
King Philip's War, 81; theatre of trans- ferred to the Connecticut Valley, 113; Indians concerned in, 113-116;
operations in the Valley, 113-163; Battle of Bloody Brook, 125, 126- 131, 154, 398; rising of the Narra- gansetts, 142-160; Great Falls Fight, 153-156, 157, 158, 395; fate of the tribes involved, 160-161; results to the colonists, 162; 165; 166; 202; 203; 393; 402; 433; 440.
King William's War, 164; 167.
King's Island, 364.
Kipling, Rudyard, 390.
Knowles, Sir Charles, 218; Charles- town named for, 218.
Knowlton, Luke, 289.
Knox, Gen. Henry, 450.
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Labaree, Peter, Indian captive, 229; 230; 232; 233; 235; 236; 237; 239. Lafayette, Marquis de, 431.
Lake Champlain, 186; 202; 203; 206; 235; 249; 253; 266; 321; 348; 454.
Lake Memphremagog, 250; 320; 322; 348.
Lancaster, 322; 353; 374-376; 377; 378.
Lancaster, Massachusetts, 116; 144; settlers from, 209, 210, 375; 238.
Lancaster Academy, 376.
Last French War, 196; 198; 223; 224; 225; 227-251; 386; 408.
Leamington, 352; 372; 373.
Lebanon, 259; 267; 293; 355; 356; 373; 385; 386.
Lebanon, Connecticut, 259; 382. Lechford, Thomas, 72.
Ledyard, John, pioneer navigator of the Upper Connecticut, 337; 384- 385.
Lee, Gerald Stanley, 418.
Leverett, John, governor of Massachu- setts, 118; 131; 137; 138; 189.
Leyden hills, 182.
Little Sugar River, 356. Littleton, 377.
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Littleton hills, 377.
Livingstone, Capt. John, 191.
Locks and Canals, 310; 311; first works at South Hadley Falls, 312- 314; Turner's Falls canal, 314, 321, 395; Bellows Falls canal, 311, 314, 336, 337; Water-Queeche (Sumner's Falls) canal, 314, 337, 339; Enfield canal, 315, 322, 323, 324, 430; river life under the canal system, 315- 316, 317, 318; projects for extending the system, 318-322; rival interests, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323; passing of the system, 324.
Logging, 372.
Long Island Sound, 6; 7; 8; 17; 64; 69; 70; 74; 88; 322; 341; 345; 346; 347; 352; 359; 365; 366; 448; 462. Longmeadow, 133; in King Philip's War, 149-151; 193; 334; 363; 429. Longmeadow Brook, 363.
" Lords and Gentlemen," The, 19; 20; 25; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 45; 46; 67; 69; 71; 72; 79; 97; 431.
Lothrop, Capt. Thomas, 117; 120; 125; in the Battle of Bloody Brook, 126-131; fall of, 128.
" Lost Dauphin of France." See Wil- liams, Eleazar, claim of.
Lotteries, state, 313-314; 425; 441.
Ludlow, Roger, 45; 46; 47; 50; 51; 110, 431.
Lower Coos. See Coos Country. Loudon, Earl of, 247.
Low, Richard, 66.
Lunenburg, 353; 374; 376; 378.
Lunenburg, Massachusetts, settlers from, 209; 375.
Lunenburg range, 375.
Luther, Flavel S., president of Trinity College, 446.
Lyman, 273.
Lyman, Capt. Caleb, scout, 179; 203.
Lyman family, in Northampton, 408; 409.
Lyme, Connecticut, 80; 260; 366; Had-
lyme Landing, 459; Hamburgh Landing, 459; Lyme Landing, 459. Lyme, New Hampshire, 260; 262; 382. Lyon, Mary, 419.
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McCullock, Henry, of Shays's rebel- lion, 415.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 68.
Macdonough, Commodore Thomas, 333, 454.
McIndoe's Falls, 354.
Macquas. See Indian Tribes.
Madockawando, Indian chief, 167.
Mahicans. See Indian tribes.
Maidstone, 253; 373; 374.
Manhattan, 3; 4; 5; 6; 9; 12; 13; 16; 17; 23; 31; 41; 109.
Marsh, Col. Joseph, lieut .- governor of Vermont, 278.
Mascomy River, 355.
Mason, Capt. John, 96; 97; commander in the second Pequot expedition, 98; sketch of, 98; 100; his plan of cam- paign, 101-102; 102-106; his Narra- tive quoted, 106-107; 108; 109; 110; 114; 306; 431; 440.
Mason Grant and Mason line, 273; 277 281; 283; 290; 292; 294.
Massachusetts Agricultural College, 417.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 13; 16; 17; 20; 24; 26; 32; 33; 34; 35; 37; seces- sion of river towns from, 38; 40; ju- risdiction over the river country, 45; 46; 47; 48; 51; 52; 64; 73; 80; 81; 87; 90; 96; 109; 110; 115; 117; 137; 143; 145; 149; 150; 151; 158; 166; 169; 199; 211; 225; 226; 246; 257; 281; 285; 287; trading ships of Bay men on the river, 304.
Massachusetts patent, 32; 41; 52; 55.
Massachusetts Reach, The, 113; 201; 211; 303; 311; 339; 358-363; 372; towns in, 392-429; cities in, 406- 429; first bridge in, 425.
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Massasoit, Indian chief, 113.
Mather, Rev. Cotton, 40; Rev. Eleazer Mather, 170, 183, 406, 410, house of, 410; Rev. Increase Mather, 119, 127.
Maverick, Samuel, 438.
Mead, Edwin Doak, 390; 391; Elinor (Mead) Howells, 390; Larkin Gold- smith Mead, 390; William Ruther- ford Mead, 390.
Mead family in Brattleborough and Chesterfield, 390.
Melvin, Capt. Eleazer, scout, 215.
Merrimack River, 199; 201; 205; 207; 213; 247; 252; 318. Metacomo. See King Philip.
Metallak, Indian chief, 350.
Miantonomo, Indian chief, 85; 89; 103; 110; 142; 152.
Middle Haddam, 365; the Landing, 459
Middlesex Canal, 318.
Middletown, 7; 80; 81; Indian name of, 82; 307; 333; 360; 365; 404; Mid- dletown Landing, 452; 458; the mod- ern rural city, 452-458; "Lower Houses " and "Upper Houses," 454; old-time shipbuilding and com- merce of, 454-455; 459.
Mill River, Northampton, 362, 417, 418; Mill River, Springfield, 363.
Miller, Thomas, in Indian massacre, 134.
Miller's River, 121; 321; 359; 361; 394. Minuit, Peter, director-general of New Netherland, 13, 18; 20.
Missisquoi Bay, 202; 248. Mohawk River, 352.
Mohawks. See Indian tribes.
Mohegans. See Indian tribes. Monadnock, 358. Monadnock, Vermont's, 352; 373. Monroe, 354; 377.
Montagne, Johannes La, 60.
Montague, 121; 335; 361; named for Capt. William Montague, 395.
Montigny, Sieur de, 177; 178.
Montreal, 170, 186; 187; 188; 190; 216; 236, 237; 239; 247.
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 392.
Moor Indian Charity School, 259; 382.
Moore, Capt., and son, in Indian mas- sacre, 245; family of, Indian cap- tives, 245.
Moosilauk, 355; 379.
Morey, Gen. Israel, 275; 332; Samuel Morey, inventor of the steamboat, see Steam boats.
Morris, Gen. Lewis B., 311.
Moseley, Capt. Samuel, 117; 125; 128; 129; 130; 137; 138; 139; 140; 146; 147; 166.
Mount Adams, 154.
Mount Ascutney, 231; 355; 356; 373; 386.
Mount Bowback, 373.
Mount Carmel, 367. Mount Cuba, 355.
Mount Hermon School, 392.
Mount Holyoke, 362; 363; 406; 418; naming of, 419; 421.
Mount Holyoke College, 417; 419.
Mount Prospect, 348.
Mount Toby, Indian name of, 361; 362; 399. Mount Tom, 362; 406; 418; naming of, 419
Mount Warner, 403; Mystic River, 70; 84; 105.
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Nahant, Massachusetts, visited by Adriaen Block, 9; "Cold Roast Boston," 10.
Narragansett Bay, explored by Adriaen Block, 8, 102; 107; 116.
Narragansett country, The, 94; 100; 101; 113; 136; 142; 143; 148; 151; 160.
Narragansetts. See Indian tribes. Navigation. See River Navigation.
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Connecticut River
Nawaas. See Indian tribes.
Netawanute (or Altarbaenhoot), Ind- ian chief, 20.
Neal, Hubartes, 253.
New Amsterdam, 13; 57; 63; 64; 304. New Connecticut, 258; Dartmouth College and state-making, 258-300; name of adopted for new state, 266; 267; Vermont substituted, 268; 290.
New England colonies, 113; 162. New England Confederacy, The, 55.
New England frontiers, 116, 303, 348, 349.
New England, great patent for, 11; 17, 18; Lords and gentlemen's pat- ent, 19.
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