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The sd Mashalisk Doth sell all to John Pynchon of Springfield to him his heires & assignes forever, ffor & in Consideration of a debt of ten large Bevers & other debts of Wuttawoluncksin her sons wch shee acknowledges her self engaged for ye Payment off to John Pynchon aforesd: for the said Just and due Debts & moreover for & in consid- eration of sixty fada of wampum. 2. cotes some cotton & Severall other small things all wch ye sd Mashalisk acknowl- edge to have Recd & to be therwth fully satisfied & con- tented, Doe fully clearly & absolutely give Grant Bargaine & sell unto John Pynchon of Springfield aforesd, hereby giv- ing granting & resigning up to him all my right Title & interest in ye aforesd land : To Have & to Hold all the sd land to ye only proper use & Behoofe of him ye sd John Pyn- chon his heires & assigns for ever, wth all ye profits advan- tages & comoditys thereoff & thereunto belonging whatso-
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ever, & that for ever: And ye sd Meshalisk doth hereby covenant & promise too & wth ye sd John Pynchon, that shee will ye sd Pynchon save harmless of & from all manner of claimes right title & interest of any other person what- soever unto ye sd Land hereby sold & will defend ye same from all or any Molestation or Incumbrance of Indians right to all or any part thereof: and as having full right & lawfull Power thus to doe, Doth in witness thereoff here unto affix her hand & seale this 26th day of August 1672
This being done & also delid in the Presence off
John Holtum
Isaac Morgan
The marke of
Ackki X ******** an Indian witness I her kinsman.
Mash * shalisk her mark (seal)
Note to the Preceding Deed
'In John Pynchon's account book, mention is made of Ackambowet, an Indian, and this is probably the same person.
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Part of Whately and Conway
HAMPDEN COUNTY RECORDS Liber A; Folio 133
Here ffolloweth a Coppy of a deed of Sale whereby Cer- taine Indians passed over Certaine Lands unto ye Town of Hatfield
Bee it known unto all men by these prsents writeings yt we Sarah ye wife of Quanquan Sachem late deceased & Pocunohouse ye Son of Quanquan ye Indian Sachem & Mattabauge Squa & Majessett daughter of ye sd Sachem & Momecouse Indians: for & by & in consideration of fiftie fatham of Wampam peagg hath sold unto ye Town of Hat- field all ye Lands, uplands & Swamps yt was Quanquons lyeing within ye Bounds of Hatfeild except the two ffarmes of Mr Bradstreete & Major Dennison & a prsell of Land that ye Town of Hatfield bought of Benjamine Waite these Indians before expressed hath given granted Bargained & sold Alianated Enfeofied Assigned sett over & confirmed & by these presents doe fully cleerely & absolutely give grant Bargained sell Assigne sett over & Confirme unto ye Town of Hatfield in ye Jurisdiction of Massachuesets all ye Estate Right Title use & possession claime & demand whatsoever ye aforesd Indian Sarah Pocanohouse Matta- baug Squa Muessett Memewatts hath in or to all ye Lands Swamps & Uplands before mentioned which sometymes was ye sd Quanquans Bounded by ye Lands yt ye Town of Hatfield Bought of Umpanchella upon ye South & upon Weckwannuck 1 or Suger loafe Brooke at a markt tree at ye path yt Leads to Pacomtuck on ye North & from thence to Run upon an East Line to ye great River & a West Line six miles West in ye woods or Wilderness part of these Lands abutts on Mr Bradstreets ffarme & Major Dennisons ffarme East and part upon the great River Eastward all of these Lands Runs from these ffarmes six miles into ye Wilderness West In all this persell of Land aforementioned
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ye sd forementioned Indians for ymselves heirs & assignes do cleerely ffully & wholie Remitt Release Relinquish & Resigne all their former Right claime power Authoritie interest or Challenge in or to the sd Lands yeilding & by these prsents giveing granting & Sirrendering ye sd title powor interest claime Right unto ye Town of Hatfeild To have and to hold to ym & to theire heirs for ever; And the sd Indians doe for themselves & theire heirs & Assignes promise unto the Town of Hatfeild that they shall & may from tyme to tyme quietly enjoy & at all tymes lawfully & peaceably enjoy & possess use & improve ye sd Land before mentioned as they shall & may see cause without any Lett trouble molestation or interuption from or by any of ye forementioned Indians or from or by any other person or persons whatsoever Indians or English Challengeing or Claimeing in by through from with for to or under us or any of us or any other whatever. In Witness hereof we have sett to our hand this nineteenth day of Octobr in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundered Seventie two 1672.
her Sarah * Quanquan Squa marke
Signed & Sealed in ye
Presence of us
Daniell * Porter his marke
Pacuhouse her * marke
Memewanks her * marke
Nathl Dickenson
Samll Belding
John Coleman
Matabaug * Squa her marke
affixed
four seals were
The price of all ye Land purchased of Sarah Quanquons Squa mentioned in ye deed was fiftie fatham of Wampam &c
This five & twentieth day of Novembr 1672 she & her Son Pacanohouse Received of the Town of Hatfeild 27 fathom on Cotten Cloath &c
The aforesd deed of Sale was here Entered this 27 Jan- uary 1695-6
By me Samll Partrigg Register
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Note to the Preceding Deed
IWeckwannuck .- Sheldon, in History of Deerfield, page 33, and Crafts, in History of Whately, page 9, both give this as Weekioannuck, but this is a mistake. The word is very blindly written in the records, but a careful study shows the form as here given, to be correct.
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Part of Westfield
The following evidence shows that Lieutenant Thomas Cooper of Springfield purchased certain land at Westfield from the Indians, but no record of the deed exists. This extract is from the Court Records of Hampshire County.
Att the County Corte holden at Springffeild Sept ye 30, 1673.
Leiut Cooper of Springfield Plant contra Wallump the Indian Sachem of Poch ** ick in an action of the case for not performing the tearmes & tenor of a deed of sale respect- ing some agt of those lands mentioned in that said deed wch is signed by the said Wallump wth all just damages.
In this action between Leiut Cooper Plant & Wallump defdt the attachment & evidences in the case being pre- sented & read in Corte (& wch are on file) & comitted to ye jury they brought in their verdict that they fynd for ye Deft costs of Corte.
Costs as pr bill allowed is ten shillings
There is said to be another Westfield deed; that of Alquat, Keems and Wallump to Pynchon, dated April 25, 1670, but no record of it can be found.
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Part of Bernardston, Gill and Northfield
FROM THE TOWN RECORDS OF NORTHFIELD
This Deed Made the 9 day 7 1673 betweene Joseph Parsons Senr & William Clarke both of Northampton in the County of Hamphair of the one Partey and the daugter of Sowanaett who was the true and Proper owner of that Parsell of Land at Squakheg 1 on the West Side of the River Called by the indions Nallahamcomgon 2 or Natanas and Mashepetot and Kesquando pompate Kenio a squa which is Mashepetotts daughter-these four Indions a bove Named one the other Partey-Witnesseth that for and in Consid- eration of too hundered fathoms of Wampompek in hand payed by the above said Parsons and Clarke wee the afore- said Indions acknolleg to have Received and doo by these Presents aquit and discharg the aforesaid Parsons and Clarke and their heirs and executors or assighns for ever have Given Granted bargined and Sold & by these Presents Confirmed all that Parsell of Land Lyeing at Squagheag Called by the indions Nallahamcongon, with the Great River on the esterly side one the Westerly side a great Ledge of hills 6 miles from the Great River one the Southerly to a brook caled by the indions Nallahamcomgon 2 and so Straight in to the woods on the North to that Land that was Massemetts Land
This Parcel of Land with all the apurtenances ther to belonging wee the aforesaid Indiens doo ingag and covenant to and with the above Named Parsons & Clarke to defend from aney Claime or Right or tittle from aney other porsons Whatsoever & that the above Named Parsons and Clarke their heirs or assighns Shall have have and hold all the above
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said Land with all the apurtenances for ever with out aney Mollestation by them or any other Parsons what soever. as Witness our hands the day and yeare a bove wrighten with our sealls
Seled and delivered Mashepetot his * mark and Seale in the presents of the mark of * Kisgondo and Seale Timothy Baker the mark of * Asagoa and Seale Sarah Clarke Pompatikenio her mark and Seale
Wher as the within mentioned grant or * * * of Lands of the Indians of Squaukheage in * * of William Clarke and Joseph Parsons Sen' both * Northampton wee doo assighne and make over * * ever the with in mentioned Premises to the inhabitants of Squakheagu and their suc- cessors as witnesseth our hands the 15th of June 1695 Subscribed in the William Clarke
Presants of
NOTE .- This sheet is badly worn, only one of the signatures to the as- signment remaining.
Notes to the Preceding Deed
ISquakheg .- Other forms are Suckquakege or Wissquawquege, 1669. Squawquege, 1671, Squakeage or Squakeake, 1672, Squaheag, 1682, Pynchon called it Wussquaheag, the Connecticut Council Suckquackheag, and Partridge Wussquackheag.
2Nallahamcomgon; Natanas .- The territory is now known as Bennett Meadow and the brook as Bennett Brook. In a deed of 1715 this is called Halbacum Comgane or Huffanus.
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Part of Westfield
HAMPDEN COUNTY RECORDS Liber O; Folio 447
To all Christian People to whome these Presents Shall Come Know ye that I Walump the Sachem of Pochaset now Resident there Have and by these Presents do bargain Sell alienate and firmly make Over a Certain Parcel of Land Lying and being at the Place Commonly Called by the Indians Pochaset but by the English called Westfield which land is bounded as followeth viz it Comming Down the River to a Great Spruce Tree Standing by the Rocks that are in the River and So Runnig up the River Two Miles in Length in Breadth one mile only yt the said Walump Reserveth one Meadow to him self which Meadow Lyes before the Old Fort on the South Side of the River all the Other Lands within the fore named bounds the said Walump hath and by these Presents doth for himself his heirs Ex- ecutors administrators make over unto Mr. Hope Atherton Preserved Clap and medad Pomroy their heirs Executors administrators and assigns all which Parcel of Land I Do hereby make Over unto the aforementioned Parties, To Have and To Hold Possess and Enjoy forever as their own Proper Right Title Claim and Interest hereby freely fully giving unto the said Party a Quiet and Peaceable Possession of the Said Tract of Land with all Woods Trees and all manner of Benefits Priviledges and appurtenances there- unto belonging And I the Said Walump do hereby Injoyne that this land is free from all former Bargains Sales mort- gages Judgements Executions or Indian Title of Inheritance and do hereby Injoyn to free the said Land from all Claims of any Indian Person or Persons Whatsoever hereby Re- linguishing all my Right Title Claim and Interest in the Premises or any part thereof In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 24th of Novem' 1673
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Wall (his * mark) lump and Seal the Indian Sachem
Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of us. Samuel Marshfield
Katherine the mark of * Marshfield
November 25th 1673 Wallump the Indian Sachem above- mentioned acknowledged this Instrument to be his act and Deed Resigning up & forever Relinquishing all her Right & Interest in ye Premises Except as above Excepted
Before me John Pynchon Assist.
Whereas I underwritten was one of the Purchasers of the above mentioned farm These lines may certifie whom it may Concern that what I did therein was in the behalf of m' Samuel Mather of Windsor and have no Right in Said farm of my own But Do hereby Resigne and Quit Claim to any Right therein as in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal with Date October 23: 1714
Witnessed by us Samuel Marshall
Benjamin Moslee
Medad Pomroy and Seal
M' Medad Pomroy the Subscriber of the Above Instru- ment personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of her Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Hamp- shire this Eleventh Day of Novbr in the first Year of the Reign of our Soverg" Lord King George & Annoque Domini 1714 and acknowledged the above Instrument to be his act Coram John Stoddard Recd July Ist 1745 & Recorded from the Original By me
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Parts of Leverett, Montague, Sunderland and Wendell
FROM THE TOWN RECORDS OF SUNDERLAND
These Presents Testifie That Mishalisk an old woman the mother of Wallauckinksin deceased Doth hereby Bar- gaine sell and alienate a Tract of Land to John Pynchon of Springfield, acting for & in the behalf of Robert Bolt- wood Joseph Kellogg John Hubbird & Thos Dickinson of Hadly & their associates who obtained a grant of the sd Land from ye Genll Court wch land lies above Hadley Northward of Hadley bounds by Quinnecticott River on ye East side of ye sd River which Land begins at ye Southely end of it at ye Brook Nepesoneag. 1
Nepesoaneag takeing in all the Land on ye Northely side of it. It runs up by Quinnectticott River to ye Brook called Sawwatapskechuwas 2 and Mattamooash where others Indians have sold also now there sd Land there to ye sd Robt Boltwood Jos Kellogg &c. The whole Tract of Land aforementioned from Neposoaneag on ye South next Hadly Bounds to Sawwatapskechuwas on ye North & beyond att Mattamooash & from Quinnecticott River out into ye woods Eastward for six miles from the sd River Quinnecticott The sd Mishalisk Doth Bargaine & sell to ye sd Robt Bolt- wood Jos Kellogg John Hubbard & Thos Dickinson & their associates & to their heirs & assigns For Ever for & in con- sideration of a Debt & Dues from her son Wattauchinksin to John Pynchon of Springfield as also for & in considera- tion of One Large Indian Coat and several other small things Recd of ye sd John Pynchon for and on ye behalf of Robt Boltwood Jos Kellogg &c & Company all wch I ye sd Mishalisk do Acknowledge to have Recd & that I am there- wth fully satisfied & Contented & Do thereupon fully Clearly & absolutely Give Grant Bargaine & sell unto the sd Robt Boltwood Jno Hubbard Jos Kellogg & Thos Dickinson & Company & to theire heir & assigns forever the foremen-
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tioned Lands hereby Giveing Granting & Resigning up to them all my Rights Title & Interest in the aforementioned Land To Have & To Hold all the sd lands to the only proper use & Behaffe of them ye sd Robt Boltwood Jos: Kellogg, Jno Hubbird Tho Dickinson & successors or Company & their heirs & assigns forever wth all ye profits & commod- ities there & thereunto belonging whatsoever. And the sd Mishalisk doth hereby covenant & promise that she will the sd Robt Boltwood Jos Kellogg Jno Hubbard & Thos Dickinson save harmless of & from all manner of claims Right Titles & Interest of any peson whatsoever and from all Incumbrances of Indian Rights to all or any part of ye sd Land as having full Right & Lawfull Power thus to Doe and in witness hereof affixes her hand & seal this 10th day of April 1674
This done sealed & Delivered
in the presence of us Isaac Morgan
Misha * lisk her mark (Seal)
Henry Rogers
Ackka * tambawit
his mark
an Indian witness
Mishalisk the Indian woman acknowledged this Instrumt to be her act & Deed Resigning up & Relinquishing all her Right & Interest in ye Prmises this roth of April 1674.
before me John Pynchon Assistant
Notes to the Preceding Deed
I Nepesoneag .- Modern name is Mohawk Brook.
2Sawwatapskechuwas .- Modern name is Saw Mill Brook.
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Parts of Montague and Wendell
FROM THE TOWN RECORDS OF SUNDERLAND
These presents testifie that Mattawompe alias Natta- wassawet ye Indian for himself & in the behalf of other Indians viz Wadanummin Squiskheag & Sunkkmachue and for and in consideration of eighty fathom of wampum & several other small things to him and them in hand paid & fully secured by John Pynchon of Springfield in ye behalf and upon the acct of Robt Boltwood John Hubbird Joseph Kellogg & Thos Dickinson of Hadley Hath Bargained & sold & Doth by these presents Give Grant Bargaine & Sell unto ye sd Robt Boltwood Jno Hubbird Jos Kellogg & Thos Dickinson a certain tract of land lying on ye east side of Quinnetticott River about 7 or 8 miles above Hadley adjoyning to a parcell of land which the said Boltwood & Company bought of Mishalisk from that parcell of land & Brook called Sawwatapeskechuwas up by ye grt River Quinnetticott northerly to a little Brook Papacontuckquash 2 & Coroheaggan lying over against ye mouth of Pacomptuck River Mantehelas The sd Mettawompe alias Nattawwas- awet Doth Give Grant Bargain & Sell unto ye. sd Robt Boltwood John Hubbird Jos Kellogg & Thos Dickinson & their successors & Company & to their heirs & assigns Forever hereby resigning to them all right title & interest in the forementioned lands called Mattampash from Saw- watapskechuwas Anquepinick 3 Sankrohoncum 4 Lemuck- quash & Papacontuckquash Corroheaggan & to Mantahelas & so out into ye woods six miles Eastward from ye great River Quinnetticott To Have and to Hold all ye sd Land to ye propr use & behoof of ym ye sd Robt Boltwood Jno Hubbird Jos Kellogg & Thos Dickinson & Company & their heirs & assigns forever with all ye Profits Commod- ities & Advantages thereof & thereto belonging whatsoever & yt forever And ye sd Mettawompe alias Nattawwasawet doth hereby covenant & promise that he will save harmless
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ye sd Robt Boltwood John Hubbird Jos Kellogg & Thos Dickinson & Company & their heirs & assigns of & from all manner of claims Rights Titles & Interest of any person whomsoever in & to the sd Lands and from all Incum- brances of Indian Rights to all or any part thereof haveing full Power & Lawful Right thus to Doe And in witness hereof affixes his hand & seal this roth day of Aprill 1674
The mark of Mettawompe * alias Nattawwassawet (Seal)
This don & delivered in presence of us Isaac Morgan Henry Rogers
Ackatambowitt his * mark an Indian
Mettawampe alias Nattawwassawet acknowledged this Instrument to be his act and deed Relinquishing & Resign- ing up all Right & Interest in the premises to the English within named roth Apl 1674
before me John Pynchon Assist
This 17th of Apl 1674 Squiskheag came and acknowl- edged ye sale of ye land mentioned on ye other side sold by Metawompe & doth hereby confirm ye sale thereof having recd part of ye pay viz Thirty Fathom whereupon Squisk- heag doth for himself and his Brothers Sunckkamauachue & Wadanummin sell & by sale forever pass away all ye Land mentioned on ye other side namely ye Land on ye East side of Quinnetticott River from Sawwatapskechuwas on the South Northerly to Right against the mouth of Pacomp- tuck River called Mantahelas To Have and to Hold all ye sd Land from ye Grt River six miles out into ye woods Eastward to Robt Boltwood John Hubbard Jos Kellogg & Thos Dickinson to them their Heirs & assigns forever & in witness hereof subscribes his hand & seal this 17th April 1674
The mark of Squiskeag * (Seal)
In presence of us John Pynchon Jos * Thomas his * mark
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Notes to the Preceding Deed
ISawwatapeskechuwas .- Modern name is Saw Mill Brook.
2 Papacontuckquash .- Modern name would appear to be Millers River, as an ancient map in the library of Williams College gives "Papaqunti- quash Branch or Millers R."
3 Anquepinick .- Anikwepinack, the "inclined land."
4Sankrohoncum .- This is the same as Sankronk in the Northampton deed, but with the addition of one of the "land" terminations and means "land at the outlet."
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Parts of Hampden, Longmeadow, Springfield and Wilbraham in Massachusetts, and Enfield and Somers in Connecticut
HAMPDEN COUNTY RECORDS Liber A-B ; Folio 22
THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD YE DEED FRO THE INDIANS
An Evidence of the purchases of Lands at Fresh water River, taking in the medows on both sides the River, as also of the Lands from the five mile pond Eastward to ye mountaines & so northward to Chickuppe River; being purchases from ye Indians Wequaugan Wawapaw & We- quombo; by & for ye Town of Springfield
These Presents testify; That the Indian called Wequa- gun, formerly called Wrutherna & the Indian called Waw- apaw, formerly called Naiapompolan, in consideration of the sume of One Hundred & Twenty fathom of Wampam to them in hand paid, And that the Indian Called Wequom- po in consideration of sixty fathom of Wampam to Him in hand paid, have given granted bargained & sold, And by these presents Doe fully clearly & absolutely give grante bargain & sel unto Elizur Holyoke, George Coulton, Ben- jamin Cooley Samul Marshfield & Anthony Dorchester, for the use & behoofe of the Town of Springfield certaine tracts of Land Upland Medowes and Swamps hereafter mentioned & described, That is to Say, The said Wequaugun & Wawa- paw first acknowledging that their Ancestors did sel unto Mr. William Pynchon late of Springfield, for the use & be- hoofe of the said Town of Springfield a good Portion or Tract of Lands lying on the East side of the River Quin- ecticut (& by the said River) that is to say, by the River al along from the Lower End of the (medow, called by the Indians Massacksick, & by the English called the) Long medow, up to Chickuppe River, And in breadth Eastward for al the Length about as far from the River Quinecticut,
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as the five mile pond which lyes by the Bay path; Concern- ing which Tract of Land the said Wequaugan & Wawapaw Doe for themselves & their Successors, for the use & behoofe of the Inhabitants of Springfield, for ever quit al Right, Title Interest Claime & Demand: in & to the said Tract of Land, before described. And the Tract of Land which the said Wequaugan & Wawapan Do hereby sel as aforesaid, Lyeth partly by & adjoineth to the South and & East side of the Tract of Land above described (which they acknowl- edged was sold to the said Mr William Pynchon as above- said) That is to Say All the Lands with lie within the bounds hereafter mentioned : And therefore the South bounde there- of is the Riveret called by the Indians Asnuntuck (& by the English Called fresh water River, or fresh water brooke) & soe from the mouth of that Riveret, vize, from Connecti- cut or Quinecticut River the bounde runs up the said Riveret to the Medows thereupon, & from thence up the said Riv- eret, the bounde takes in al the medows on both sides of fresh water River or brooke that Run Into it to the upland on the southerly side of such medows: & at the Place where Freshwater River or freshwater brooke turnes Northerly, the south bounds extend Eastward to the Riveret called Scantuck, I vize the place by the fals where the path that Leads to Pequit 2 or Moheage 3 goes over that Riveret & from thence the sd River Scantucke is the General bounds of the Lands contained in this Purchase, Vize, up to the Place where the said River or Riveret Scantuck comes down from the Mountains, yet Al the medows on both sides of Scantuck River are likewise contained within this Pur- chase: And from the Place where Scantuck River comes down from the mountaines, the foot of the mountaines is the Easterly bounds, up as far northerly til it meet with the Lands purchased of the said Wequompo: & the West bounds or border are the Lands formerly sold to Mr William Pynchon late of Springfield as aforesd. And the said Wequangan & Wawapaw, Doe for ym selves & their Suc- cessors to the use & behoofe of the Inhabitants of Springfield for Ever quit al Claime to, & al right title & Interest in any of Lands abovementioned & hereby sold, & which are contained within the bounds above mentioned, Except lib- erty of fishing & hunting, which they Reserve to them-
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selves yet not to damnify the English thereby Al which Tract of Lands which are Contained within the bounds above mentioned, together with al the profits and comod- itys thereupon or thereunto belonging, the said Elizur Holyoke, George Coulton, Benjamin Cooley Samuel Marsh- field & Anthony Dorchester for the use & behoofe, service & imployment of the Towne of Springfield (& not otherwise) are to have hold & Enjoy for ymselves & their heires for Ever without let trouble or molestation from the sª We- quagan Wawapaw or any others: And the Tract of Land hereby sold by Wequompo are such as are contained with- in the bounds & limits hereafter mentioned & Described, That is to say, the south bounds thereof are the Lands be- fore mentioned, sold by Wequagan & Wawapan; And East- ward the Foot of the mountaines are the bounds thereof; & Northerly Chickuppe River is the bounds thereof: And the Westerly bounds thereof, are the Lands above men- tioned formerly sold to Mr. William Pynchon as abovesaid. Al which Tract of Land soe bounded & described, together with al the profits & comoditys thereupon or thereunto belonging the said Elizur Holyoke George Coulton Benja- min Cooley Samuel Marshfield & Anthony Dorchester for the use & behoofe, Service & Employment of the Towne of Springfield, & not otherwise, are to have hold & enjoy for themselves & their heires for Ever, with out trouble or molestation from the said Indian called Wequompo or any other: And the said Wequompo Doth for himselfe & his Successors for the use behoofe & benefit of the Inhabitants of Springfield for Ever quit al claim to & al his Right Title & Interest in any of the Lands above mentioned to be sold & which are Contained within the bounds above expressed (except liberty of Fishing & Hunting which he reserveth : And it is the Intent of these presents That ye sd Elizur Holyoke George Coulton Benjamin Cooley Samuel Marsh- field & Anthony Dorchester themselves & their Heires for ever by virtue of these Presents are not to have any benefit or Priviledge in the Lands, otherwise then as they are or shal be Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield, or otherwise then in General in & with the Town or otherwise than they have legal Right therein, or may be granted by the Town for that the Lands sold by the Indians above named are so
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