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Butler, James H., 76.
Birds of Berkshire, 76.
Bush, David, 86, 87, 93, 94, 112, 119, 120, 121, 134, 159, 186, 189, 190, 203, 317, 318, 394, 418, 435, 439, 442, 460.
Brattle family, 502.
Bryant, John, 459.
Betts, Uriah, 460.
Bow, Simon, 137.
Brattle, William, 136, 140.
Bowen, Samuel, 102.
Bridal tour in 1752, 88.
Briggs, Gov., 44.
Bridges, 95, 135.
Burnings of the woods, 95.
Bill, a curions, presented to the General Court, 103.
Brewer, John, 123, 124.
Brown, Daniel, 124, 139, 181.
Bernard, Sir Francis, 130, 131.
Beer, 140.
0.
Constitution Hill, 24. Cochecomeek, 27, 65. Churchill, Capt. John, 29.
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Colt, E. R., 31, 219. Churchill Brook, 30. Coltsville, 13, 34. Claverack, 51. Cayugas, 51. Charles the Second, grants of, to the Duke of York, 56.
Colden, Lieut .- Gov., 58. County seats as originally established, 133. Cohquahegameek, 61. Coleraine, 65, 120. Charlemont, 65. Cranesville, 65. Cook, Elisha, 66. Colson, David, 67. Clark, Jonas, 67.
Cadwell, Timothy, 86. Cliffwood, Terraces, 9. Cadwell, Dan, 87, 189, 203, 358, 414, 435. Cooks, the, homicide of a Schaghticoke by, 100.
Chamberlain family, massacre of, at Stock- bridge, 103.
Chadwick, John, 124, 139.
Commons lands, 129. Conflagrations of woods, 152. Controversies, theological, 160.
Clark, Rev. Mr., 160. Clark, Joseph, 251.
Chandler, Jabez, 255.
Canoe Meadows, 45, 128. Columbia County, N.Y., 48.
Connecticut Valley, Indian ravages in, 53, 55. Currency, Provincial, table of depreciation, 467.
Currency, Continental, 321, 391, 437. Charters of Massachusetts, 332, 336, 343.
Constitution, State, 324, 354, 356, 359, 361, 362, 365, 366.
Constitutionalists of Berkshire reject the State government of 1775, 324 ; party prin- ciples of, 337.
Committee, government of 1774, 1780, de- scribed by its opponents, 358, 374; its origin, 375; a towu court established, 381; rules of practice in, 381.
Court-house, new, in Pittsfield, 38; first in Pittsfield, 123, 423, 424; proposed site for a new, in 1774, 426; built at Lenox, 433.
Church, First, organized, 162. 163; names of first members, 163; increase of, 165.
Collins, Daniel, 198. Cady, William, 208. Chamberlain, Joseph, 208. Columbia County, N.Y., 207. Canadians, French, in the Revolution, 229. Census of 1772, 182, 497.
Charter, attacks on the Provincial, 187.
Correspondence, Committees of, 190, 244. - See Committees of Inspection.
Colefix, Sergeant, 261. Curtis, Peter, 190. Chapell, Joshua, 317. Clapp, Jason, 11.
Connecticut, facilities of communication with Berkshire, 12; boundary dispute with New York, 56, 59; 102, 104; charter government of, 332.
Connecticut River, 56, 57, 58.
Courant, Hartford, 370, 585, 387, 499.
Courts, County, 133; obstructed in 1774, 193, 196, 325; suspended for six years, 348; proceedings regarding, 359 et seq. Crofoot, Stephen, 86, 93, 94, 112, 119, 120, 134, 140, 163, 183, 203, 244, 251, 394.
Crofoot, Lieut. Stephen, 230, 280, 288.
Crofoot, Simeon, 86, 112, 134.
Collins, Daniel, 163.
Childs, Dr. Timothy, 180, 189, 194, 203, 204, 206, 260, 306, 409, 412, 432, 435, 439, 442, 459, 460.
Childs, Dr. H. H., 452. Churchill, Isaac, 394.
Colt James D., 203, 204, 209, 319, 394, 418, 437,442. Colt, Madam James D., 322.
Cattle, a thousand, offered by Berkshire in 1775, to transport Ticonderoga cannon, 222.
Chronicle, Berkshire, 400.
Chadfield, Jonathan, 459.
Coggswell, Rufus, 459.
Clark, Joseph, 418.
Crandall, Augustus, 460.
Congress, Provincial, 201 ; advice of, followed by Pittsfield, 202. Congress, Continental, respect of Pittsfield for, 202.
D.
Dickinson, Lieut. Joel, 227, 258, 321, 435, 441.
Dickinson, Seth, 460.
Dickinson, Mrs. Israel, 436.
Danielson, surgeon's mate, killed at White Plains, 253.
Dow, Lorenzo, 456. Davis, Nathan, 460. Danforth, Joshua, 409, 421, 436, 437, 441, 442. Debtors, poor, 340, 391, 393.
Debt, public, 390.
Debt, imprisonment for, 392.
Dissenters in 1790 from the Congregational denomination, 459; taxed for the building of a Congregational meeting-house, 452; enter their protests against the assess- ment, 457; Henry Van Schaack com-
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mences a suit to resist it, 458; Mr. Van Schaack brings the matter before a town meeting, 458; action of the town thereon, 459 ; curious inquisition into religious faith, 459; report of committee upon rights of dissenters, 460; Mr. Van Schaack's suit decided, and the dissenters taxes remitted, 462; later State laws, 463.
Dwight, Gen. Joseph, 81, 84; calls the first Plantation meeting of Poontoosuck, 92; 99, 100, 101, 102, 106, 113, 139.
Dunham, Calvin, 393.
Dickinson, Israel, 163, 173, 180, 189, 198, 203, 204, 209, 217, 222, 241, 250, 295, 334, 345, 354, 356, 384.
Dwight, Capt. Nathaniel, 124.
Dwight, Elijah, 139, 176, 402, 432.
Douglas, Capt. Asa, 217, 218. Deacon, title of, 95.
Deer-reeves and deer-laws, 134.
Deming, Solomon, 86; becomes the first set- tler of Poontoosuck, 86, 93, 112, 134, 459.
Deming, Noadiah, 459 ; John, 459.
Deming, Mrs. Solomon, monument to, 86. Dawes, Hon. II. L., 205.
Dunnels, David, 219.
Dalton, 14, 23, 43, 65, 361, 404.
Doane, Ebenezer, 358.
Dwight, President, on the word "Honsa- tonic," 17.
Dwight, Timothy, 89, 91.
Dewey, Daniel, 216.
Doll Mountain, 30. Daniels Brook, 30. Dutch, the, 20, 57.
Dewey, Chester, 8.
Deer-shooting, 25.
Dewey, Abner, 95, 103, 112, 121.
Dewey, Abner aud Israel, 86, 93, 112.
Dickinson, Obadiah, 89.
Day, Benjamin, 89.
D'Anville, French naval armament against New England, 81; commits suicide, 81.
Dewey, Benedict, 112.
E.
Everett, Mount, height of, 8. Ensign's Pond, 26.
Ensign, Jacob, 93, 95, 112, 120, 121, 134, 163, 200,358. Edwards, Timothy, 191, 429.
Eggleston, Elislia, 393. Eli, Samuel, 397. Emanuel Chapel, 34. Elkins, Jacob, 20. Eskwatak, the Mohegan form of Schodac, 48.
Ewing, John, 58. Equinox Mountain, 5. Egremont, 133.
Easton's regiment in first Canadian cam- paign, 230, 238; advances to the Sorel, 239; blockades Gen. Carleton's fleet, 239; services described by Gen. Montgomery, 240; discharged, 258.
Elm, The Old, of the Park, 35, 153, 335, 439; saved, 440, 503.
Episcopacy, 456, 458, 459. - See Dissenters. Edwards, Jonathan, 7, 100, 101.
Easton, Col. James, 136, 139, 178, 183, 189, 190, 191, 192, 204, 209, 216; advises an in- vasion of Canada, and asks command of a regiment, 227, 295; animosity of Arnold against, 266; appeals to Congress for re- dress, 267; applies to Washington for a command, and referred to Congress, 268; action thereupon, 269; retires from ser- vice, 270.
Easton, Lieut. James, 203, 230, 305, 311. Everett, Thomas, 455.
F.
Field, Rev. Dr., 19.
Ford, William, 295, 310.
Fowler, Stepheu, 394, 418, 436.
Farr, Joseph, 418.
Framingham Pond, 24.
Framingham, New, 24, 133. Fish, 31.
Fire district of Pittsfield, 35.
Flouring mills, 33.
Forsythe, Alexander, 67.
Foote, J. A., 68.
Forts on western frontier of Massachusetts, 107,114.
Fort Massachusetts,
Festivities, curious, in 1783, 322.
Fulling mills, 33, 141.
Forts at Poontoosuck, 107.
Fairfield, Nathaniel, 86, 87, 112, 119, 122, 134.
French in Canada, their influence with the Indians, 105.
French, John, 393.
Fairfield, Joseph, 317, 319, 358, 412, 414, 442. Fairfield, Fort, 112.
Francis, William, 134, 179, 189, 194, 203, 209, 244, 288, 295, 306, 382, 404, 418.
Francis, Rev. John, 455, 459.
Financial troubles of 1780, 301.
Francis, Josiah, 459.
Fairfield, Mrs. Judith, 140.
Fellows, Col. Jolin, 204, 301, 387. Francis, Robert, 460. Financial scheme, a curious, 398. Fitch, Dyer, 457, 460.
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G.
Greylock, height of, 5, 8; 7, 9; a feature in Berkshire scenery, 6, 24, 26. Green Mountains, 5, 7, 15. Goodrich, Lake, 27. Guyot, Prof., 4.
Greenbush, 48; Mohegans destroy cattle at, 51; 194, 195, 428. Great Barrington, 43, 93, 133, 134. Grist-mills, 141. Glass-making, 14.
Garnsey, 160. Gardening in 1760, 143.
Green Mountains, the, their structure de- fined, 5; valley of, traced, 5; elevation of, 5; transverse valleys of, 8; called Winter- berge by the Dutch, 15.
Girdling of trees, 77. Game, wild, 76.
Grouse, 76. Goodrich, Daniel, 459.
Graves, Moses, 123, 126, 127, 128, 133, 151, 173, 208, 248, 251.
Goodrich, Benjamin, 112.
Goodrich, Butler, 441.
Goodrich, Caleb, 288.
Gardner, John, 255.
Guitteau, Dr., at White Plains, 252. Gunn, Gideon, 86.
Gunn, Reuben, 134. Goodrich, Hubbard, 459.
George Third, 177, 213.
Graves, John, 248, 250, 385.
Gold, Thomas, 400, 437, 459, 504.
Green, Rev. Robert, 456.
Grant, Titus, 459.
Gageborough, 361.
Government, civil, state of, in Massachu- setts in 1775, 326; formation of a new, 326; John Adams's opinion upon, 327 ; ad- vice of Continental Congress concerning, 328; Congressional advice adopted, 329; opposition to, in Western Massachusetts, 330; opposition yielded, 330; reasons for renewing, 331, 334; that proposed by Con- gress criticised, 338; rejected in Berkshire, 338; Pittsfield petitions the legislature against, 343; discussed, 352.
Goodrich, Charles, 88, 90, 93, 97, 103, 111, 120, 121, 124, 126, 135, 163, 179, 186, 194, 203, 209, 279, 205, 334, 350, 370, 378; political con- troversy of, with the town, 384 et seq. ; legislative opinion of, 386; summoned be- fore the committee of inspection, 386; posted in "The Hartford Conrant," 337; reconciliation with the town, 387; re- ceives honorable trusts, 388; holds the
plough at the first Berkshire cattle-show, 388; death of, 388; 402, 432, 436, 503. Goodrich, Dr. Charles S., 503.
H.
Hoosac Mountains, elevation of, 8, 64.
Hoosac, Dutch, massacre at, 102.
Hoosac, West, 114.
Huckamuck, 63.
Hartford, a market for Berkshire, 12; boun- dary conference at, 57.
Hartford, 95.
Hazzard, Jaffrey, 316, 317.
Hudson, 12.
"Hartford Courant," 12, 138.
Hinsdale, Jonathan, 104.
Holman, Ebenezer, 112.
Husson, translation of, 20.
Hatter's Pond, 26.
Highways, 95, 121, 135.
Honwee, Mount, 24, 28.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 45, 62, 128.
Hulbert, Dr. Shadrack, 459.
Hurlbert, Timothy, 460.
Heard, James, 459. Hopkins, Mark, 139, 190.
Hopkins, Samuel, 163.
Hopkins, Daniel, 163.
Hooker, Rev. John, 165.
Hawley, Major, 174, 199, 211.
Harris, James, 361, 387.
Hogsden, Alexander, 192.
Hitehcock, John, 227.
Hubby, Tertullas, 458.
Hobby, Jonathan, 251, 450.
Haskins, Enoch, 418.
Harvey, Moses, 407.
Hopkins, Rev. Samuel, 17.
Hancock, town of, 23, 89.
Hubbard, Daniel, 86, 122, 163, 181, 317, 400, 412, 414, 418, 459, 460.
Hubbard, James, 280, 288, 295, 435, 437, 412.
Hubbard, Rev. Jonathan, 146.
Hubbard, Henry, 146.
Hubbard, of Ipswich, 17.
Hitchcock, Ebenezer, 124.
Horikans, 51. Hutchins, Thomas, 58.
Hardy, Governor of New York, 58.
Hutchinson, Thomas, 67. Ilope, definition of, 7.
Huston, Capt. John, surveys the township, 67, 125.
Hinman, Col., of Connecticut, 224.
Hinman, Capt., in 1754, 106, 110, 111. Huntington, Rev. Enoch, 161. Hazen, Col., 275.
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Ilue and Cry defined, 246.
Hessian, anecdote of a, 252. Hampshire County, 12, 59. Housatonie, valley of, 5; rise of, 13.
Housatonic River, branches described, 13, 28; name of, 17, 64.
I.
Inspection, Committee of, 203, 241, 245 ; their origin, 375; peculiarities of, in Berkshire, 378.
Inquisition, religions, eurious instance of, 459.
Indians at Poontoosuck, 114.
Indian allies of Great Britain, 279; murders by, 281, 310. Iron manufacture, 210.
Indian names, fate of, 24.
Iroquois, 28.
Indian villages in Berkshire, 43.
Indian relies, 44.
Indian Hill, 44.
Indian Point, 45.
Indian burial-places, 45.
Indian nomenclature, interest of, 46.
Iroquois league, tribes of, threatened with extinction, 49; united, conquer the Mohe- gans, 50; after-relations with the Mohe- gans, 51.
Indian population of Western Massachu- setts, meagreness of, 51.
Indians annoy the first settlers, 86, 87; doubtful disposition of, in 1752, 86.
Indians of the Stockbridge mission, 98, 99; at the Battle of Bennington, 299; infest Upper Hampshire, 81, 106.
Indians, St. Francois, 213.
Independence, national, early belief of Berkshire patriots in, 243, 341.
Ingersoll, Capt., of Great Barrington, 102, 103.
Ice, power of, illustrated, 26. Ingersoll, David, 139, 196. Ingersoll, Jared, 241, 416, 436. Instructions to representatives, 184.
Inoculation for small-pox, proposed by Dr. Timothy Childs, 260. - See Small-pox.
J.
Jewish amulets found among the Indians, 44.
Janes, Mrs. Benjamin, 53.
Janes, Elisha, 90, 124, 126, 173, 208, 250. Jones, Hezekiah, 86, 93, 94, 110, 112, 119. Jones, Mrs. Seth, anecdote of, 140. Jones, Mrs. Mehitable, 250.
Johnson, David, 316. Jefferds, John, 457, 459.
Jewett, Stephen, 457, 459. Janes, Seth, 460.
Judiciary, Provincial, 339; an elective, de- sired by Pittsfield, 357. Joe Keiler's farm, 25.
K.
Konkapot, the chief, 18, 63.
Kinderhook, 12, 51, 100, 210.
Kellington Peak, 5.
King's Distriet, N.Y., 207, 209.
Keiler, Joseph, 244.
Kerr, Col., in the British army, 252.
Kingsley, Elisha, 260.
Keyzer, Fort, ambuscade of Col. Brown at 313.
L.
Lakes of Pittsfield, 23.
Lulu Ope and Cascade, 29, 114.
Lilly Bowl, 27.
Lilly Brook, and Ope, 30.
Life Insurance Co., Berkshire, 38.
Leni Lenape, degrading vassalage of, 50. Lanesborough, 14, 22, 89, 98, 114, 129, 132, 248, 281, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432.
Litehfield, Conn., 178, 196.
League and covenant, 190, 191.
Lots, house, home, or settling, described, 69.
Lenox, 23, 280, 400, 402, 427, 428, 429.
Lakes of Berkshire, 14.
Lee, 14.
Lenox Furnace, 14.
Lanesborough Pond, 24.
Laborers, transient, 138.
Langworthy, Andrew, 457, 459.
Larnard, Simon, 412, 435, 503.
Livingston Manor, IS.
Livingston, Philip, 68, 85, 123.
Lamb, Charles, 459, 460.
Little, Woodbridge, 173, 186, 198, 207, 246, 247, 250, 251, 295, 317, 319, 371, 394, 412, 418, 427, 429, 435, 453, 459, 460, 497.
Larnard, Darius, 504.
Lawyers, 339, 340, 344.
Loudon (now Otis), 361.
Lexington, Battle of, 206. Lee, Dr. Jonathan, 207, 497.
Livingston, James, 230, 232, 233, 237, 238, 239, 258. Leslie, Gen., in the British army, 252. Lee, Moses, 394. Lee, Mother Ann, 453.
M.
Meeting-house, first action concerning, 94; difficulties arise, 94, 151; plan of, 153; de- seription of, 157; congregation in, 157; scenes in, 158, 335; destruction of, 445.
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Meeting-house of 1790, action preliminary to, 418, 435; no voluntary contributions for, 436; town debts appropriated for, 435, 437; estimate of eost, 435; location of, de- termined upon, 439, 441; Joel Diekinson master builder, 441; difference regarding the mode of arranging the seats, 442; first bell, 444; pride of the people in, 446. Manufactures of Berkshire, 14.
Manufactures of Pittsfield, 33, 34. Marble, 14.
Melville Lake, 27. Melville, Thomas and Robert, 27.
Morewood, J. R., 27. Mahtookamin, 27, 64, 65.
Mahecanak, Lake, 31.
Maplewood Young Ladies' Institute, 6, 37. Mohegans, 43.
Merrick, Capt. Joseph, 44.
Meadows, Canoe, 44. Mahicanituek, name of the Hudson, 49.
Montague, Arnold, 50.
Menanoke, 64.
Moseley, David, 89. Malt, 140.
Massachusetts, Fort, 80, 82, 84, 114. Marsh, Perez, 139. Mott, Capt. Edward, 214. Morse, Isaac, 316.
Morey, Jonathan, 317.
Middletown, Conn., 161.
Moseley, Josiah, 435. Miller, William, 504.
Militia, 203, 279, 289; of Berkshire at Ben- nington, 297, 303 ; of Pittsfield, Revolution- ary service of, 315.
Massachusetts, condition of affairs in, in 1786, 391.
Minute-nien, 204; uniform of, 205. March on Lexington, alarm, 206, 278.
Massachusetts, counties of, distinguished by physical peculiarities, 3 ; western boundary of, 56.
Middlesex County, 24. Moose, 52. Mansfield Mountain, 5. Maples, 37. Monnt Washington, 98.
Miller, Moses, 112. Morals, early in Berkshire, 138.
Misdemeanors and crimes, 138, 340; curious facts concerning, 380.
Mohawks, attempt to introduce, in Stock- bridge mission, 51, 101.
Methodism introduced in Pittsfield, 455; formally established, 456, 464.
Morgan, Thomas, 163. Merrill, Hosea, 241, 319. Morey, James, 385. Merwin, Moses, 459.
Miner, Israel, 460. Minister, salary of, 164. Magistraey, provincial, 333, 334, 343, 357.
Montreal, unsuccessful project of Brown and Allen against, 234.
Marsh, Dr., of Dalton, 504.
MeKay, Capt., of the Royal Artillery, 248. Millard, Abiather, 460.
May, Rev. Mr., in the army at White Plains, 252.
Mather, Dr., at White Plains, 253. Merry, Samuel, 261.
Mohegan nation, its pristine prosperity, 46, 49 ; protected by the English, 47 ; increased in numbers by the New-England wars, 47; essentially a New-York tribe, 48; occupy the territory now Berkshire, Columbia, and Rensselaer Counties, 48 ; original name, 48 ; origin of the race, 49; its migrations, 49; . settles on the Hudsou, 49; victorious career of, 49; reverse of fortune, 50; re- duced to vassalage, 50; attempt to regain its independence, 50; defeated, and driven to the Connecticut Valley, 50; its history there, 50; exodus in 1628, 51; subsequent condition, 51; numbers of, in Berkshire, 52; customs of, 52; occupation of Poon- toosuck, 52; vassals of the Iroquois in 1754, 101; relations of, to the Iroquois, 102; position in 1754, 105.
N.
Nomenclature, changes in Berkshire geo- graphical, 16; of towns, 131.
New York, patriotie spirit in the Revolution, 210. - See New Netherlands.
New Netherlands, Dutch settlers of, maintain intimate relations with the natives, 20; be- comes New York, 51; effect of change upon Indian relations, 51.
Norman's Kill, 20. New Lebanon, 23. North woods, 35.
Narragansetts, slaughter of, at Stockbridge, 47.
New Marlborough, 43, 98.
Negroes, 157; in the Revolutionary army, 250, 316.
Noble, David, 115, 134, 136, 179, 189, 190, 203, 205; interesting letter from, 261; death of, 261; 278,
Noble, James, 189, 223, 224, 227, 244, 295, 319, 362, 363, 367.
Noble, Benjamin, 250. Noble, Francis, 250. Northampton, 53, 54, 64, 95. Non-residents, taxation of, 318, 321. Norton, Zebulon, 208.
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0.
Ope, definition of, in topography, 7. Officers, civil, deprived of commissions in 1776, 347.
Orthography of aboriginal names, 16. Otis, James, 130, 174. O'Callaghan, Dr. E. B., 16, 19, 54. Onota Lake, 25; fort at, 113.
ยท Onota Brook, 28.
Oceola, manufacturing village, 34. Oceola, Mount, 10. Owen, killed by Indians at Stockbridge, 103. Orondocks, 105.
Onuhgungoes, 105; exiles from the Connecti- cut Valley, 105.
P.
Palfrey, Dr., " History of New England," concerning the physical structure of Berk- shire, 4.
Perry's Peak, height of, S. Pontoosuck Turnpike, 11.
Pontoosne Lake, 23. Poph-ne-hon-nuh-woh, 18.
Promised Land, the, 29.
Promise, Ope of, 29.
Pine Mountain and Ope, 30.
Parker Brook, 30.
Parker, Linus and John C., 31.
Pickerel introduced to Pittsfield waters, 31. Pequots, the, 50.
Pierson, Benjamin, 361.
Phelps, Elnathan, 163, 453. Parker, Mrs. Phinchas, 137. Pratt, Sarah, 138.
Pittsfield Bank, 38.
Pell, John, 138.
Pound, first appropriation for, 140. Paper-mills, 14.
Phelps, William, 163. Patterson, Col. John, 204, 404, 409.
Phelps, Noah, 214. Phelps, Samuel, 459. Phelps, John, 460.
Patriotic generosity, splendid instance of, 205.
Prices in 1760, 143. Prices in 1786, 410. Prices, Revolutionary market, 471.
Pontoosuc Manufacturing Company, 24, 34. Pomeroy's Sons' factories, 34.
Pittsfield woollen mills, 34.
Pleasure Park, 35.
Peck, J. L., manufactories, 34.
Pront, Thnothy, 66.
Partridge, Oliver, 82, 85, 90, 108, 123, 137, 151, 174, 175. Pontoosnek Turnpike, 11.
Partridge Meadow, 13. Parsons, Stephen, 110.
Pepperell, Sir William, 111, 115, 118. Phelps, Ezekiel, 112. Phelps, Lemuel, 163. Porter, Col., 82. Plantations under the Province laws, 92. Piercey, Sylvanus, daughter of, saved from the Indians, 104.
Piercey, Mrs., 110.
Piereey, Sylvanus, 110, 122. Pendar, 137.
Poontoosuck, translation of name, 16; a fa- vorite Indian hunting-ground, 46; Indian occupation of, 52; aspect of, before settle- ment, 77; first partition of township made, 87; partition annulled, 90; incorporated as a plantation, 91; first plantation meet- ing, 93; state of plantation in 1754, 97; evacuated in Indian alarm in 1754, 103, 104; subsequent condition of, 107; life at, in 1754, 109.
Prices, Revolutionary, 469.
Pittsfield, central position of, 10; boundaries of, 22; towns adjoining, 22; general de- scription of, 22; park, description of, 35; subdivisions of the town, 35; streets, 37; shade-trees, 37; churches of, 38; shire- town of Berkshire, 38; distance from Bos- ton, Albany, and New York, 38; popula- tion, 39; valuation in 1868, 39; number of polls and dwellings, 39; Indian villages in, 44.
Pine forests, 75, 77.
Pequots, 100.
Putnam, Israel, 116.
Pitt, William, 132.
Pauperism and poverty, 137.
Partition of township of Poontoosuck, 124. Proprietors, non-resident, 148.
Puritanism, 150.
Pews, 153.
Peace of 1783, celebration of, 322.
Parliament, obnoxious acts of, 187.
Paine, Thomas, 335; publieation of " Com- mon Sense," 347.
Phillips, Wendell, 437.
Phillips, Margaret, 437.
Pomeroy, Ebenezer, 16.
Partridge, William, 436.
Partridge, John, 435.
Patterson's regiment, 207; at siege of Bos. ton, 241; at the battles of the Delaware, 254; in Canada, 260, 278.
Parsons, Col. Samuel H., 214. Prindle, Jonathan, 250.
Pixley, Capt., 259.
Powder, searcity of, in siege of St. John's, 236.
Prisoners of war, 381.
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Poor, the, of Massachusetts in 1786, 392; beneficent legislation in favor of, resisted, 392; finally successful, 392; harsh treat- ment of, under the old law, 393.
Park, Pittsfield, altitude of, 8; origin of, 440. Pomeroy, Col. Seth, 199, 211, 474.
Peck, Israel, 514.
Parker, Linus, anecdote of, 249; adventure at Bennington fight, 299.
Parker, Giles, 313.
Prince (IIall); a negro slave, and Revolu- tionary soldier, 250.
Parker, Bishop of Eastern Diocese, 462. Paine, Judge, 462.
Petition of Pittsfield, that the courts may not be held after the perversion of the charter in 1774, 194; and remonstrance against the State government of 1775, 343, 351.
Premonition, instance of, 313.
Q.
Queensborough, 131. Quit-rents, 58.
R.
Rathbun, Valentine, builds clothiers' works, 26; 178, 356, 362; organizes Baptist church, 452; 457.
Rathbun, Benjamin, 459.
Russell, Eleazer, 459.
Rathbun, Saxton, 457, 459. Rust, Samuel, 406, 414.
Root, Franklin, 310.
Root, Dr. O. S., 242, 310.
Root, Ezekiel, 189, 190, 295.
Romans, Bernard, 214.
Robbins, Joshua, 244, 317, 442, 497.
Rossiter, Col. David, distinguished service at Bennington, 295, 500. Robbins, Nathaniel, 503.
Root, Eli, 121, 134, 181, 186, 203, 204, 230, 244, 258, 317, 319, 356, 367, 382, 412, 414, 442, 453, 503. Rust, Daniel, 460. Remington, John, 134, 459. Reservoirs, 14.
Richmond, town of, 23, 280, 310, 346, 410.
Rhode Island, charter government of, 332, 372.
Rangers, Rogers, 116. Rattlesnakes, none in Pittsfield, 76. Reptiles, 76. Richmond Lake, 26, 28. Rathbun's Pond, 26. Russell, S. N. & C., woollen mills, 34. Rhinebeck, Indian battle at, 50.
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Rittenhouse, David, 58.
Root, Joseph, 72.
Root, Samuel, 74, 115.
Root, Amos, 87.
Rogers, Major Robert, 116.
Roads, 95, 121, 135.
Regiment, Mass. Eighth, in 1745, 80.
Religious institutions, 150.
Religious liberty and equality, 369, 395. Rum, 441.
Root, Oliver, 115, 178, 189, 295, 310, 311, 313; defends Fort Paris, 314; 319, 418, 435, 436, 442, 497, 503.
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Stoddard, John, 16, 63, 64, 65, 82, 83, 87; death of, 87; heirs of, 124.
Stoddard, Madam Prudence, widow of Col. John, and guardian of his children, 85, 91, 124. Stoddard, Solomon, 151.
Stratton, Major, 500.
Skene, Major, of Skenesborough, 218, 290, 499, 500.
Soldiers, supplies for, 279.
Soldiers, Revolutionary, after the war, 392, 393.
Sabbath, the, 346.
Shakers, anecdote of, 314; introduction to Berkshire, 453, 455; names of, in Pitts- field, 459.
Sargent, Rev. John, 17.
Stratford, Housatonic River so called, 19.
Salmon Creek, 21.
Shoon-keek-moon-keek, 24.
Sandisfield, 98.
St. Luke's Hill, 24.
Sylvan Lake, 27.
Silver Lake, 26.
Shaker Brook, 28, 32
Shaker Mountain, 30.
Sackett and Seeley Brooks, 31.
Stockbridge Bowl, 31.
Stockbridge, 43, 53, 98, 100, 120.
Stratton Mountain, 5.
South Mountain, 9, 10.
Saw and grist mills, 94.
Springfield, 53, 55. Springside, 6, 37. Stoddard, Mrs. Israel, 436.
Shays, Daniel, 403.
Settlers, early, Dr. Field's account of, 475. Sheffield, 43, 55, 58, 98, 133, 428.
Schuyler, Gen. Philip, his opinion of the Berkshire troops, 228, 280; correspondence with Pittsfield committee, 286; conduct towards the Berkshire militia, 289.
Services, Revolutionary, recited in Pittsfield petition, 351.
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Scenery of Pittsfield, 6. Stearnsville woollen mills, 34. Stearnsville Village, 34.
Sehofield, Arthur, makes in Pittsfield the first broad looms in America, 33. Schaghticoke Indians, 43; village of, in Berk- shire, 47 ; one of the tribe killed, 100; hos- tile in 1754, 105.
Stearns killed by the Indians in 1754, 104. Savings Institution, Berkshire, 38.
Small-pox in the army, 259, 261; prejudice against inoculation for, 259. Schodac, the capital of the Mohegans, 48. Stockbridge, 53, 133, 368, 428.
Smith, Cotton Mather, 94.
Stiles, Zebediah, 88, 140, 436.
Stiles, Ephraim, 112, 119, 163.
Stark, Gen. John, 116, 232.
Suffrage, right of, 135.
Schools, 135, 136; grammar, 464.
Schoolhouses, 136; grammar, 446.
School districts, 136.
Stiles, Aaron, 153. Sergeant, Erastus, 191.
Solomon, Capt., Stockbridge chief, 296.
Sackett, Daniel, 414, 442.
Sackett, Jesse, 86, 112, 120, 152.
Slavery, 137; desire of Pittsfield to exclude, from the State, 366, 368.
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