A history of Block Island : from its discovery, in 1514, to the present time, 1876, Part 26

Author: Livermore, S. T. (Samuel Truesdale), 1824-1892
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.
Number of Pages: 386

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" Then let us forbear to complain, Since she is removed from our sight ; We soon shall behold her again, With new and increasing delight."

361

SUFFERING KATY.

After thirty years of pain and privation-of youthful hopes blasted, of social privileges denied, much of the time alone, dependent upon the kindness of a few kindred and neighbors, waiting from year to year for death to release her from sorrow, it would be better than an elo- quent sermon on the text: "Godliness with contentment is great gain," for some who murmur at their lot to look into Katy's humble abode and hear her sweetly say, as she has said: " During all my sufferings I have thanked God for my many blessings."

Thirty years-fifteen hundred and sixty weeks, ten thousand nine hundred and fifty days on a bed of suffer- ing, thanking God for many blessings ! Well, Katy has had many blessings, in comparison with one who for many more years begged for a drop of water. She has had blessings unseen by mortal vision, as well as many from the hands of friends and kindred, and while she still lingers she is blessed with a freedom from thousands of vexations common to those basking in the pride and sunshine of society. She has beautifully exemplified Shakespeare's saying:

" There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out."

Since the above was written, she died March 2, 1877, and was buried in the Island cemetery. This sketch was read, and her favorite verses sung at her funeral.

INDEX.

Page.

Act, to protect timber, -

Arrests, -

101

Ann Hope, vessel,

126

Act, for arming citizens, in 1676,

Appeal, pitiful, -

Account of cattle and sheep,

Audsah, an Indian murderer,

13, 57

Arrows, and axes,

Appropriations for Harbor,

153

Arnold, trader, death of,

Articles of Faith,

253

Abnormity, sketch,

351

Battle of Fort Island, -

Boats, of the Island,

Block Island, neutral in 1812,

106

Big George, an Indian, -

Burial, Indian, -

Ball, Hon. Nicholas,

149

Block, Adrian, -

Beach, bathing, -

169

Bluffs, -

166, 171

Bounties on crows,

178

Battle, naval,

Breach, the,

150

Beacon Hill,

166

Bathing Beach, - -

167

Black Sand,

168

Boat Building, -

192

Blacksmiths, -

193

Briggs, -

193

Boot and Shoe making,

Buildings, Public,

204

Bray, Rev. C., -

257

Baker, Rev. J. H.,

258

Baptisms, -

261

Baptists, Seventh-Day, -

265

Anthony, schooner,

194

364

INDEX.

Page.

Cattle and Sheep removed,

Commission, Endicott's,

Cutting timber, -

Cod-fish-Block Island,

Church Family, -

Coal introduced, -

Coal, valueless, -

Cider, six barrels,

102

Cattle, removed from the Neck,

172

Clay Head,

174

Coral,

174

Center, the,

175

Cemetery, the, - -

176

Crows and blackbirds, -

178

Chagum Pond, -

160

Cooneymus,

165

Christmas Tree, first,

181

Carriages, the,

191

Carpenters and Joiners,

193

Civil Polity,

232

In Revolutionary Period,

237

Churches of the Island,

244

First Organization,

250

Church Articles of Faith,

252

Free-Will Baptist, -

263

Dividing and dressing fish,

Dog-fishing,

Disappearing of Indians,

Drying fish,

Dogs, Indian, -

Duties on tea,

Dixon, Nathan H., schooner,

Discovery of Block Island,

Division of the Island among sixteen, -

Dorry's Cove,

164

Dress-making,

194

Democracy, a Miniature,

255

Deaf, mute, and blind brothers,

354

Echo in the woods,

Enslaved, the Indians, -

English Soldiers in 1812,

179

East Side,

167

Excursion, first, - -

219

184

Census for 1875,

232

Dill, Rev. J. S., - 1

106

Eggs,

INDEX.

365

French privateers,

Fisheries,

Fish, first sold to English in 1812,

110

Fine for landing persons,

Fishing in summer,

Fishing, pound, -

Fish wells,

Fish paths, or " banks,"

Fishing boats, going out,

Fishing seasons,

Fishing, mode of,

Fisheries in 1675, and 1702,

Fish stealing. by Wrathy.

Fuel,

Fisheries, value of,

Fort Island,

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Filtered Sea-water,

- 158, 304

Fresh Pond.

161

Fort Island Pond,

162

Fog-Signal,

207

Fracus, sketch, -

351

Guns, the great,

Great Pond,

- 140, 157

Gun, up chimney,

106

Government Harbor,

148

Great Pond surveyed,

150

Gibbs, the pirate,

Gear, Wrecking,

136

Gorton, " Governor,"

174

Girard, Stephen's vessel robbed,

Grace's Cove,

164

Geese, Wild,

176

Gladwin, Rev. Albert, -

257

Harbor, from 1660 to 1877,.

140

Hot Houses, Indian.

Harbor, -

169

Harbor Boys,

105

High Hook,

Hostilities, Indian,

French,

Revolutionary, of 1812,

106

Harry, an Indian,

Helmets,

Heroism.

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Page.

366

INDEX.

Page.

Harbor Hill,

Honesty and Economy, -

154

High-way, in 1707,

170

Hummuck, the -

175

Hidden Treasure,

180

Harbor Pond, -

162

Houses, -

181

Horseback Riding,

187

Hotels, -

210

Hall, Rev. Silas,

256

Harvey, Rev. J.,

264

Henry, blind,

356

Indians, Manisseans,

Kill Mr. Oldham,

Ninicraft, Chief,

Sassacus, "a god,"

In 1524,

Vincent's description of,

Subjugation of,

Their wigwams and mats,

Wars of, among themselves,

Trugo sold for rum,

Sheep Thieves,

Shut up at night,

Protected,

Their religion,

Selling liquor to,

Hostilities with,

Indian Head Neck.

Inhabitants Exiled,

Illicit Commerce,

Invasion, First, - -

Second, -

Third, -

Fourth,

Incidents, of the war of 1812, -

108

of making the Harbor,

154

Insult to Dr. Rodman's wife, -

Improvements, Rapid. - -

213

Inhabitants, -

267

Joyful termination of war,

101

Jug, Mr. Sprague's,

110

Jasper, the wreck,

129

Jeffrey, an Indian thief,

Jack, from the Palatine,

169

INDEX.

367

Page.

Kidnapped by pirates, -

Kattern, Dutch, -

117

a witch, -

119

Katy, Suffering, -

358

Lignum Vitæ, from the Palatine,

122

Laura E. Messer, wreck,

135

Lottery for Harbor, -

146

Legend of the Palatine,

120

Letter, Whittier's,

114

Dr. Willey's, -

123

Location of the Island, -

Light-House, new,

171

Lambs, many,

180

Lawyers,

191

Light-Houses. -

204

Life-Saving Stations,

207

Schools, -

219

Library, Island, - -

223

Lewis, Rev. C. C.,

257

Littlefield, Rev. E. R., -

264

Mails,

Carried for four cents, Arrival of,

Memoranda of Palatine, Mr. Perry's,

116

Misrepresentation of the Islanders,

115

Mars, the wreck,

126

Moluncus, the wreck,

130

Mary Augusta, the wreck,

132

Mays, the wreck,

133

Martha and Hannah, the wreck,

116

Merritt, Capt., - -

Manisseans, -

Miantinomo, -

Mohegans captured on the Island, Middle Pond,

160

Mill Pond, -

189

Millinery,

196

Mortars, the Dancing,

- 196, 197

Meeting-houses, -

208

Music, -

225

Minister's Lot, or Land,

- 240

Mohegans, and Mohegan Bluffs,

163

Masonic Lodge, -

194

Masonry, -

195

Mills,

368

INDEX.

Page.

Minister, first called,

245

Second called, -

248

Macomber, Rev. Elijah,

255

Maryott, Rev. I. B.,

258

Mitchell,

337

Mott, , -

338

Naval Engagement, off Sandy Hill,

Numbering the people, in 1776,

Ninicraft, Chief,

68, 48

Niles, Samuel, - -

Names of the Island,

Narragansett Indians,

13, 49, 68

Ninicraft, Chief, his reply to Thomas Terry,

298

Niles, Rev. Samuel, and descendants, -

310

Nelson, blind, -

355

Oil sold for ammunition, in 1702,

Oldham, killed, - -

Old Ned's sons, -

Ox team, going to the beach,

169

Old Harbor Landing,

170

Oysters, in the Great Pond,

159

One-ox Cart, -

185

Odd Fellows, -

189

Officers, for 1876-7,

189

Officers, Town, in 1676,

234

in 1700, -

235

Oldham, John, sketch of, -

338

Palatine, Legend of, 1

112

Wrecked in the Bay of Bengal,

118

Whittier's Poem,

114

Mr. Perry's memoranda of, -

116

Mr. Sprague's statements about, Light, - -

122

Light described by Dr. Willey, Peat, first used, - - -

Postmasters, -

Palmetto, wreck,

114

Pole Harbor, -

147

Pier, Old, -

144

Ponds, - - -

156

Permits, revolutionary, - -

119

123

quantity of,

130

Poem, Whittier's, -

143

Pier, New,

369

INDEX.

Page.

Pounds, fishing,

Pequots, -

Paine, Capt.,

Prisoners, the Islanders,

Piracy, - -

115

Possession of the Island,

Pound, cattle, -

177

Poultry,

179

Palatine Graves, the, -

165

Population, from 1662 to 1875,

188

Physicians,

190

Painting,

195

Polity, Civil,

232

Paine,

341

Paupers,

358

Quota of Soldiers,

Rodman, Dr., -

Revolution,

Recollections, Mr. Sprague's,

119

Refugees,

103

Rose, Capt. Addison, Capt. John E., -

Roads, the,

185

Russell, Rev. R.,

258

Revival, -

260

Rose, Rev. Enoch,

264

Elijah, -

264

Ray, Simon,

- 291, 293

Catharine, wife of Gen. Greene, Catharine, admired by Dr. Franklin,

295

Rathbone, John, and descendants,

- 306

Rose, sketch,

- 342

Scissors' Victory,

104

Saved and lost vessels, -

134

Sprague, Benjamin,

- 110, 113

Sacking the Island,

Soldiers billeted out,

Schooner Polly captured,

Salt withheld,

Sea-moss,

Sassacus, chief, -

Sea-weed, -

quantity, -

266

Simon, Jr.,

294

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INDEX.

Page.

Squadron of soldiers in 1675, -

Storm, sudden, at sea, -

Election delayed by,

Samson, an Indian,

Solemn time,

Shaving mills, boats,

105

Signals on Beacon Hill,

106

Sands, Thomas Ray,

108

Settlement in 1662, -

Surface and soil, -

Sandy Point,

175

Sheep, Marking, and fold,

179

Sands' Pond,

161

Sandy Hill, -

164

Stores, the,

183

Stedman, Rev. Enoch, -

254

Sailor phrases, -

262

Sands, Capt. Jas. and his descendants, Mrs. Sarah, physician, House and Garrison, their location,

284

Sheffield, sketch,

344

Suffering Katy, - -

358

Tea. duties on, - - - -

Trimming, William, his perfidy,

death, -

Trugo, an Indian, sold into slavery,

Topography,

156

Timber, preservation of, -

Transfers of the Island, -

Trees, - -

226

Terry, Thomas, and descendants,

296

disarms thirty Indians,

301

Tosh, sketch,

347

Underhill, Capt.,

His armor,

Admiration of his wife,

His account of taking the Island,

Voyage to the Island, in 1662, -

Verrazzano,

- -

Vincent, -

Vineyard, brig, sunk by pirates,

Visitors, -

227

Visit, Gen. Grant's, -

230

Varny, sketch, - - -

- 350

Varnum, blind, -

- 355

268

280

INDEX.

371

Page.

Whales, about the Island, -

Wigwams, -

Wars, among the Indians, Against the Indians,

72, 75

French,

Revolutionary,

Of 1812,

106

Williams, Baulsgrave, kidnapper,

Wrecks, and Wrecking,

112

Work begun on the Harbor,

153

Wife, counsel of,

Wansley, pirate, -

Williams, Roger,

Washington, General,

West Side,

163

Watch Repairing,

194

Wheeler, Rev. Geo.,

264

Women, the,

267

Wright, sketch, -

348

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A history of Block Island : from its discovery, in 1514, to the present time, 1876, Part 26

Author: Livermore, S. T. (Samuel Truesdale), 1824-1892 Publication date: 1877 Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Number of Pages: 386

Author: Livermore, S. T. (Samuel Truesdale), 1824-1892
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.
Number of Pages: 386