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Coggeshall, Joshua, 341.
Coincidences, 293 n., 417.
Coke, Sir Edward, 47.
Colbert, Minister of France, 496.
Cold, intense, 406.
Cole, Robert, 100, 107, 111.
Cole, John, 347, 468.
Collen, Mr., 48.
Colors of New England, 496.
Colson's petition, 448.
Commissioners of the United Colonies, 117, 159, 178, 191, 196, 198, 199, 222, 223, 224, 229, 232, 238, 239, 249, 258, 268, 272, 275, 276, 281, 309, 839, 400.
Commissioners, Royal, 305, 814-17, 322, 823, 469, 471, 472, 473.
Commissioners on boundaries, 271, 315, 843, 348, 350, 852, 357, 542, 548, 551.
Commissions granted by R. I., 246, 250.
Committees, of six, under first charter, 208, 210, 219, 229; introduced into Gen. Assy., 260 ; of the Whole, 533.
Common Law adopted, 206.
Compact, Pilgrim, 12 n. ; Providence, 103;
Aquedneck, 124, 138-4; Warwick, 216.
Conanicut island, 238, 254, 415, 449, 451, 546; Ferry, 554.
Conant, Roger, 9.
Conference, Hampton Court, 5; of clergy, 55; proposed, 359.
Conformists, 2, 3.
Confederacy, New England, 115, 156, 158, 840. Confiscations, 849, 355, 858.
Connecticut, 196, 224; Indians in, 78; river, S7. 89, 95; settled, 93; claims Narrt., 281, 252, 295-301, 305, 808, 310, 312, 814, 819, 885, 343-8, 351, 353, 855, 357, 866, 868, 428, 424, 440, 455-8, 460, 461; decisions in favor of, 474, 584; elaim rejected, 505 ; further claims on R. I., 545; attempts to adjust, 550; repri- sals, 558, 555; quo warranto, 481, 493; An dros usurps govt. of, 504; resumes charter 512; militia troubles, 524, 526.
Connecticut, Colonial Records referred to, 281. 805, 310, 383, 884, 885, 868, 425.
564
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
Conspiracy against Clarke exposed, 298-301, 383-6.
Constables, duties of, 131; how chosen, 466, 509. Constructive felonies avoided, 206.
Convention called, 232. Conwyl Cayo, 48, 50.
Cooke, Capt., 180. Cooke, John, 204. Cope, Edward, 103. Cormorants, 80.
Corn, 80, 84 ; scarcity of, 142 ; price, 153. Coroner's inquest, 346.
Cotton, Rev. John, 22, 26, 33, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 62, 65, 68, 164, 183, 188, 235.
Council of State, 237, 238, 242-6, 258.
Council, General, of R. I., 270, 271 ; of Andros, 500.
Council, Indian, 83; houses for, 86.
Council of R. I., 302; Gov. and, 330, 338, 344, 346, 352, 359 ; of war, 352.
Courses and distances not understood, 381, 382. Court-houses to be built, 507, 524.
Courts, proceedings of in Mass., 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 37, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 111, 127, 147, 176, 177, 178, 181, 182, 186, 187, 191, 193, 196, 217, 226, 231, 232, 233, 238, 247, 258, 267, 268, 273, 277, 283, 309.
Courts in R. I. organized, 135, 138, 139 ; first of election at Npt., 143; various kinds of, 141; general, at Aquedneck, 146, 152, 158; of the Colony, 203; of election, trials, and appeal, 204, 210, 227, 256, 270, 460; of com- missioners, 219, 226; styled General Assem- bly, 230; of Justices, 258; under royal char- ter, 302, 320, 329, 488 ; to be paid, 454; re- visory power of Gen. Ass., 448, 459 ; under Andros, 503, 504, 506, 507, 509, 510; tyran- ny, 554.
Courts-martial, 442, 524. Coventry, 176. Coweset, 160, 427. See Greenwich.
Cowtantowit, Indian deity, 78.
Cox, Dr., restores the Liturgy, 2.
Crandall, John, 234, 235, 333, 350, 351.
Cranfield, Gov. Edward, 469, 470-3, 484.
Cranston, John, 250, 252, 303, 309, 315, 401 ; Dep. Gov., 356, 361, 413, 426, 441; Gov., 449, 454; death, 459.
Cranston, Samuel, Gov., 540, 547, 549, 550, 552, 555, 556.
Cromwell, Oliver, 237, 249, 250, 252, 255, 256, 268, 274.
Cromwell, Richard, 271, 273.
Cross in the colors, cut out, 29.
Crowne, John, 452, 458. Crows, 80. Cudworth, James, 434. Culpeper, Lord, 464, 466, 479, 507. Cumberland, 98 n. Currants, 84. Curse of Clawson, 465. Custom-house established, 465, 467. Cutler, a pirate, 543. Cuttler, George, 559.
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Davis, James, 133. Davis John, 196. Davoll, Capt, 520. Dean, Richard, 329, 345, 413 n. Dean, Thomas, 463. Deane, Charles, 185 n. Deaths of Governors, 440, 441, 532. Debt, law of, 208. Debtor, absconding, 130.
Declaration of Breda, 293 n., 319, 479; of Indul- gence, 502.
Decorum in court, 220, 257.
Dedford, Greenwich so called, 485. Dedham, 217.
Deeds of Prov., 99-101; brevity of old, 121.
Deer, 73, 79, 85, 154, 159, 161.
Deerfield, 400.
Degree of M. D. conferred by Gen. Assy., 303. Deist, trial of an alleged, 183 n.
Delaware Bay, 69; language, 86 ; Castle, 309 ; Colony, 481.
Delegated power, jealousy of, 109, 131, 204, 206. Delft Haven, T.
Demetrius of Ephesus, 183.
Democracy at Prov., 102; given up, 108; at Aquedneck, 148; declared, 205, 207.
Denison, Capt. George, 264, 410, 411, 425, 434.
Deputies, House of, 295; to take engagement, 365.
Derogatory passages repealed, 342.
"Desire," the, a vessel, 248.
Despotie spirit of the Puritans, 33.
Dexter, Gregory, 252, 434 ; Pres., 245.
Dice, Indian, 79.
Digest of laws, 459, 483.
Dinners provided by the Colony, 356.
Disarming the Antinomians, 64; the Indians, 330.
Disfranchisement of Salem deputies, 34; at Aquedneck, 153; by Gen Assy., 247.
Disposers at Prov., 108, 109, 174.
Divorce, Indian, 76; prohibited, 232 ; granted, 320, 365, 470 ; law of, 483.
Dogmas, dangerous, 254, 262.
Dongan, Gov. of N. Y., 509.
Dorchester, 187.
Douteh, Osamond, 131.
Dower, Indian, 76.
Downing, George, 464 n.
Drake's " Book of the Indians," referred to, 387, 388, 389, 390, 417.
Drunkenness, 129, 141, 366. Ducks, wild, 80.
Dudley, Joseph, 398 n., 469 ; Pres. of New Eng., 482-5, 494; Chief Justice, 498, 511, 512.
Dudley, Gov. Thomas, 46, 147 n., 186. Dummer, Richard, 60, 128.
Durfee, Job, quoted, 96, 126, 449.
Dutch, the, 159, 240; trade, 155; disturbance at Warwick, 241; war, 241, 245, 246, 324; ves- sels taken, 249, 267 ; surrender, 309; take N. Y., 366; invade England, 510.
Dutch island, 254, 451. Duties, custom, 204, 534.
Dyre, William, 124, 127, 132, 139, 143, 172, 203, 220. 229, 242, 243, 246, 309, 317.
Dyre, Mary, 265, 273.
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Ear-marks, 153. Earle, Ralph, 133.
Easton, Nicholas, 128, 130, 131, 132, 136, 141, 143, 148, 151, 152, 153, 170, 171, 222, 245, 320, 326; Pres., 229, 250; Dep. Gov., 342 ; Gov., 327, 356, 357, 366, 369 ; death, 370.
Easton, Peter, 130, 136, 356, 368.
Easton, John, 130, 136, 245, 261, 274, 306, 341, 356 542, 548 ; his narrative, 402; Dep. Gov., 368; Gov., 519, 525, 530. Eaton, Gov. of New Haven, 147.
" Ecclesiastical Hist. of Mass.," quoted, 183 n., 186. Echard's " Hist. of England," referred to, 293. Eddy, Judge, 135 n., 167.
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GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
Eden of America, 72. Edmonds, Capt., 416. Edmundson, William, 360-362, 424 n.
Education, provision for, 145, 282. Edward VI., 2. Edwards, Rev., 45; Mr., 383.
Effingham, Gov. of Va., 515.
Egyptian hieroglyphics, 134 n. Elders at Ports., 131; title abolished, 143.
Eldredge, Samuel, 347.
Election days appointed, 252, 295.
Elections at Pocasset, 131, 134, 135 ; at Newport, 143, 148, 153; Colonial, 202, 203, 219, 226, 229, 240, 250, 252, 255, 261, 263, 267, 271, 274, 276, 278, 282, 306, 317, 327, 330, 334, 337, 342, 350, 356, 357, 366, 367, 369, 413, 426, 441, 454, 459, 465, 467, 470, 478, 480, 483, 518, 519, 523, 530, 532, 540, 555.
Eliot, John, 324, 395, 396.
Elizabeth, reign of Queen, 2-5.
Elliott, Charles W., 185 n. Eloquence, Indian, 83, 394. Elton, Romeo, D. D., 47, 50, 475 n.
Embassies, Pequot, 89; Williams to Narrts., 91; Mass. to same, 88, 158, 196, 197, 199, 224, 248, 398; to R. I., 217.
Endicott, Gov. John, 9, 10, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 29, 34, 46, 88, 89, 234, 260, 269, 303, 309.
Engagement, form of, 148; to the charter, 202; State, to its officers, 205; of town councils, 228 ; to the commonwealth, 245; changes in, 317, 318, 326, 426; of Deputies, 365, 366, 428, 555.
England in 1643, 113. Ephesus, shrines of, 183. Epidemic, 424.
Episcopacy abolished, 237; hatred to Cromwell, 274; introduced by Andros, 498; in R. I., 549, 559.
Errors of Grahame and Chalmers, 370-378. Esquimaux, 86. Excise of liquors, 368, 483, 503. Executions, 347, 351. Executors appointed by town councils, 209, 413. Exemption act, 366, 415, 423.
Exports of R. I., 142, 489.
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Fairfield, John, 276. Fairfield, 249, 505. Famine, 19. Fast days in Mass., 59, 264, 402.
Feasts, Indian, 79. Fellow Commoners, 49. Felt, Joseph B., 185 n. Fenner, Arthur, 263, 331, 332, 334, 342, 358, 414, 423, 425, 432. 434, 435, 473. Ferries established, 146, 554, 555.
Field, John, 103, 254. Field, Thomas, 434. Field, William, 181, 229, 267, 274, 295. Fines, 258, 261, 275, 329, 365. Fire, 152; Act to prevent, 506, 509. Firearms first used by Indians, 95; supplied to them, 156; forbidden to, 204; Act repealed, 483.
"Firebrand Discovered," referred to, 332. Fisher's island, 521. Fishing, 79; declared free, 143 ; protected, 507. Fitz-Winthrop, John, 469. Flag of New England, 496. Fleets, Indian, 80. Fletcher, Gov. of N. Y., 524, 526, 531-533. Floridian language, 86. Flounders, Thomas, 346-349.
Foanes, or Fones, John, 468, 472, 484, 485, 497, 520, 557. Football, 79.
Force of R. I. militia, 441, 520.
Foreigners, regulations, 204, 251.
Fornication permitted by Indians, 75.
Fort James, 362, 363.
Fortifications at Boston, 32.
Foster, HIon. Theodore, 466 n., 505 n. Fowling, 79.
Fox, George, 355, 359-362.
Fox, Thomas, 559.
Fox Point, or Hill, 40, 431.
Fox Island, 272.
Foxes, 73, 154.
Frankfort, church at, 2.
Freeborne, William, 124, 127, 135.
Freedom of Conscience, see Religious Liberty. Freemen admitted in Mass., 16; at Aquedneck, 127, 128; disfranchised, 153; nature and number of, 256; how admitted, 327, 849, 453.
Friends, Society of, see Quakers.
French, vessels captured, 247 ; annoyances, 424; intrigues, 509 ; privateers, 520, 521, 522, 528. Frenchtown, 549, 556. Frincke, John, 344. Frontenac, Count, 522.
Fry, Thomas, 424. Fugitives to be returned, 250, 346,
Funeral rites, Indian, 77.
Fur trade, 81.
Furniture, Indian, 85, 86.
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Gallup, John, 88. Gambling, Indian, 79.
Gammell, William, 108 n., 475 n.
Gardiner, Lyon, 89, 91, 95.
Gardiner, Robert, 559. Gardner, Mrs., of Npt., 269.
Garret, Hermon, 333.
Garrison house, Bull's, 403. Geese, wild, 80.
General Assembly, 201-211, 217, 219, 220, 225. 226, 229, 230, 232, 240, 242, 243, 244, 250, 251, 257, 259, 263, 270, 271, 272, 274, 278, 291, 2-2, 283, 301, 306, 310, 315, 817. 820, 821, 323, 826, 327, 328, 830, 832, 834, 836, 337, 840, 841, 345, 347, 348, 349, 850-7, 364, 866-9, 401, 409, 413, 414, 428, 426-8, 441, 448, 449, 453, 454, 405, 457, 459, 464, 466, 470, 471, 478, 479, 450, 4-2, 483, 496, 488, 518, 519, 522, 526, 528, 583-6, 589, 541-5, 547, 550, 551, 557; the first, 201- 211 ; modified, 219, rules and orders of, 220; powers of, 229, 820, 821, 854, 448, 459, 470; name first given, 230; two separate Assem- blies, 244; division of Houses proposed, 327; and effected, 583: to be paid, 825, 454; technical sessions, 453, 454 ; dissolved, 458; resumed, 518.
Geneva, 2.
" Geological Survey of R. I." referred to, 226 n. George, Capt., 511. Geraerd, the Dutchman, 241. Gibbons, Major Edward, 197. Gillam, a pirate, 547, 551.
Goats, 153. Goat Island, 254.
Godfrey, Capt. John, 521. Goffe, or Geoffe, John, 183. Goffo, the Regicide, 413. Gookin, Daniel, 278, 844.
"Gookin's Indians," referred to, 78, 74. Gorges, Sir Ferdinand, 7, 156.
566
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
Gorton, Samuel, 110, 227, 240. 248, 258, 272, 342, 389, 514; purchase of Warwick, 112, 116, 176; at Aquedneck, 133, 160, 161, 165-173; abuse of, 163; at Plymouth, 164; whipped, 167, 172; his views of govt., 169, 194; in- dictment, 170-2; at Prov., 172-4; his politi- cal character, 173; at Pawtuxet, 174-5; pro- ceedings against, by Mass., 177-189; goes to England, 190; result of his mission, 193, 215; return, 217 ; Pres., 239; letter to, 323 n .; death, 429.
Gorton, Thomas, 146. Gorton, Capt., 520.
Gortonists, why persecuted, 178 ; to be subdued, 179; attempt to treat, 181; besieged, 182, 183; tried, 184; sentenced, 187; banished,
188; return to R. I., 189 ; ideas of govt., 194; triumph of, 218, 219, 452.
Gortonoges, 190.
Gould, Thomas, 266, 307, 425.
Gould Island, 266.
Goulding, Roger, 416.
Governor, title of, adopted, 143.
Grahame, James, 298, 370-S.
Granger, James N., D. D., 108 n.
Gratitude, Indian, 75.
Greene, John, 100, 104, 107, 176, 184, 238, 268, 274, 278, 295, 307, 312, 338, 343, 345, 352, 365, 461, 473, 475, 478, 508, 555; agent in Eng- land, 191, 195, 434, 436, 446, 447, 451-3, 456, 458, 493, 499, 501; Dep. Gov., 519, 525, 530, 536, 540, 542, 548.
Greene, John, Jr., 240, 245, 256, 263, 307.
Greenwich, men claim Narrt., 242; East G. in- corp., 427, 428 ; named Dedford, 485; bounds set, 545; take Frenchtown, 556-7.
Groton, 408. Ground-nuts, 406 n.
Guagers appointed, 543.
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Hadley, 395, 400, 413, 414. Hamelton, Andrew, 527.
Hamilton, Marquis of, family claim to Narrt., 119, 305, 471, 474, 479, 505, 529, 537, 588. Hampton, 370.
Hampton Court conference, 5.
Harris, Thomas, 103, 252, 255, 259.
Harris, Thomas, of Barbadoes, 265, 269.
Harris, Andrew, 264.
Harris, William, 97, 100, 102. 107, 254, 262, 317, 829, 330, 331, 332, 334, 836-8, 340, 342, 354, 366, 367, 414, 430, 457, 463; arrested for trea- son, 263; lawsuits, 432-6; death, 437.
Harris, William J., 263 n., 432 n.
Harbor at Block Island, 321, 342.
Harding, Robert, 128, 148, 152-4; Capt., 197.
Hardships of the early colonists, 11.
Harrod, John, 338, 340.
Hartford, 93, 96, 117, 159, 253, 282, 309, 353, 425, 464, 504, 505. Harvard College, 345, 368.
Hasty-pudding, 84, 85.
Hatfield, 400.
Havens, William, 133.
Haversham, Westerly so called, 485.
Hawkins, Job, 133. Haynes, Gov. John, of Mass., 46; of Conn., 147. Hazard, J. Alfred, 370 n.
Hazard, Thomas, 132.
" Hazard's State Papers," referred to, 223, 224, 229, 232, 239, 248, 253, 258, 266, 281, 283, 309, 340. Hazel, Mr., 235. Hempstead, 248.
Henchman, Daniel, 434.
Henry VII. of England, 27.
Henry IV. of France, 496.
Herald's College, London, 48. Herenden, or Hernden, Ben, 465.
Heresies in R. I. reputed, 151; Gorton accused of, 163, 184, 187.
Hewes, Joshua, 283.
Higginson, Rev. John, 9, 10, 20.
Highways, 128. Hildreth's Hist. of U. S. referred to, 62, 185.
Hinckley, Gov. Thomas, 897 n., 434, 469, 477, 478, 484, 501, 513.
Hodgson, Robert, 495.
Hog Island, 266, 271, 272, 469, 477, 478, 500.
Holden, Randal, 124, 127-9, 153, 167, 170, 176, 187, 195, 203, 217, 222, 226, 240, 245, 250, 252, 261, 263, 272, 315, 473, 475, 493; agent in England, 190, 193, 434, 436, 446, 447, 451-3, 458, 461.
Holdeu, Roger, 519.
Holland, The Separatists flee to, 6.
Holland, Cornelius, 252.
"Holmes's Annals " referred to, 14, 17, 68.
Holmes, Obadiah, 234, 235.
Holyman, Ezekiel, 100, 107, 241.
Honeyman, Rev. James, 560.
Hooker, Rev. Thomas, 37, 56, 505 n.
Hopkins, Gov. Stephen, quoted, 99 n.
Hopkins, Gov. Edward, of Conn., 147.
Hopkins, William, 425.
Hope Island, 105 266, 451.
Horses, 486, 489.
Horton, Elizabeth, 265.
Hospitality, Indian, 75.
Housatonic river, 415.
House, Walter, 346.
Howland, John, 409 n.
"Hubbard's Hist. of N. E." referred to, 26, 30, 91, 114, 151, 164, 196, 197, 215, 216. 218, 225. "Hubbard's Narrative " referred to, 390, 399. Hudson, Lieut., 249.
Hudson, William, 308, 312, 345, 347, 379.
Huguenots in R. I., 497, 508, 519, 549.
Hull, Edward, 246, 247.
Hull, John, 267.
"Hume and Smollett, Hist. of England," refer- red to, 502, 533.
Hunting, 79, 154.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Ann, 51, 107, 151, 269; doc- trines of, 52, 53, 55, 56, 65; trial, 64, 65; death, 66 n.
Hutchinson, William, 124, 128, 133, 134, 185, 143, 148, 172.
Hutchinson, Edward, 124, 127, 128.
Hutchinson, Edward, Jr., 124, 127, 282, 305, 307, 308, 379-386, 399.
Hutchinson, Samuel, 133.
Hutchinson, Elisha, 445.
Hutchinson, "Hist. of Mass. Bay," referred to, 16, 17, 30, 91, 168, 186, 212, 224, 265, 502, 513, 517.
"Hypocrisy Unmasked," referred to, 159, 168, 170, 172, 174, 178, 179, 183, 185, 190.
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" Ill News from N. E." referred to, 235, 444. Immortality, Indian idea of, 78.
"Impertinent File," the, 337 n., 340 n.
Imposts laid by James II., 481. Imprisonment for debt, forbidden, 208. Independence contemplated in Mass., 32. Independents, toleration denied to, 237. India Point, 40.
Indian, salutation, 40; tribes of N. E., 73, 74:
567
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
character, 75, 82 ; customs, 76; funeral rites, 77; religion, 78; sports, 79; tradition, 80; money, 81; councils, 83; food, 84; wigwams, S5; languages, 86; ideas upon Gorton's re- lease, 190 ; dissensions, 222; foreigners not to trade with, 251; war, 253; laws against, 271, 423, 425 ; titles to land recognized, 290, 292; disarmed, 330 ; drunkenness, 366 ; jury, 367; plots, 369, 395; gallantry, 390; elo- quence, 83, 394; heroism, 411; chivalry, 418; captives sold, 416, 419, 425.
Indictments of Gorton, at Aquedneck, 170-2; at Boston, 184.
"Indigenous Races of the Earth," referred to, 423.
Inhabitant and freeman, distinction of, 256. Inoculation, 523 n.
Interpolations in R. I. laws. 311, 479 n.
Ipswich, 187, 218.
Iroquois language, 86.
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Jackson, Henry, D. D., "Churches in R. I.," 108 n.
Jackson, Dr. Charles T., "Survey of R. I.," 226 n.
Jamaica, 471, 477.
James I., reign of, 5, 6, 27, 291.
James II., 362, 479, 481, 492, 510, 515, 516.
James, Thomas, 100, 107.
Jamestown incorp., 449 ; ferry at, 554, 555. Jarves, J. J., "Confessions of an Inquirer," 422. Jefferies, Lord Chanc., 492.
Jeffreys, Robert, 143, 152, 154.
Jenner, Dr. 523 n.
Jesuits, 496, 497.
Jesus College, 48. Jews protected, 478.
Johnson's "Wonder Working Providence," 51, 91.
Johnson, Edward, 180. Judith, Point, 477. Judge. Title of, 70, 127, 143.
Jurisdiction, doubtful, 106 ; a foreign in R. I., 111. Jurors, elected, 153; apportioned, 302; Indian, 367.
Justice, denied to Salem, 34; Indian sense of, 82. Justice of Peace, 141; in Narrt., 484.
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Karalit language, 86. Kent, Joseph, 306. Kent County, 74.
"Key to Indian Language," referred to, 40, 74, 75, 86, 190, 212. 'Kidd, Capt. William, 543, 546, 547.
King's Province, 224 n .; named, 315; see Nar- raganset.
Kingstown, or Kingston, 368, 453, 455, 467, 468, 473; to be divided, 482; called Rochester, 485; French settlers in, 497; bounds, 532, 545; Assy. at, 542; court at, 555; North, 195; South, 267. 403.
Knight, Richard, 227, 229, 245, 250, 252, 255, 261, 271.
Knowle's "Life of Roger Williams," referred to, 22, 36, 105, 197, 234, 251, 253, 255, 362, 390, 409, 475.
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Labor regulated, 16. Land, tenure fixed, 148; not to be bought of In-
dians, 240, 267; titles settled, 279; pur- chases, 272, 276; public, 352, 356, 358. Lancaster burnt, 407. Lathrop, Capt., 400.
Laud, Archbishop, 6, 28.
"Law and Order" at Warwick, 195 n.
Lawsuits, the Harris, 432-8, 536; Sandford vs. Forster, 448.
Lawtou, George, 133, 414.
Laws, how passed or repealed, 203, 232, 270, 274, 364, 365; to be revised, 311, 330; phraseol- ogy of, 412; digest of, 459, 483 ; to be sent to England, 543, 551-3.
Layton, Thomas, 133.
League, N. E., see Confederacy.
Lechford's "Plaine Dealing," referred to, 99, 140, 168.
Leeds, Duke of, 529.
Leete, Gov. of Conn., 456.
Logalists, views of the, 53; party of, 54; tri- umph, 60.
Legislation, curiosities of, 443; independent, 557.
Legislature, see General Assembly.
Leisler, Gov. of N. Y., 520, 546.
Letters, extracts from, Boston to Salem, 20; Williams to Major Mason, 91; Mass. to Paw. tuxet men, 111; The Three Govs. to Mass., 146; Gorton and Mass., 172, 174, 175, 178, 179, 180, 181, 189 ; Barton to Winthrop, 218; Mass. to R. I., 233, 277 ; Vane to R. I., 249 ; Williams to Prov., 251 ; on soul liberty, 254 -5; R. I. to U. Cols., 266, to Cromwell, 268; Charles II. to U. Cols., 283; Cartwright to Gorton, 323; R. I. to Lord Clarendon, 328 ; "the pernitious letter," 325; "the damned letter," 340; Atherton Co. and Winthrop. 377-381; John Scott, 383; Sheriff of London to R. I., 482; R. 1. to Board of Trade, 485- 491; Mr. Lloyd's, 523.
Lenthal, Robert, 146, 152, 153.
Leveret, Gov. 396, 435.
Lewin, John, 463.
Libel law, 242.
Liberty of Conscience, see Religious Freedom.
Lillibridge, Thomas, 559.
Liquor laws, 227, 251, 257, 367, 368, 483, 503, 534 ; a seizure, 425.
Little Compton, 397, 398, 535.
Liturgy established, 2.
Lockyer, Rev., 560.
London charter lost, 492.
Longbottom, James, 276.
Long Island, 23, 69, 73, 89, 246, 243, 253, 339, 362.
Long Parliament, 113.
Lord, Richard, 379.
Lord Protector, see Cromwell.
Lords, House of, abolished, 237.
Louis XIV., 496, 527.
Lovelace, Gov. of N. Y., 988, 362, 368.
Lumber trade, 142.
Luther, Martin, 1, 67.
Luther, John, 180.
Lynde, Simon, 434.
Lyon, ship, 19.
Lytherland, William, 245, 252.
Lytton, Sir E. B., " My Novel," 128 n.
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Mackie, J. M., " Life of Gorton," 190, 429. Madagascar, 540. Maestroiddyn, 48. Magistrates, not to leave the bench, 260 ; powers of, 330, 365. Magnus, squaw sachen, 415.
568
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
Maine, 156, 362, 397, 398, 482.
Major General, office of, 413, 441, 443 ; to be two, 469; elected by the people, 478.
Majority of Freemen to rule, 158, 202; age of, 260.
Mallett, Thomas, 555, 559.
Mandrick, Mr., 390.
Manhattan, see New York.
Marble, William, 282.
Market days, 427.
Marlborough, 408.
Marriages, Indian, 75, 76; Law of, 208, 260 ; how published, 325; number of, 490; fee, 545.
Marshfield, 390.
Martha's Vineyard, 362, 521.
Martindale, Isaac, 559.
Mary, Queen, 2.
Maryland, 527.
Mason, Major John, 91, 93, 95, 347.
Mason, Capt., of Conn., 553.
Mason, Gov. of New Hamp., 470.
Massachusetts Co., 9; Govt., 14; Indians, 78;
receives Pawtuxet men, 111; Narrt. patent, 118; official discourtesy, 147 ; intrigues, 176; claims Warwick, 177; attacks it, 181; re- cent historians of, 185 n. ; attempts to settle Warwick, 191; designs on R. I., 192, 217, 231, 232, 233, 277, 440, 445, 535; Indian af- fairs, 196, 248, 253, 334, 335 ; persecutes Bap- tists, 234-6, and Quakers, 264-6, 268-270, 273; sued by Gorton, 258; releases Paw- tuxet men, 267; coins silver, 279; proposes a reference, 283, 307; grants declared void, 316; opposes royal comms., 322, 323, 325; Philip's war in, 407, 408 ; oppressed by Ran- dolph, 467; quo warranto, 431, 482 ; Dudley in, 483; Andros, 498; Provisional Govt., 513; Royal Govt, over, 524.
Massachusetts Colonial Records, referred to, 50, 111, 112, 127, 133, 177, 187, 188, 191, 217, 226, 231-3, 240, 247, 264, 268, 274, 277, 283, 303, 308, 322, 323, 334, 483.
Massachusetts Historical Collections referred to, 116, 157, 183, 195, 197, 297, 347, 453, 456, 466, 469, 482, 483, 495, 500, 504, 513, 522.
Massacre at Weathersfield, 92; Mystic, 94; Swanzey, 369, 396, see Philip's War.
Massasoit. sachem of Wampanoags, 23, 39, 87, 120, 159, 212, 389, 391, 392 ; death, 387.
Mather, Increase, 513, 515.
Mather, "Magnalia," referred to, 21, 22, 30, 36, 51, 53, 62, 91, 151, 164.
Mather, "Relation," referred to, 390, 391. Maverick, Samuel, 305.
Mawsup, Sachem, 339.
Maxon, or Maggson, Richard, 133.
Mayflower, the ship, 7, 12, 137.
Mayo, Samuel, 248, 249 .-
Measures and weights, 369, 540.
Medfield burnt, 407.
Meeting of Puritan clergy, 26.
Metacomet, 417, see Philip.
Metaphysics defined, 58 n.
Merrimack river, 73.
Merry Mount, 15.
Messengers, sce Embassies.
Mexham, son of Canonicus, 248.
Miantinomi, sachem, 23, 24, 70, 74, 87, 88, 92, 99, 154, 158, 176, 178, 179, 190, 266, 276, 391, 392, 430; death, 115-17.
Military expeditions, 89, 93, 95, 152, 180, 196, 197, 199. 246, 396, 401, 406; stores apportioned, 2, 30.
Militia organization, 128, 141, 144, 204, 253, 319, 330, 426, 489, 523 ; conflicts with royal gov- ernors, 525, 528.
Wilton, John, 225 n. ; a friend of R. Williams, 250.
Mines, gold and silver, 225; coal, 226.
Minorities protected, 206.
Misdemeanors, articles of, 480, 481.
Misquamicock, see Westerly.
Mississippi river, 96.
Mohegan tribe, 73, 89, 91, 93, 196, 197, 199, 264, 275, 402, 466.
Mohawk tribe, 73, 198, 264.
Molasses, duty on, 534.
Money, Indian, 81; values of, 349.
Monmouth, Duke of, 481.
Monogamy among Narrt. Indians, 76.
Montague, Mary Wortley, 523 n.
Montauk tribe, 73, 87.
More, John, 133.
Mortality among Indians, 73, 76.
Mortgaged lands in Narrt., 275, 315.
Morton, Thomas, 15.
" Morton's Memorial," referred to, 13, 22, 24, 35, S1, 91, 106, 165, 168, 390, 418.
Moshasuck river, 40, 99, 430; hill, 331.
Mosher, Ifugh, 276.
Mother Goose, 189 n.
Motto on State Seal, 149.
Mount Hope, 23, 388, 396, 397, 415, 452, 453, 456, 458. Mumford, Thomas, 267, 347. Munday, a pirate, 543.
Murder, of Oldham, 87; of an Indian, 106; of Miantinomi, 117; of House, 346; of Weeks, 370; of Clawson, 465.
Mystic, river and fort, 93; town, 281.
N
Namcook purchase, 272. Nantes, edict of, 496.
Nantucket, 362, 521.
Narraganset tribe, 23, 73, 74, 75-86, 89, 334, 339, 466; treaties, 92, 116, 144, 197, 198, 398 ; decay of, 177-8, 417, 420; submit to King Charles, 190, 315; Atherton's expedition, 199 ; early history, 212; war on Uncas, 224, 264; on Long Island, 248, 253; mortgage land, 275; school for, 328; plots, 395-7; join Philip, 401; defeated, 406.
Narraganset Bay, 38, 69, 93, 324. 328; coveted by Massachusetts, 112, 178, 389.
Narraganset patent, 118-120, 277, 383.
Narraganset country, 193, 195, 204, 242; Ather-
ton purchase, 272, 275; claimed by Mass., Conn., and family of Hamilton, 277, 281, 304, 305, 307, 308, 314, 328, 335, 313-350, 353, 357, 366, 370-386, 423-5, 427, 440, 442, 445, 447, 451, 455-8, 461, 463, 469, 471, 479, 480, 525, 530, 535, 545, 557; annexed to R. I., 315, 317 ; bounds, 338; decisions for Conn., 474, 534; secured to R. I., 351, 426, 442, 505; Dudley's gov't, 482, 484-6; Andros, 503; riots in, 555.
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