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Nassaump, $4, 85. Natick, 395.
Naval, armaments and expeditions, 152, 246, 409, 522; victory, 521.
Neale, Thomas, 527.
Neale's "History of the Puritans," 4.
New England, causes of settlement, 1; ante-Co- lumbian discovery, 27 n.
"New England ensign," referred to, 265, 269.
"New England Geneal. Register," referred to, 174.
"New England judged," referred to, 265, 269, 273.
"New England firebrand quenched," referred to, 362 n., 476.
New Hampshire, 469, 470, 482, 585, 586.
569
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
New Haven, 95, 196.
New Jersey, 481; annexed to N. E., 508, 536. New London, 96, 343, 345, 350, 456, 521, 555. New Shoreham, incorp., 364.
New York, 113, 158, 241, 314, 332, 339, 362, 366, 494, 527, 531, 536, 541, 545, 546, 547, 549; In- dians in, 73; trade with, 155; surrender of, 309 ; annexed to N. Eng., 508, 509.
New York documents, referred to, 481, 531, 533 ; Broadhead's Hist. of, 155.
Newberry, Mass., 370; plantation in R. I., 497.
Newberry, Walter, 424, 499, 500, 508, 532.
Newhouse, Thomas, 265.
Newland, Richard, 559.
Newman, S. C., quoted, 99 n.
Newport settled, 71, 136, 137, 370; committee of union, 122, 201; census, 142; union with Portsmouth, 143; school law, 145; growth of, 205, 272; disagrees with Ports., 213, 221, 478 ; proposals for reunion, 244; Assy. at, 245, 845; freemen in, 256; fortified, 330; war tax, 331; fast riding forbidden, 442; Andros at, 506, 513; threatened attack on, 521.
Newtown, Mass., see Cambridge.
Newtown, R. I., laid out, 128.
Niantic tribe, 74, 198, 222, 460.
Nichols, Col. Richard, 305, 309, 314, 332, 334, 335, 373, 439, 463. Night-watch established, 158.
Niles, Nicholas, 161.
Niles, Samuel, " Hist. of Fr. and Eng. wars," re- ferred to, 75, 522.
Ninecraft, sachem of Narrt., 316, 338. 339.
Ninigret, sachem of Niantics, 74, 198, 199, 248, 253, 276, 411, 460. Nipmuck tribe, 74, 222, 334, 399.
Non-conformity, first appearance of, 2.
Nonsuch, frigate, 522. Northfield, 400. Northampton, 408, 413. North Kingston settled, 195. Norwich, 347. Notice required on sailing, 454. Nova Scotia, 494.
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Oak, the Charter, 493, 504.
Oaths, Williams's views upon, 30; Freemen's, 31; of trade and nav., 467, 478, 539; R. I. ideas of, 548. Obeisance, Indian mode of, 75.
Oblivion, act of, 225.
Office, penalties for refusing, 228, 256 ; vacancies in, how filled, 261. Officers, under first charter, 211; under second charter, 295. Oldham, John, 87, 89, 105. Oleron, sea laws of, adopted, 204.
Olney, Thomas, 100, 102, 107, 181, 226, 240, 245, 250, 254, 255, 257, 259, 261, 295, 432. Olney, Thomas, Jr., 361.
One hundred and one, recurrence of the num- ber, 137 n.
Opinionists, the Antinomians so styled, 54. Orchards, first in Mass., 98; in R. I., 99, 137. Oregon, 96. Orphans, Indian care of, 75. Ousamequin, sce Massasoit. Oxford University, 48. Oyster Bay, 248.
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Paine, Anthony, 133. Paine, John, 362, 863.
Paine, Capt. Thomas, 471, 521, 546, 559. Palmes, Edward, 469. Palmer, a pirate, 547. Pantheism, Indian, 78.
Panthers, 73.
Paper money, 522. Papists, none in R. I .. 490 ; plot, 532, 533. Parker, George, 153, 255, 261.
Particular courts, 144.
Parties, colonial, 535. Partridge, Alexander, 220, 222.
Passports in New Eng., 499.
Patent, of Mass., Williams' treatise on, 27, 29, 29 ; attempt to enlarge, 118; see Charter. Patience, island, 105, 172, 173, 451. Patric, Capt., 95.
Pawcatuck river and town, 23, 73, 87, 277, 291, 282, 297, 312, 521, 525, 530.
Pawtucket river, 98, 100 ; falls of, 408.
Pawtuxet river, 100; purchase, 101 ; men sub- mit to Mass., 111, 155, 174; Gorton moves to, 174-5; to choose its jurisdiction, 204; an- nexed to Mass., 230, 231; to Plym., 232; complains to Mass., 233, 247; Assy. at, 243; Mass. subjects at obstruct R. I., 255 ; submit to R. I., 267; robbery at, 271; boundary dis- pute, 429-439, 536.
Peace, Eng., and Hol., 267, 368.
Peage, see Wampum.
Peake, Alderman, 380.
Pease, William, 559.
Pedlars, act against, 545; taxed, 557.
Peirse, Capt. defeated, 408, 410.
Pekar, Capt., 521.
Pelham, Capt., 520
Pemberton, of Westerly, 554, 555, 556.
Pembroke College, 49.
Pendleton, James, 484.
Pennsylvania, 527.
Pension act, 366.
Pensioners, 49.
Pequot tribe, 39, 276, 316, 402, 420; war, 54, 62, 64, 73, 74, 87, 88-96.
Perjury law, 208.
Persecution, religious, 189 n .; of Baptists, 234-5; of Quakers, 264-6, 268-270; of Iluguenots, 496.
Pessicus, sachem of Narrt., 158, 190, 197, 198, 199, 224, 231, 248, 276, 315, 316, 324, 391.
Pestilence among the Indians, 73, 8si, and Eng- lish, 523.
Peter, Hugh, 57, 464.
Pettaquamscot, 266, 277, 815, 331, 345, 851, 403, 507. Phebe's Neck, 69.
Philip of Pokanoket, 87, 331, 839, 850, 369, 3SS, 392-6, 406, 410, 411, 415; death, 416. Phipps, Sir William, 224 n., 898 n., 522, 524-8, 531.
Pilgrims, 6, 7; differ from Puritans, 12-14, 22, 166; influenced by them, 160, 454.
Piracy and Pirates, 494, 540, 541, 543, 546, 547, 550, 552.
Plato, doctrines of, among Indians, 7S. Plurality law, 312.
Plymouth Co., 7, 8, 291, 292, 362; Govt. of, 12, 14; claims Sowams, 69, and Aqnedneck, 159, and Warwiek, 184, 191, and Ilog Island, 266, 271, 469, 477; other elaims on R. 1., 805, 812, 815, 336, 440, 444, 477; dealings with Mass., 89, 230, 231, 282, 239; proceedings against Gorton, 164-6; established church, 819; seizes Wamsutta, 890; summons Philip, 893; arbiter in Harris canses, 486; obtains Mt. Hope, 453, 458; rebuked, 4-4, 501: re- sumes charter, 518; united to Mass., 226 D., 524.
570
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
Pocasset, settled, 71, 125, 370 ; agreement to emi-
grate, 132; named Portsmouth, 186, 143; Indians, 389. Pokanoket tribe, 23, 73, 74, 212.
Poll tax, 542. Polygamy, Indian, 76. Polytheism, Indian, 78.
Pope, Francis, 559.
Porter, John, 124, 127, 135, 143, 229, 267, 295; di- .vorced, 320.
Portsmouth, 71, 122, 128, 129, 201, 205, 232, 313, 363; Govt., 130, 131 ; separation, 132; elec- tion, 134, 135; union with Newport, 143; ferry, 146; night watch, 158; game laws, 161; Gorton's case, 169-172 ; first Gen. Assy., 201; disagrees with Newport, 213, 221, 478; asks to join N. E. League, 223 ; freemen in, 256; fortified, 410.
Possession by right of discovery, 291.
Post routes established, 527.
Potowomut, 272, 458, 467, 485.
Potter, Abell, 161.
Potter, George, 133.
Potter, Nathaniel, 133.
Potter, Robert, 133, 153, 167, 176, 187.
Potter, Hon. E. R., " Hist. of Narraganset," re- ferred to, 195, 267, 276, 316, 347, 466, 486, 503, 507, 545.
Poverty of the colonists, 251, 313.
Powaws, Indian, 76.
Powder, refused to R. I., 158, 25S.
Power, Nicholas, 176, 184, 187.
Preamble to the code of 1647, 205.
Predictions fulfilled, 416, 417.
Preemption rights, 485.
Presbyterianism in England, 237.
Presbytery feared in Mass., 26.
President, duties of, 211, 270.
Press, the, under Andros, 508.
Pretender, birth of the, 509, 527.
Prices of produce, 153, 313, 349, 450, 451.
Prince, Gov., of Plym., 283, 352, 389, 390.
Prince. Rev. Thomas, " Annals," referred to, 14, 16, 17, 22, 75; "Introd. to Mason's Hist.," 91. Prisoners, support of, 351.
Prisons to be built, 129, 227, 256, 267, 486, 532.
Privatcers on the coast, 469, 470, 477, 489, 520, 521, 522.
Privateering in R. I., 246, 247, 250, 471; act against, 478, 534.
Probate law, 208, 369.
Propositions, the five, of 1665, 317, 318.
Protestants, two parties of, 3, 42.
Protests, 330, 335, 338, 342, 359, 365.
Providence, 40, 69, 70, 97, 127, 181, 201, 205, 313, 331, 407, 408, 425, 466, 509; the 13 propri- etors, 100; divisions of land, 101, 121 ; govt., 102, 108-110; civil compact, 103; first church, 107; riots, 110, 254; conciliates the Indians, 120; growth of, 121, 272; instruc- tions, 123; Gorton at, 172-4; dissensions at, 172-4, 214, 242-6, 331, 338, 340, 354, 358, 466; two sets of Assts., 245-6; freemen in, 256; fortified, 258; justice's court, 259 ; boundary disputes, 429-438, 536; Assy. to meet regu- larly at, 479; claimed by Conn., 545.
Proxy votes, 143, 202, 311. .
Prudence Island, 87, 105, 172, 420, 503 ; joined to Ports., 204 ; independent, 362-3.
Pumham, sachem of Shawomet, 74, 176, 184, 191, 196, 260, 271, 303, 316, 324, 392, 508; sub- mits to Mass., 177; rehels, 398; death, 417. Punctuality, an Indian trait, 82.
Punishments, Indian, 83; inflicted, 128, 142, 257, 258, 261, 275, 313, 320, 329, 351.
Puritans, rise of the, 3; disown other scets, 4; two kinds of, 6; policy in Mass., 10, 11, 52,
67; aim at independence, 32, 193; charac- ter of, 43-6; polemic habits, 56; integrity, 92 ; bigotry, 147 n .; hostility to R. I., 160, 402; apology for, 185 n .; persecute Gorton- ists, 177-89, and Baptists, 234-5, and Quak- ers, 264-6, 268-270, 273 ; threats, 233 n .; hated Cromwell, 274; treatment of the Indians, 391, and of R. I., 402; their estimate of An- dros, 514.
Pyncheon, John, 469.
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Qnahang shell, 84. Quakers, 151, 184, 208, 320, 326, 399, 490, 495, 540; arrival in Boston, 264; persecuted, 265-6, 268-70, 273; debate with Williams, 359-362, 476.
Quarter Courts, 141. Quebec, 522.
Queries of Board of Trade, 458.
Questions discussed in the Antinomian contro- versy, 54; put at Gorton's trial, 186.
Quidnesett purchase, 272. Quinapin, a sachem, 417.
Quincy, Hon. Josiah, 298, 372, 375, 384.
Quinnebaug, 297.
Quit-rent in R. I., 503, 507.
Quorum established, 202.
Quota of troops, 528, 529.
Quotenis, island, 155.
Quo warranto, writs of, 480, 481, 483, 484, 492 ; threatened, 541, 554.
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Races, law of succession of, 420-3.
Randolph, Edward, 418, 467, 469, 471, 480-5, 493, 494, 502, 511, 515, 541, 545.
Rapin's " Hist. of Eng." referred to, 293.
Ray, Simon, 303.
Real estate, tenure of, in R. I., 148-9.
Reciprocal engagements, 205, 228, 317.
Records, of Prov., 99, 102; of Ports., 159; of Warwick, 195, 260, 319, 336, 340, 434, 458; of Coddington's govt., 259; of Gen. Assy. lost, 524, 536.
Red Sea, 540, 543.
Reformation, the, 1, 2; checked, 4; aims of, 25, 41. Registry of births, &c., 364, 545. Rehoboth, see Seeconck.
Religious Freedom, at Prov., 102; at Aquedneck, 149, 152 ; in first charter, 200-1; successful, 215; how guarded, 252; defined by Wil- liams, 254-5; defended by R. I., 266; in second charter, 292; advocated by Randolph, 485, and by Andros, 501; maintained in R. I., 490 ; allowed by James II., 502, 508. Religious views of the Indians, 78.
Remonstrance, as to commissions against the Dutch, 247; Narrt. Indians to the English, 264; R. I. against Atherton Co., 463.
Report of Coms. of 1683, 474.
Representative system adopted, 202.
Republican feeling, unknown in Mass., 33 ; per- vades R. I., 205, 207, 293, 294 ; party in R. I., 222, 517.
Residence, how obtained, 468.
Restoration of the Stuarts, 274.
Revenue system of Andros, 503.
Revolution against Andros, 510-511.
"Revolution in N. Eng. Justified," referred to, 509.
Reynolds, James, 425.
571
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
Reynolds, William, 103.
" Rhode Island Colonial Records," referred to, 133, 134, 325, 528, et passim.
" Rhode Island Hist. Colls." referred to, 112, 3.47.
Rhode Island, State of, origin of name, 70; need of a charter, 113; delay in uniting, 122, 201 ; rejected by N. E. League, 157, 223; name adopted, 158; first charter, 200; establish- ment of democracy and of religions freedom both original with. 205, 207, 215; virtually independent, 207, 293-1; resemblance to the Federal Union, 211 n., parties in, 222, 426,- 517; danger from Indians, 222; Codding- ton's scheme, 233; dismembered, 238; re- united, 242, 251 ; dissensions in, 243, 246, 247, 341, 354; causes of these, 244, 251 ; their ef- fect in England, 249 ; loyalty of, 245; mar- tial spirit of, 246 ; protects Quakers, 266, 268, 359, and Jews, 478-9; appoints officers in Narrt .. 279; petitions for a new charter, 280; two epochs of its history, 286-7 ; recog- nizes Indian land titles, 290-2; King's Pro- vince assigned to, 315, 317; opposes Philip's War, 399; but not consulted, 402; the war in, 403, 415, 418 ; treatment of captives, 419 ; renewed struggles for existence, 440, 536; statistical account of, 460, 488-491; writ of quo warranto, 481 ; charter suspended, 486 ; made one county, 501 ; rights vindicated by Andros, 505, 516; resumes the charter, 512; close of the " formation period," 519; rights infringed, 524; decision in favor of, 527 ; ex- posed condition of, 583; charges against, 541, 512, 541, 551, 552; a quo warranto threatened, 554, 556; free legislation of, 557. Rhodes, Zechariah, 102, 258, 432.
Richards, constable, 413 n.
Richardson, William, 133.
Richison, Am., 379.
Richmond, Edward, 416, 442.
Rickard, George, 103.
Riding fast, forbidden, 442, 467.
" Rigg's Narrative," referred to, 511.
Riots, at Prov., 110, 174, 254 ; at Ports., 129, 170 ; at Warwick, 271; at Westerly, 282, 350; in King's Province, 555, 557.
Robinson, Rev. John, 13.
Robinson, William, 273.
Rochefoucault, maxim of, 92 n.
Rochester, Kingston so called, 485, 504.
Rocky Mountains, 96.
Rogers, or Rodgers, James, 195, 263, 271, 273, 274, 306; death, 424.
Rogers, John, 501. Rogers, Capt., 520. Roman Catholics, 274, 490, 532.
Romilly, Joseph, 48.
Roome, John, 133, 252.
Rosetta Stone, 134 n.
Rose, frigate, 498, 511.
Rowlandson's, Mrs., "Narrative," 418.
Rowley, 187.
Roxbury, 187, 512.
Royalist party in R. I., 222, 229, 517, 528. Runners, Indian, 83.
Ryswick, treaty of, 538, 539.
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Sabbatarians, 427. Sachems, power of the, 83. Sachuest, 331. Sadleir, Mrs. Anne, 47. Saffin, John, 427, 445, 447, 457, 464. Salaries, 356, 358, 365, 532, 543.
Sale of Indians, 416, 419, 425.
Salem, 9, 10, 20, 21, 24, 26, 34, 38, 187, 265.
Salmon, 72.
Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 469.
Samp, 84, 85.
Sandford, John, 124, 127, 144, 203, 226, 255, 261,
274, 278, 315, 327, 442, 499; Pres., 245.
Sandford, Peleg, 427, 434, 4-12, 447, 469, 473, 502, 526, 539, 547, 548, 551 ; Gov., 459, 465, 467.
Sands, James, 303, 306.
Sassacus, sachem of Pequots, 89, 93, 95.
Saunders, Tobias, 277, 281, 344, 351.
Sausaman, an Indian, 395-6.
Savage, Thomas, 124, 462.
Savage, Major, 396.
Savage, Ilon. James, referred to, 22, 27, 34, 50. 63, 117, 140, 147, 185, 225.
Saybrook, 89, 92, 93, 95, 504.
Sayles, John, 245.
Scalping, learned from, the French, 75.
Scarcity of provisions, 142.
Scituate, Mass., 484.
Scot, or Scott, John, 299, 300, 388-5.
Scott, Richard, 103, 269, 476; Catharine, his wife, 269; Mary and Patience, daughters, 273. Scotch story, 1S8 n.
Scouting parties, 538.
Sea laws adopted, 204, 454.
Seal adopted, 149, 204, 806; of N. Eng., 495; of Andros, 496; of R. I. broken, 506; new one procured, 519. Sealed ballots used, 131.
Seaconnet, 395, 414, 477.
Sealers of weights, 369, 540.
Seamen, protected, 454.
Secretary, duties of, 146.
Sedgwick, Samuel, 383, 3S5.
Sedition act, 355, 358, 455, 553, 554.
Seekers, doctrines of, 151 n.
Seekonk, river and town, 39, 41, 72, 97, 101, 115, 120, 235, 307, 353, 389, 408, 550.
Separation, the, 4-6.
Sequasson, a Conn. sachem, 115, 116.
Sergeant, town, duties of, 131 ; deputy, 273.
Servants, law to protect, 454.
Sessions of Assembly, brief, 257 ; regulations of, 270; secret, 272; technical, 453; see Gen- eral Assy.
Shaw, George, 133.
Shawmut, see Boston.
Shawomet, see Warwick.
Sheffield, Joseph, 552-5.
Sherman, Philip, 124, 127, 185, 219, 229.
Shipbuilding, 142.
Shotten, Sampson, 188, 153, 167, 176. 188.
Shrewdness, Indian, 82.
Shrimpton, Samuel, 469.
Silver ore, 225; coined, 279.
"Simplicities Defence," referred to, 167, 168, 175, 183, 186, 188, 194, 822.
Six Nations, tribes, 78. Sizars, 49.
Skelton, Rev. Samuel, 20, 24, 26, 28.
Skirmish, first, with Indians, 152.
Slate rock, 40. Slavery, law against, 240, 408, 419.
Small-pox, 73, 523.
Smith, Adam, " Wealth of Nations," referred to, 461. Smith, Edward, 250. Smith, Capt. John, 8
Smith, John, the miller, 97, 101, 409.
Smith, John, of Warwick, 219, 222. 295; Pres., 226, 240. Smith, Rev. Ralph, 22, 164, 165.
Smith, Richard 195, 266, 272, 282, 807, 808, 812,
572
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
338, 359, 366. 451, 456, 457, 463, 469, 472, 483, 484, 500, 502, 508, 520. Smith, Richard, Jr., 283, 305, 307, 484.
Smithfield, 120.
Smyth, Francis, 196.
Socho, sachem of Narrt., 276 n.
Society for Propagating the Gospel, 560. Soconoco, sachem of Pawtuxet, 74, 176; sub- mits to Mass., 177, 196.
Sophy Manor, see Prudence Island.
Soul Liberty, Williams' views of, 126, 254; see Religious Freedom.
Southertown, 277, 282, 283, 308, 312; named Stonington, 333, which see.
Sowams, 69, 98, 388. Sparks, Jared, 185 n., 475 n.
Speedwell, the vessel, 7.
Spicer, Thomas, 133.
Spirits, sale of, forbidden, 227, 251; seized, 425. Springfield, 400, 408.
Squashes, 84.
Stampers' Hill, 258 n.
Standish, Miles, 15, 397.
Stanton, or Stainton, Robert, 183, 276.
Stanton, Robert, the younger, 410.
Stanton, Mary, 269.
Stanton, Thomas, 346.
Staples, W. R., " Annals of Prov." referred to, 101, 102, 108, 112, 121, 167, 214, 254, 256, 258, 335, 389, 419, 430, 431, 512.
Star Chamber, 4, 47.
State, term first applied to R. I., 149.
Statistics of R. I., 488-491.
Staughton, Capt., 95.
Staughton, Gov. William, 398, 446, 452, 453, 469, 531.
Stevenson, Marmaduke, 273.
Stirling, Earl of, 362.
Stocks, 128, 142, 257, 813, 470, 486.
Stone, Capt., 87, 89.
Stonington, 833, 334, 339, 341, 343-6, 348, 351, 355, 364, 411, 457, 461, 521, 530.
Strange, Lott, 341. Strawberries, 84. Stubbs, Quaker preacher, 360, 361.
Study Hill, 98. Sturgeon, 80. Stuyvesant, Gov. Peter, 241.
Styles, President, his Diary, 121.
Submission, of Pawtuxet men to Mass., 111; of the sachems, 190, 284, 505; R. I. to Crom- well, 256, 257; of Coddington, 259; of Paw- tuxet men to R. I., 207 ; law against, 270. Subscription book of James I., 49.
Succession of Races, law of the, 420-3. Sudbury, 408.
Suffolk county, annexations to, 231, 277. Sugar, duty on, 481. Sunday laws, 252, 367, 454.
Supremacy, act of, 3. Supreme Court over N. Eng. asked for, 446. Surgery, license to practise, 152.
Sutton's Hospital, 47.
Swanzey, 396. Swedes, surrender, 309.
Swimmers, Indian, 80. Swine, acts regulating, 132, 141, 158. Synod at Newtown, 61-2.
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Talcot, Major, 413. 415. Tallman, Peter, 276, 320. Tashtassuck, sachem of Narrt., 212. Taunton, 352, 356, 399.
Tavern, first in R. I., 128; licensed, 257; regu- lated, 260; act repealed, 483.
Taxes laid, 205, 271, 272, 276, 313, 320, 329, 331, 346, 352, 450, 473, 479, 507, 509, 510, 520, 531, 532, 542 ; laws of, 365, 441, 512; difficult to collect, 534.
Temperance petition, the earliest, 324.
Terry, Thomas, 306.
Test Act in Mass., 17-19; results of, 68.
Tew, Richard, 263, 278.
Thames river, 89, 96.
Thanksgiving days, 20, 62, 95, 96, 506, 508, 509.
Thateher's "Indian Biography," referred to, 418.
Thatcher, Dep. Coll. of Boston, 471.
" The Truth Exalted," referred to, 362.
Theocracy in Mass., 33.
Thompson, Robert, 336.
Throckmorton, John, 100.
Tibbitts, Henry, 425.
Tiverton, 389, 535.
Tobacco, 84, 481.
Tockwotten, 40.
Toleration, how viewed by the Puritans, 41, 45. Tomahawk, not of Indian origin, 75.
Tonnage duties, 522. .
Torrey, Joseph, 250, 276, 306, 307, 312, 327, 341, 343, 344.
Town House, name first given, 520.
Town charters granted, 226; Govts. provided for, 487.
Towns incorporated, 337, 364, 368, 428, 449 ; names changed, 485.
Town Councils, 204, 466; their engagement, 228; powers of, 369, 468.
Training, first general, 129.
Treason trials, Bewett, 243; Harris, 354.
Treat, Maj. Gen., 400, 401, 403, 406; Gov. of Conn., 526.
Treaty, with Massasoit, 87 ; Miantinomi, 92, 116; Narrt., 144, 197; Church's, 414; of Rys- wick, 539.
Trial of three murderers at Plymouth, 106.
Tribute paid by Indians, 315, 393.
Trimming, a pirate, 521.
Trinity College, 47.
Trinity Church memorial, 559.
Trippe, John, 133.
Troops, royal, first, in N. Eng., 498.
Trout, 72.
Truckmasters, 130.
Trumbull's " Hist. of Conn." referred to, 96, 117 142, 197, 418, 493, 504.
Turner, Lawrence, 806. Turkeys, wild, 80. Turks, inoculation derived from the, 523 n.
"Types of Mankind," 423.
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Uncas, sachem of Mohegans, 93, 115, 116, 117 158, 196-9, 224, 264, 392, 460. Underhill, Capt. John, 64, 91, 92, 95, 246. Uniformity, act of, 3; attempted, in Mass., 36. United Colonies of N. Eng., 115, 117, 156, 197 199, 224, 239, 246, 248, 253, 268, 275, 322, 333, 505 ; refuse R. I., 223; declared to be usurp- ers, 316.
Universalist preacher, trial of a, 183-4.
Universities, English, classification of students, 49.
Updike house, 195 n. Upham, Charles W., 185 n., 464 n. Uselton, -, punished, 351. Usher, John, 503.
573
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
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Vaccination, 523.
Vane, Gov. Sir Henry, 53, 55, 56, 57, 60, 68, 70, 88, 92, 124, 141, 249, 250, 252.
Vanghan, William, 276. Veils discussed in Mass., 26. Venison, 85, 130.
Verdicts, unexplained, 435.
Verin, Joshua, 97, 101, 104, 105.
Vernon, Daniel, 486.
Verrazano, discovers R. I., 70.
Vice-royalty proposed for N. Eng., 535, 536.
Viewers of corn, &c., appointed, 129.
Vincent, P., 91.
Vindictiveness, Indian, 75. Virginia, 87, 479, 514, 527.
Voting, with sealed ballots, 131 ; by proxy, 143, 202, 454; requisites for, 155; fraudulent, 227; how punished, 329; in Gen. Assy., 454.
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Wadsworth, Capt., 40S. Wales, 48. Walker, John, 124. Walker, Thomas, 501. Wall, John, 135.
Walley, Major John, 520.
Walnuts, 84.
Wampanoag tribe, 23, 73, 120, 266, 359, 420. Wampum-peage, 81, 176, 227, 278.
Wamsutta, sachem of Wampanoags, 266, 387, 388-392.
Wanasquatucket river, 99, 101, 430, 435.
War, Pequot, 88-96; Moheg. and Narrt., 115-16, 196; U. Cols. and Narrt., 197, 253 ; Eng. and Hel., 241, 356, and France, 330; Philip's, 396-420; Fr. and Eng., 519 ; alarm of, 158, 24S, 330, 350.
Ward, Rev. N., quoted, 45.
Ward, Attorney General, 517.
Warner. John, 103, 176, 187, 190, 222, 283, 470; trials, 241, 287-9.
Warrants against Harris, 263, 354.
Warren, 98 n.
Warwick, 112, 116, 122, 163, 176, 177, 201, 205, 313, 353; attacked, 180-3; settlement sus- pended, 189; appeal to Eng., 191, 238; named, 193; return to, 194, 425; organized, 206; fear of Indians, 222; Gen. Assy. at, 225, 226, 345, 468, 471, 479 ; demands protec- tion, 229; annexed by Mass., 230-1, to Plym., 232; Royal Cems. at, 316, 319, 322 ; protests, 325, 326, 342, 359, 365, 536; dispute with Newport, 336; broken up, 406; burnt, 408; battle near, 415; Dutch disturbance at, 241 ; proposes reunion, 242, 243; two sets of Assts., 245, 246 ; sues Mass., 258; sentence of banishment mitigated, 268; order for its repeal, 452; riot, 271; boundary disputes, 482-8, 536, 545; agents in Eng., 484, 416; Potowomut, 467 ; address to the King, 473 ; wolves in, 508 ; claimed by Conn .. 545. Warwick, Earl of, 113, 193, 217, 218, 226. Watch, established, 158, 557.
Watch Hill, 331. Water bailies, 204. Water mill, 130. Waterhouse, Dr., 523 n.
Waterman, Nathaniel, 434.
Waterman, Richard, 97, 100, 107, 176, 184, 187, 432.
Waters, Thomas, 468. Watertown, 187. Wattaconoges, 190. Weathersfield, 92, 93.
Weaver, Capt., 520.
Weeounkhass, squaw sachem of Niantics, 460, 461.
Weetamo, squaw sachem of Pocasset, 889, 892, 395, 399.
Weights and measures, 369, 540.
Weirs, used by Indians, 80.
Weld's "Risc, Reign, and Ruin," 62, 63, 64, 65.
Wells, arrested, 461.
Weequashcooke, 333.
Westcott, Robert, 272.
Westcott, Stukely, 100, 107, 245.
Westerly, 276, 277, 282, 316, 933, 341, 844, 845, 348, 350, 351, 353, 855, 357, 364, 446, 453, 455-7, 461, 530, 532, 545, 552, 553; incorp., 337; called Haversham, 485.
Weston, Francis, 100, 107, 110, 176, 187.
Weymouth, 269, 407.
Whales, 85.
Whaley, the regicide, 413.
Wharton, Richard, 503.
What cheer, 40, 101.
Wheelwright, Rev. John, 52, 56; proceedings against, 59-63, 68.
Whipping-post, to be made, 128, 142, 820, 351 ; abolished, 129 n.
Whipple, John, jr., 361, 425, 503, 523.
Whitgift, Archbishop, 5.
Whortleberries, S4.
Wickenden, William, 103, 181.
Wickes, Francis, 97, 103.
Wickes, John, 133, 167, 170, 176, 187, 190, 229, 261, 272, 342; death, 370.
Wickford, 93, 272, 282, 305, 334, 835, 844-7, 406, 427, 551 ; Conn. court at, 36S.
Wigwams, 85.
Wilbore, Samnel, 124, 127, 128, 131, 267 ; Mr .. 197.
Wilcocks, Mr., 463.
Willard, Major, 253.
Willett, Thomas, 266, 314, 890.
William III. and Mary, 510, 513, 515, 582, 543.
Williams, Providence, 107, 420.
Williams, Robert, 254, 361
Williams, Rodericus, 48-50.
Williams, Roger, of Dorchester, 50.
Williams, Roger, 20, 69, 70, 72, 78, 87, 86, 124. 154, 172, 203, 205, 219, 221, 227, 232, 295, 311, 312, 315, 825, 342, 347, 380, 409, 414, 419, 480, 432, 434, 456, 463, 514; at Salem, 21, 24, 25; at Plym., 22, 23 ; his views misrepresented, 25, 26, 35, 292; proceedings against, 27-9; ordained, 28; his views upon oaths, 30-32 ; his protests, 34, 37; charges against, 35, 56 ; banished, 37; settles at Seekonk, 89, at Prov., 40; causes of his banishment, 41-6; early lite, 47-50; prevents the Pequot league, 90; writings quoted, 91, 97, and see "Key; " interprets treaty, 92; motives in coming to R. I., 97-9; purchase of Prov., 100, 101, of Prudence Island, 105, 362; son born, 106; his baptisin, 107; sent to Eng., 118, 158; obtains charter, 114; returns, 115; treats with Massasoit, 120; opposes Gorton, 172, 173; in Narrt., 195; Indians send for, 196; prevents war a second time, 197 ; Dep. Pres., 225; sent to Eng, a second time, 28%. 239; refuses to be Gov., 242; return, 250; Pres., 252, 261; defends Indians, 258; de- fines soul liberty, 254-5; Judge, 259; goes to Boston, 260: IIarris controversy, 262-4; mediates with Mass., 268; warns the Ather-
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ton Co., 272; Quaker debate, 360-2; Capt. of militia, 409; death, 475-7. Wills, made by town councils, 209; probate of, 369.
Willys, Mr., 336.
Wilson, George and Deborah, 265.
Wilson, Samuel, 267, 347.
Wilson, Rev. John, 22, 53, 56, 58-60.
Windmill hill, 331.
Windmill, first in R. I., 370.
Windsor, 93.
Winslow, Gov. Edward, 40, 41, 46, 159, 160, 161, 165, 193, 194, 215, 216.
Winslow, Josiah, 283, 390, 391, 403, 415, 436. Winsor, Joshua, 103.
Winthrop. Gov. John, 9, 14, 21, 22, 26, 46, 55, 56, 60, 87, 92, 105, 172, 182, 197, 225, 228, 362.
Winthrop, Gov. John, jr., of Conn., 225, 227, 272, 296-9, 300, 301, 335, 343, 347, 349, 352, 353, 378-386, 411.
Winthrop, Gov. Fitz John, of Conn., 548.
Winthrop, Major General, 520, 535. Winthrop, Stephen, 105.
"Winthrop's Journal," referred to, 16, 21, 26, 30, 34, 37, 50, 55. 58, 62, 64, 98, 104, 107, 117, 134,
139, 140, 147, 151, 152, 157, 158, 168, 178, 182, 183, 191,193, 215, 216, 225.
Witchcraft, 525.
Witherell, Daniel, 484.
Witnesses, exempt from arrest, 368,
Wollaston, Capt., 15. ..
Wolves, 78, 154, 161, 815, 393, 508, 534.
Women, Indian, 84, 85.
Wonemytonomy, sachem of Aquedneck, 73; hill, 331. Woodman, John, 507.
Wrightington, Robert, 559.
Wuddall, or Waddell, William, 176, 187.
Y
Yellow fever, 78. York, Duke of, 504.
Young, Rev. Alex., "Chronicles," referred to, 7, 10, 12, 185.
Z
Zeal, efficient, of Wilson, 60.
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