. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . sland verymuch washed away on all sides. Long Island Head, on which thelight-house is now situated, is seen on the right of Nixs Island then stretches away on the left, showing the covewhere the fishermen now are, which is fringed with trees in thisengraving. To the right of Lon« Island Head is seen the hills ofDorchester and Iioxbury, and the town of Boston. There is astory connected with this island, that the mate of a certain Cap-tain Nix was executed on it for the killing of his master; and thathe, to the time of his death, insisted upon hi
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . sland verymuch washed away on all sides. Long Island Head, on which thelight-house is now situated, is seen on the right of Nixs Island then stretches away on the left, showing the covewhere the fishermen now are, which is fringed with trees in thisengraving. To the right of Lon« Island Head is seen the hills ofDorchester and Iioxbury, and the town of Boston. There is astory connected with this island, that the mate of a certain Cap-tain Nix was executed on it for the killing of his master; and thathe, to the time of his death, insisted upon his innocence, and toldthe hangman that, in proof of it, the island would be washed island was used for many years for the execution and burial ofpirates. Captain Frye and others were gibbeted on this island asa warning and spectacle to others, especially seafaring men. Therewas once land enough on this island to answer for pasturage groundand less than a hundred years back the island was used for the pur-pose of grazing 180 AXTIOVE VIEWS OF BOSTON. THE CASTLE. Very soon after the settlement of Boston, the civil authoritiesbegan to consider the question of erecting defenses in the harbor,in addition to the fort on Fort Hill. July 21), 1034, GovernorDudley and his Council repaired to Castle Island, with diversMinisters and others, and there agreed upon erecting two plat-forms and one small fortification, and the Deputy-Governor, , was appointed to oversee the work. This was the tirstfortification erected on the island, but in after years it was allowedto go to decay, and was abandoned. In the year 1043, the inhabitants of Boston experienced greatalarm and mortification in having their weakness exposed to theobservation of a foreign power. This was caused by the unex-pected arrival of a French armed ship, under La Tour. lie, how-ever, came on a friendly mission, he and his company being FrenchProtestants. It was observed at the time that, had this been ah
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