. Historic Boston and its neighborhood ; an historical pilgrimage personally conducted. e abouttransfers. Look again in Dr. De Norman-dies article for precise directions, or ask attlie station in Newton. The place was on ahillside, perhaps half a mile from the station,and is now marked by an elaborate memorial,built by the Newton people. Here At Nonantnm, Oct. 28, 1646, In Wabans WigwamJSTear This Spot, JOHN ELIOT Began to Preach The Gospel toThe Indians. Here He Founded The FirstChristianCommunity Of Indians Within The Eng-lish Colonies. This is the inscription. Word had been given to the red
. Historic Boston and its neighborhood ; an historical pilgrimage personally conducted. e abouttransfers. Look again in Dr. De Norman-dies article for precise directions, or ask attlie station in Newton. The place was on ahillside, perhaps half a mile from the station,and is now marked by an elaborate memorial,built by the Newton people. Here At Nonantnm, Oct. 28, 1646, In Wabans WigwamJSTear This Spot, JOHN ELIOT Began to Preach The Gospel toThe Indians. Here He Founded The FirstChristianCommunity Of Indians Within The Eng-lish Colonies. This is the inscription. Word had been given to the redskins thathe would preach, and a large number ofthem met in Wabans wigwam. Eliotpreached from Ezekiel xxxvii, 9: Son ofMan, say to the wind. Thus saith the LordGod. Now, as I said, Waban means wind,and the Indian braves who could understandthought that Eliot brought a direct message JOHX ELIOT AXD HIS INDIANS. 51 from tlie Lord to Waban. Eliot says thathe had never thought of this in selecting thetext. But, of course, when it came to utter-ing it, he must have seen how fortunate was. The old elm on Boston Common as it an old print. the double meaning. Alas, that so much of such preaching seems to have been talk to the wind indeed ! Four years after, Natick—which they say means a place of hills, by abbreviation, I think, from some longer word—was chosen for a Christian settlement. The village is not where the Natick of the railway stands. That town, a large manufacturing place, is6 52 HISTORIC BOSTON. about two miles from our Natick, which isthe South Natick of the map, a pretty coun-try village about two miles southeast fromthe railway station. Here you will findcourteous and intelligent gentlemen andladies who will be glad to show you the in-teresting; memorials. First of all the JohnEliot oak. Then the gravestone with thename of one of the converts, and indeed allthe burial ground, is interesting. You hadbetter take Old-Town Folks with you andlook up the memories
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