. King's handbook of Boston harbor. uritans at Boston established a game-preserve here, saying: That noepson wsoeuer shall shoote att fowle vpon Pullen Poynte or Noddles Island,but the s<l places shalbe reserved for John Perkins to take fowle wh 1635 the peninsula became a common, for pasturage; and Boston causeda house and cattle-yard to be built at the Point. The territory appears tohave been occupied subsequently by farms, owned by non-resident pro-prietors, who kept here servants and tenants. In the summer they some-times came down from Boston, to enjoy the sea-air, and relief
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. uritans at Boston established a game-preserve here, saying: That noepson wsoeuer shall shoote att fowle vpon Pullen Poynte or Noddles Island,but the s<l places shalbe reserved for John Perkins to take fowle wh 1635 the peninsula became a common, for pasturage; and Boston causeda house and cattle-yard to be built at the Point. The territory appears tohave been occupied subsequently by farms, owned by non-resident pro-prietors, who kept here servants and tenants. In the summer they some-times came down from Boston, to enjoy the sea-air, and relief from theturmoil of the town, which then had four or five thousand Winthrop had an estate of 120 acres at Pulling Point, and here hewas wont to set up a bush when he saw a ship coming in. Capt. Gibbonsalso had a place near by; and once (in 1643) his wife and family, on theirway down from Boston to the Point, were terribly frightened on meetingLa Tours French ship. Slavery flourished here in those ancient times; and. Great Head, Winthrop the negro burying-ground in the north part of the town had many quaintmonuments. Connected with the Bill mansion, on Lincoln Street (now overtwo centuries old), were several sable slaves; and their bills of sale are stillpreserved. There is a legend that one of these negroes buried his acquisi-tions,— a tea-kettle overflowing with silver coin, — and died without reveal-ing its whereabouts. This is the Captain Kidds treasure of Winthrop, andhas stimulated no end of delving on its pleasant headlands. Very slender are the threads of history and tradition which connect thegreen hills of this country town with the outer world. She rests quietly onthe shores, watching the grand promenade of the commercial fleets, thedainty quadrilles of the yachts, and the Terpsichorean achievements ofthe breathless steam-tugs, which, with their iron hands clasped upon thoseof the Mary Jane of Liverpool, or the Gypsy Maid of Baltimore, guideher, i
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