Memories of the Indians and pioneers of the region of Lowell . ,q t4-. TH^following pages contain the substance of an address delivered several times byr. CS^rley, before different local societies in Lowell, and now published in compliancewith tSe req^uest of those who heard it, and in the belief that the history of the Indiansand Pibneers of Lowell can never be barren of interest to those who tread the dust inwhich *« The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. n ^^ ., >// INDIAN AND PIONEEH MEMORIES. When the Merrimack River wag dis- their season by canoe-loads. Next to thecovered by the Si
Memories of the Indians and pioneers of the region of Lowell . ,q t4-. TH^following pages contain the substance of an address delivered several times byr. CS^rley, before different local societies in Lowell, and now published in compliancewith tSe req^uest of those who heard it, and in the belief that the history of the Indiansand Pibneers of Lowell can never be barren of interest to those who tread the dust inwhich *« The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. n ^^ ., >// INDIAN AND PIONEEH MEMORIES. When the Merrimack River wag dis- their season by canoe-loads. Next to thecovered by the Sieur de Champlain,* in Falls of Amoskeag, the Falls of Pawtucketthe year 1605, the spot where Lowell now were the most noted forBshing facilities onstands, was a principal rendezvous of the the Merrimack River. The centrality andPawtucket or Pennacook Indians. This accessibility of its geographical positiontribe, or confederation of tribes, was among also added much to the importance of thethe foremost in New England, and num- place. The upper Merrimack and thebe
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