. Sowams : with ancient records of Sowams and parts adjacent--illustrated. es of Myles Standish, Thomas Willett, andJohn Brown, and we do not wonder that as they looked out upon thecharming landscape and waterscape at Sowams and Popanomscutt, thatthey should have selected these lands for occupation, in preference to thebleak shores of old Plymouth. As early as 1632, the Plymouth settlers had established a tradingpost at Sowams, says Mr. Miller in his story of the Wampanoags, whichwas supposed to have been located on the Barring^on side of the river,on the land known as Phebes Neck. Hither the
. Sowams : with ancient records of Sowams and parts adjacent--illustrated. es of Myles Standish, Thomas Willett, andJohn Brown, and we do not wonder that as they looked out upon thecharming landscape and waterscape at Sowams and Popanomscutt, thatthey should have selected these lands for occupation, in preference to thebleak shores of old Plymouth. As early as 1632, the Plymouth settlers had established a tradingpost at Sowams, says Mr. Miller in his story of the Wampanoags, whichwas supposed to have been located on the Barring^on side of the river,on the land known as Phebes Neck. Hither the Dutch ships came totrade with the Indians and white settlers, bringing European wares toexchange for furs. So attractive was the natural scenery of this section,the soil was so rich, and the positions of the lands as related to the Bayand its harbors so well adapted for commerce, that the business men ofthe Colony saw at Sowams their great opportunity, telling Mr. Williamsand John Clarke that this was the garden of their patent, and refusing (V « cr i»c 3 3^ ?^ r. o. to allow Mr. Clarke to settle his colony thereon. Had they done so, thefirst planting of Newport would have been on Barrington soil, and thecity by the sea might not have been, in that century at least. The Rhode Island Historical Society has made special note of thisimportant visit of Winslow and Hampden to Massassoit at Sowams, byasking the Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad directors to changethe name of their station at Chachacust, or New Meadow Neck, fromNew Meadow Neck to Hampden Meadows, and the erection, in 1890,of a tablet on the depot, with the following inscription: This Station is CalledHAMPDEN MEADOWS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUEST OF THE RhODE IsLAND HISTORICAL Society. In the early colonial days the name Meadows wasgiven to the tracts of land running as far back from the riveras the salt grass could grow. The NAME Hampden commemorates the visit of Edward Win-slow AND John Hampden to this region
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