A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . rst person, amid some pleasant con-tention, to spring ashore — the first white woman who ever steppedupon that spot.^ Shawmut was first called Trimountain, not because of the threehighest hills that overtopped the peninsula, but because of three emi-nences that then crowned one of them. Beacon Hill, where the StateHouse now stands. The water at
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . rst person, amid some pleasant con-tention, to spring ashore — the first white woman who ever steppedupon that spot.^ Shawmut was first called Trimountain, not because of the threehighest hills that overtopped the peninsula, but because of three emi-nences that then crowned one of them. Beacon Hill, where the StateHouse now stands. The water at Charlestown, in spite of its name — Mishawan,Great Spring—seems not to have been good, and Blackstone in-vited Winthrop and his people to pitch their tents byhis fountain of sweet waters, which welled up somewhereat the bottom of the present Common.^ The settlement was fairlybegun before the first of September, and on the 7th of that month 1 Memoir of Robert Clap. Youngs Chronicles, chap, xviii. The place was called Dor-chester Neck, till early in the present century, when it was annexed to Boston, and has eversince been called South Boston. 2 Old Landmarks of Boston, by S. G. Drake. 3 Ibid. Settlementat Boston. 1631.] ROGER WILLIAMS. 533. Old Houses, Boston, England. it was ordered at a court held at Charlestown, that the place shouldbe called Boston, from the old home of many of these people inLincolnshire, England. Blackstone claimed to own the whole peninsula, as he was the firstwhite man who had ever occupied it. But title of occupation was heldnot to be good against title by grant from the king of England. TheCojnpany, however, was notdisposed to deal ungenerouslywith him, and before he pushedout again into the wilderness,annoyed by too crowded a pop-ulation, they allowed him aboutone sixth of the territory, andafterward bought it of him forthirty pounds. Blackstone wasan Episcopalian in faith, as wellas a man of a particular hu-mor. He would not acceptfellowship in
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