. The Narragansett historical register . ne : Val. Whitman & Roger Williams all myright and interest Claime and Challenge vnto my Lands groundsor meadowes lying & being on ye west side of Secunk or pau-tuckqut riuer for the vse of the Towne of prouidence Exceptinga trackt of land about fowre or fiue miles wch I gaue leaue toWilliam or Quashawaunamut of massachuset to dispose of wchsayd land begins at the old field of wasquadomisk and whereasI have no interest in any land beiond that tract assigned to williamaforesaid only some subiects of mine lay Claime to the next tractof land beiond yl of w
. The Narragansett historical register . ne : Val. Whitman & Roger Williams all myright and interest Claime and Challenge vnto my Lands groundsor meadowes lying & being on ye west side of Secunk or pau-tuckqut riuer for the vse of the Towne of prouidence Exceptinga trackt of land about fowre or fiue miles wch I gaue leaue toWilliam or Quashawaunamut of massachuset to dispose of wchsayd land begins at the old field of wasquadomisk and whereasI have no interest in any land beiond that tract assigned to williamaforesaid only some subiects of mine lay Claime to the next tractof land beiond yl of william his tract Calld mashackqunt I doepromise to deale with my said subiects to treate and agree withprouidence men if they please before any other English in wit-nes of the premises I set to mine in ye presence ofDaniell Williams. hand & Seale Joseph Sasuman ye mrk of A Alexandei alias Waumsittou &Sepauqut the mark H of Tom wachemoket Enroled ye 22nd of Janeuary : 1667 : p me Shadracii MantonTowne Clerke. Deed from Alexander to Proprietors of Providence. 230 When the purchase of and settlement at Providence wasmade in 1636, Massasoit had subjected himself and the tribesunder him to the Narragansetts, and the original deed calledthe Town Evidence was given by Canonicus and Miantonomiin their capacity of Chief Sachems of both tribes ; but soonafter, taking advantage of their relations with the Plymouthand Bay governments, they renounced their allegiance to theNarragansetts and were released from their subjection, andthe petty tribes to the north and west of Providence adheringto Massasoit, laid claim to large tracts of lands thereabout. -In1646 a committee of the town was appointed to negotiatewith them, and bargained with Massasoit for all his right inthe lands between the town bounds at Pawtucket and Louis-quiset; the deed having been drawn ready for signing, and anagreement having been made as to the amount of wampamand commodities to be paid, the committee pr
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