The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . o express ; our loves. Theexpression in this form might be intelligible, but it would cer-tainly be lengthy. ••Our question took fifty letters, andother simple words and phrases in proportion. There ispoint in Cotton Mathers back reading of Eliots name,T o i 1 e. When Eliot first entered upon this unpromisingfield of labor, there were nearly twenty tribes of Indianswithin the limits of the English planters, all bearing a strongresemblance t
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . o express ; our loves. Theexpression in this form might be intelligible, but it would cer-tainly be lengthy. ••Our question took fifty letters, andother simple words and phrases in proportion. There ispoint in Cotton Mathers back reading of Eliots name,T o i 1 e. When Eliot first entered upon this unpromisingfield of labor, there were nearly twenty tribes of Indianswithin the limits of the English planters, all bearing a strongresemblance to each other in language, manners, and religion,lie was violently opposed by the sachems and pawwaws, orpriests, who were apprehensive that the introduction of a newreligion would be the means of their losing their 178 PREACHES TO THE INDIANS. Once when alone with them in the wilderness, they commandedhim to desist from his labors on peril of his life, but he calmlyreplied, • I am about the work of the great God, and he iswith me, so that I neither fear you nor all the sachems in thecountry. I will 20 on. You touch me if von ELIOT PREACHING. The opening scene of this memorable mission at Nonantum,an Indian word signifying rejoicing, is best given in Eliotsown language : — Upon Oct. 28, 1616, four of us [Eliot, Gookin, ami Heath ofKoxbury, ami Rev. Thos. Shepard, of Cambridge] went unto theIndians inhabiting within our bounds, with desire to make knownthe things of their peace to them. A little before we came to theirwigwams, five or six of the chief of them met us with English salu-tations bidding us much welcome. We found many more Indians,men, women, and children, gathered together from all quarters roundabout according to appointment to meet with us and learue of , the chief minister of justice among them exhorting andinviting them before thereunto, being one who gives more groundedhopes of serious respect to the things of God than any t
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