. A history of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in three parts : I. An account of the development of the social and industrial life of the town from its first settlement. II. The houses and homes of Hatfield, with personal reminiscences of the men and women who have lived there during the last one hundred years; brief historical accounts of the religious societies and of Smith Academy; statistical tables, etc. III. Genealogies of the families of the first settlers. apawonk brook ofIndian times, has changed its winding course to any appre-ciable extent since the first coming of the white
. A history of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in three parts : I. An account of the development of the social and industrial life of the town from its first settlement. II. The houses and homes of Hatfield, with personal reminiscences of the men and women who have lived there during the last one hundred years; brief historical accounts of the religious societies and of Smith Academy; statistical tables, etc. III. Genealogies of the families of the first settlers. apawonk brook ofIndian times, has changed its winding course to any appre-ciable extent since the first coming of the white of the swamps have been drained by the residents ofthe town and some ponds created by artificial means. The clearing of forests was not a part of the work ofthe first settlers in preparation for establishing themselvesin their new homes, for the meadows and uplands were keptfree from underbrush and to a large extent of trees by theannual burnings by the Indians every November to checkthe growth of brush so that they could get about moreeasily to hunt and fish and to have cleared land for culti-vation. The fires once started were allowed to burn them-selves out and consumed the young forest growth for miles HISTORY OF HATFIELD. around. It is doubtful if there was much timber withinthe present boundaries of the township, a reason for thespecification in the Indian deeds of the right to cut treesfor use. The forest growth now covering- the hills at the. A View in the Meadows. west of the town and parts of the plains is of comparativelyrecent development. The early settlers made stringent regulations againstthe unnecessary felling of any tree and the town of Hatfield HISTORY OF HATFIELD. 3/ voted in 1671, the year after its incorporation, that no manshould seil clapboards, shingles, or rails out of town, andcoopering stuff was not to be delivered out of town unlessmade into casks. For white pine in any quantity they hadto go as far as Northfield. Pine and chestnut and othersoft woo
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