A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . sidence was nearTrading cove, now the centre of theIndian Ieservation; but the burying-ground of the royal family was near Nor-wich landing. He had conquered thecountry as far north as about the presentMassachusetts line, but became an earlyfriend of the whites, and rendered themimportant services, particularly in war,as well as his successors, the later Mo-hegan chiefs. Before this part of the state was set-tled, Uncas was once so closely besiegedby his enemies the Pequods, that hesuffered extremely from a scarcity ofprovisions, and w
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . sidence was nearTrading cove, now the centre of theIndian Ieservation; but the burying-ground of the royal family was near Nor-wich landing. He had conquered thecountry as far north as about the presentMassachusetts line, but became an earlyfriend of the whites, and rendered themimportant services, particularly in war,as well as his successors, the later Mo-hegan chiefs. Before this part of the state was set-tled, Uncas was once so closely besiegedby his enemies the Pequods, that hesuffered extremely from a scarcity ofprovisions, and was relieved only by thecare of a man named Leffingwell, whowas despatched from Connecticut witha boat loaded with provisions. In grat-itude, Uncas gave him a large part ofthe present town of Norwich for thisimportant service. There is a rock stillpointed out on the shore, called Uncasschair, where the sachem is said to havesat watching the arrival of his friends. The poor remains of this tribe resideon the lands secured to them by the state CJQ ft 55o D-. 130 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. government, and live in all the ignor-ance, idleness, and thriftlessncss, com-mon to the Indians in this part of thecountiy—melancholy testimonies of thedeoradation to which the most activehuman minds may sink when every cus-tomary impulse to exertion has beenstiHed, and no new incitement extended. Norwich is in New London county,at the head of naviaratioii on the is eighty miles southwest of Boston,and has two villafjes, of which Chelsealanding is the principal. The city isremarkable for its singular situation,which is peculiarly beautiful and roman-tic—most of the buildings being on thedeclivity of a hill, and tiie streets risingone above another, ornamented withhandsome clnuches, a towidiiill, an acad-emy, and many elegant is equally remarkable for its appear-ance of business, which is much favoredby the numerous manufactories in theneighboring co
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