. History of the town of Princeton, in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1759-1915. k of the savages uponLancaster town, the capture of Mrs. Rowlandson, and herweary journeyings for months, ending at Wachusett,where her release was accomplished, has been repeatedagain and again, until every schoolboy in the town, atleast, has it at his tongues end. Occasionally there is to be found in the early records ofthe Colony and in the histories of the Indian tribes andtheir wars, a reference to the hill, the Sachems of theWachusetts, the Waushacums, etc., but the field has been
. History of the town of Princeton, in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1759-1915. k of the savages uponLancaster town, the capture of Mrs. Rowlandson, and herweary journeyings for months, ending at Wachusett,where her release was accomplished, has been repeatedagain and again, until every schoolboy in the town, atleast, has it at his tongues end. Occasionally there is to be found in the early records ofthe Colony and in the histories of the Indian tribes andtheir wars, a reference to the hill, the Sachems of theWachusetts, the Waushacums, etc., but the field has beenso thoroughly gleaned by others, that there is little ornothing new to offer here. Could its unwritten historybe told, what a record would there be, of quiet Indian life,of the hunt and the dance, of Councils of war, of secretplottings and perhaps of cruel butcheries of innocentvictims. The fires of the Indian have long since been extin-guished, and the hill, once a resort of the aboriginaltribes, has become a resort of the lover of beautifulscenery, the seeker after health, and even the fashionable 324. O O fa EhHH o z o H W o s faO Wachusett Legends 325 boarder who idles away the hours, without a thought ofthe Redman or a care for Hfes duties. In 1762 a valuation of £50 was put upon the hill by theProvince authorities, but an attempt to make sale of itproved unsuccessful (see Potash Farm, page 54). In 1765 Mr. Eliphalet How, representing himself inlow circumstances asked the Court for a grant of thehill, and at the same time Mr. Robert Keyes petitionedfor Ye easterly half of said Wachusett hill. The Houseacting upon the two petitions together, ordered that thehill be granted unto the petitioners in equal halves. Theeasterly half thereof to the said Keyes, and the westerlyhalf to the said Eliphalet How &c. unfortunately howeverfor both, the Council refused to concur in this action andthe petition was dismissed. In 1767 Rev. Timothy Fuller, the first settled ministerof the tow
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