Worcester legends : incidents, anecdotes, reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity . South Church and City Hall 1828. w^GcsrcR LCGCNBS INCIDENTS, ANECDOTES, REMINISCENCES, ETC., CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY HISTORY OF ,WORCESTER, MASS., AND VICINITY. COMPILED BY WILLIAM A. EMERSON, CORRECTED BY FRANKLIN P. RICEAND PUBLIsi^ED BY DEN HOLM & McKAY CO. COPYRIGHT WILLIAM A. EMERSON. LIBRARY of CONGRESSTwo Copies RMevcd DEC 26 1905 Cnuyrislit Entry CLASS a. nxc. No. COPY B. INDIAN REMINISCENCES. lUST when the first settler located in Worcester isnot
Worcester legends : incidents, anecdotes, reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity . South Church and City Hall 1828. w^GcsrcR LCGCNBS INCIDENTS, ANECDOTES, REMINISCENCES, ETC., CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY HISTORY OF ,WORCESTER, MASS., AND VICINITY. COMPILED BY WILLIAM A. EMERSON, CORRECTED BY FRANKLIN P. RICEAND PUBLIsi^ED BY DEN HOLM & McKAY CO. COPYRIGHT WILLIAM A. EMERSON. LIBRARY of CONGRESSTwo Copies RMevcd DEC 26 1905 Cnuyrislit Entry CLASS a. nxc. No. COPY B. INDIAN REMINISCENCES. lUST when the first settler located in Worcester isnot positively known, but previous to 1674 oneperson, Ephraim Curtis from Sudbury, settled uponhis claim, situated on what is now Lincoln settlers soon followed, among the more notedof whom were Captain Daniel Gookin of Cam-bridge, Daniel Henchman of Boston, ThomasPrentice of Woburn, and Lieutenant Richard Beersof Watertown. Previous to the advent of the whites PakachoagHill, near where the College of the Holy Cross now stands, was the seat,or headquarters, of a tribe of about one hundred Nipmuck Indians, under. Sagamore John ; another tribe of about thesame number occupied Tatnuck Hill, underSagamore Solomon. Until the breaking outof King Philips War these sons of the forestseem to have lived on the most pacific termswith the white settlers, and under the in-fluence of that distinguished apostle to theIndians, John Eliot, many of them had madeconsiderable advance in civilization, and somehad professed Christianity. Here the}- pur-sued their rude arts of husbandry and predatory life combined, evidenceof which is conclusively shown in the numerous Indian relics exhumed fromtime to time. Under these favorable circumstances a permanent settlementwas rapidly being made, when, in the summer of 1675, the war instigatedby King Philip, in Plymouth Colony, spread to Massachusetts Colony,worcesterlegends00eme
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