Nabadachies indians, their residence and number. ii. 24. Nagadoches. ii. 25. Nahant. See nehant. Nahigganset, why so called. vii. 75. See narraganset.
Nails manufactured at bridgewater. vii. 176.
Nain, on the coast of labrador, mora- vian establishment at. ii. 44. Namakaus indians, their residence, number, language, and warriours. ii. 29.
Namaschet, submits to king of eng- land. ix. 68. kingdom of, in new england. 27. visited by plymouth people. 52.
Namascheucks, an indian. ix. 52. Namasket, or namaschet, its indian relicks. iii. 178. iv. 268. 204. vii. 142. 172.
Namauskeag river. iii. 169. Names variously spelled. i. 164. Nanahumas neck. iii. 33. Nanamesset. iii. 75. 76.
Nanda quees indians, their residence and number. ii. 24.
Nanepashemet, king of massachusetts indians, his hut and forts. ix. 58. Nanohigganset. See narraganset in- dians.
Nanrantsouak, or norridge wock. viii. 252.
Nantasket. iv. 282. a trading house established there by plymouth peo- ple. v. 102. its tax. vii. P. 31. a plantation and fort ordered to be begun there. P. 84. which is given over on examination; suffer- ings of gov. winthrop and others at.
P. 84. Nanton, sir robert, chief secretary of state, intended for plymouth celo- ny. v. 45.
Nantucket, notes on. iii. 19. coun- ty of, how composed. 19. island of; light house and bearings; ponds and wells. 21. climate compared with that of salem. 21. 22. soil. 23. productions, plants, fruits, trees. 24. has no fire wood; cat- tle and sheep; common lands; di- visions. 25. fish of superiour qual- ity; town, dwelling houses, stores, &c. windmills. 26. buildings, ma- sonick hall, museum. 27. streets, price of house lots, number of in- habitants. 28. commerce and shipping. 28. 29. whale fishery crews, how paid. 29. manufac- tures. 31. diseases and longevity at. 31. 32. religious denomina- tions; mostly quakers; manners, customs, &c. 32. historical dates; settlement of. 33. patent, confir- mation of. 37. former descriptions of, noticed. 37. 88. granted to duke of york; purchased of earl of stirling. 85. indians. 34. only 8 remaining; attempts to convert; anecdotes and fables of. 34. 36. Nantucket shoals. iv. 232. Narlow, lieut. viii. 156. Narponset indians. v. 32. Narraganset bay. iii. 163. iv. 281. visited very early by frenchmen. ix. 50. charter of. vii. 99. 100. Vide rhode island.
Narraganset hill, tradition about. iii.
Narranganset; indians, mission to; their school. ii. 47. or niantick in- dians. 66. iv. 28. number of their warriours. 42. are powerful. vi. 67. at war with the pequods; waylay the commissioners of the pequods. 176. make peace with massachusetts. 254. conspire against massachusetts. 446. their plot against the english discovered. 449. make peace with massachu- setts. 453. and others; account of the proceedings of the english against, published by order of the commissioners. 454. sachems com- plain of the english. vii. 81. and mohiggans, battle between. 47. why called nahiganset. 75. make peace with massachusetts. 76. sometimes called king's province. 92. 99. 100. 102. 105. 110. rea- sons why narraganset should be a part of rhode island, and not of plymouth colony. 103. 105. 107. 111. indians request to be under the jurisdiction of rhode island. 108. claimed by connecticut. 110. abandoned by inhabitants for fear of indians. 111. indians submit to king of england. 99.105. and sell territory in narraganset. 105. sachems of, address the king. 106. behaviour of the narragan- sets toward rhode island; cause of their war; provisions of charter touching war with. 111. manu- scripts relating to lands. 184. sell corn to massachusetts people. vii. P. 5. quarrel at swoams. P. 58. wars with the pequots; sometimes called anygansets. P. 59. place of residence. viii. 122. an agent sent to, who prevents their joining the pequots. 123. indians join capt. mason against the pequots. 136. indians' sacrifices at. ix. 93. suffered less by disease than other indians. 94. roger williams preach- es christianity to, every month, which is listened to. 203. have 4000 fighting men at the time of the first pequot war; much influenced by roger williams. 177. 180. 181. submit to charles i.; at war with the mohegans. 201. are defeated,
and their sachem, miantonimo, put to death. 202. forced to make peace by united colonies. country, settlement begun. place of residence of the narragan- sets. 235. indians, preparations made to war with. x. 59. 60. at the mouth of connecticut
river. v. 33. their government. 33. Narraganset river, no such river known. vii. 107.
Narrative of old planters. i. (xxix.) by j. scottow. iv. 104. Narrowbiggonset submits to king of england. ix. 68.
Narrohiggonsetts, or narragansets. ix.
Nason, rev. reuben, his account of freeport. iv. 176. ordained at free- port. 181.
Nassowanno, lawrence, an indian. i. 180.
Natardin, or catardin mount, descrip- tion of. viii. 112. 116. indian su- perstition about. 116. Natasket, taxed £1 out of £50 in mas- sachusetts. vii. P. 1. See nantas- ket.
Natawanute, a great sachem of con- necticut river. vii. P. 95. Natches, indian, language. ii. 18. Natchitoches. ii. 23. 24. indians. 26. 27.
Natick indians, lecture to. ii. 108.
visited and described by j. dunton. 108. 115. manner of living; de- scription of queen; government mo- narchical. 109. authority of king; , revenue, &c. nobility. 110. pun- ishments among. 111. religion.
111. 112. pay homage to certain | Nepess lake. ii. 35.
Newbury, walter. viii. 182. 183. Newbury. i. (ix.) tenth church gath- ered at, presbyterian. iii. 114. number of inhabitants. 145. V. 17. indians at. 32. settled. 158. vii. 12. 126. petition to massachusetts general court against disloyalty, and in favor of appeasing charles ii., and the names of the petitioners. viii. 105. 106. Newbury falls. Newburyport, humane society of. i. 121.
creatures, in which they suppose Neponset river. vii. 117. 142. some deity to be lodged. 112. Netop, an indian word, signifying account of priests; notions of a fu- ture state. 113. squaws; much benefited by rev. j. eliot; cove- nant, as drawn by rev. j. eliot. 114. conversion of; early had six church- es and eighteen assemblies of cate- chumens. 115. manner of burial; blacken their faces in time of mourning. 122. assist the english. vi. 634. many of them christians. 653. Nattawahunt. v. 61. Natural history, lectures on. i. 118. professorship of, instituted at har- vard university. x. 165. Nauduwassies. See sioux. ii. 39. Nauhaud, widow, indian. iii. 6. Nauhaut, deacon elisha. iii. 17. Naumkeag, or naumkeek. i. (iv.) now salem. ii. 163. indians at. v. 32. a few people early at. 102. plant- ers arrive at; named salem. 112. Nausamund, in virginia. ix. 119. Nauset, kingdom of, in new england. ix. 27. 53. submits to king of eng- land. 68. iii. 220. visited by ply- mouth people. ix. 53.
Naushon island. iii. 16. See nashaun island.
Navigation, english acts of, are observ- ed in massachusetts for some time. viii. 71.
Navy yard at charlestown. ii. 174. Neal, captain, agent at pascata- qua. v. 89. agent of sir f. gorges and others, arrives in the ship war- wick at pascataqua, to find out the great lake. 137. vii. P. 7. 30. 73. 88. letter about pirates. v. 160. 216. searches for laconia and returns, "non est inventa provincia." 217. 219..
Neal, rev. daniel, his account of inde- pendants alluded to. i. 167. quot- ed. iv. 233. mentioned. v..(v.) Needham, topographical description of. i. 178. mills, meadows and brooks. 179. hills, produce, etc. 180. Neensquaes, its meaning. ix. 55. Nehant, (nahant,) shipwreck at. vii. P. 20.
Nelson, horatio, anecdote of. iii. 195. Nemausin indians. ii. 38. Nepeof, an indian sachem. *.55.
Newcastle, delaware. vi. 675. Newcomen, john, murdered. vii. P. 2. Newell, capt. eliphalet. ii. 175. Newgate, john. x. 24. Newichawannicke, assigned to capt. mason. v. 224. saw mill at, set up by capt. mason. 225. Newington, new hampshire. iv. 71. Newman, francis, governour of new-
haven. vi. 330. commissioner to the dutch at new york. vi. 547. his death. 557. covenant signed in his barn. vii. 129.
Newman, rev. samuel. vii. 10. his concordance. 187.
Newman, rev. noah, of rehoboth. iv.
Newman, mrs. iv. 84. Newman, thomas. viii. 107. Newman, rev. john, of edgartown. iii. 71. 72.
Newmarch, john. viii. 107. Newmarch, elizabeth. x. 177. Newspapers at plymouth. iii. 177. in hillsborough county, new hamp- shire, account of. vii. 71. Newport, capt. comes out to vir- ginia with people and provisions, who build jamestown. viii. 203. 204. 208.
Newport, rhode island, church at, re- fuse to receive messengers from bos- ton church. vi. 340. vii. 103. rev. mr. clark's church at, sends disputants to argue in favour of ana- baptists, at the publick dispute at boston. viii. 112. planted. ix. 181. 182. a man tried and condemned to death at one of its town meet- ings. 184.
Newton pond. iii. 51. 58. Newtown, long island. vi. 669. Newtown, or nonantum, afterwards cambridge. ii. 141. iii. 136. tled. v. 136. 158. people of, pro- pose to remove to connecticut with rev. mr. hooker; debates and fast about removal. 172. 175. quarrel with watertown people about a piece of meadow. 177. college founded at, by rev. john harvard. 237. name changed to cambridge, and harvard college established there. vii. 27. made the seat of government. P. 8. canal to, from charles river. P. 31. governour, deputy governour and assistants agree to build a town there for a seat of government. P. 8. 36. dif- ficulties about building; first minis- ter, rev. mr. hooker. P. 36. a tax laid in massachusetts for a palisado at. P. 56. tax. P. 57. braintree company reinoves to, by order of general court. P. 66. first meet- ing house erected at, with a bell. P. 75. tax. P. 85. tax. 230. See cambridge.
New bedford, vaccination at. i. 125. notes on. iii. 18.
New boston, new hampshire, account of ministers and churches. 176. 177.
New chester pond. iii. 110. New england, forefathers of, notions of government. i. (viii.) firmness. (xxix.) discipline of churches. 200. description of, by capt. smith, al- luded to. (xx.) first settlers of, at- tached to military affairs. (xxix.) church officers, how to act. ii. 54. the cause of its settlement. 50. 52. rules of conduct among first set- tlers. 55. condemn prelacy. 58. history of, by edward johnson. 49. account of, in the life and errours of john dunton. 100. first planters of, well situated in england; embark at southampton. 74. contempt of worldly advantages. 75. farewell of their friends in england. 75. 77. prayers for old england; passage to america costs £12,000. 77. ma- terials brought with them £18,000; artillery, arms, and powder, &c. £22,000; costs of their expedition £192,000; whole costs as much
more. 78. preservation through the ocean. 79. approach the coast of new england. 80. discover land. 81. perils of voyage. 84. courage of the women; children born during the voyage. 85. laws against im- morality severe. 100. has prayers on training days. 107. towns sup- plied with ministers & schools. 193. foundation of churches. iii. 128. attacked by combined indians. 86. sufferings of first settlers. 130. 132. 133. ships bring provisions to. 134. first planting of. 123. relieved by provisions from ireland. 138. en- gagement with the french of cana- da. 256. manner of living among first settlers, and their sufferings. 124. 125. first settlers meet with opposition. iv. 4. 20. government and doctrine of churches. 19. 20. civil government. 21. 22. the re- sort of sick foreigners. 102. "new england's jonas cast up at london." 107. history of, by rev. william hubbard, vols. 5 and 6; prefato- ry notice of hubbard's history. v. (iii) discovery of. 8. named by capt. smith. 13. originally a part of virginia. 13. 14. situation, bounds and rivers. 14. air and climate. 19. winters. 20. indians have no records. 26. difficulties and opinions about their origin. 27. language of new england indians unlike any in the eastern world. 27. 28. dispositions are kind, but revengeful; treacherous, quick of apprehension. 28. idle; drudgery performed by females; the several nations of; their government abso- lute. 30. food. 31. fertility of soil. 22. indigenous fruits; wild grapes; winter grain would not
grow in. 23. medicinal springs,
trees and herbs. 24. animals and birds. 25. first planting of; made a colony separate from virginia; settled by patentees of west of eng- land. 35. colony sent to, by sir john popham. 36. indians carried off by a pestilence just before the arrival of plymouth colony. 51. 54. indian chiefs acknowledge king james. 60. 61. disappoints the adventurers. 87. first given by prince charles to the cities of
bristol, exeter, and town of ply- mouth in the west of england. 84. new planters arrive. 111. patent. 114. subscriptions made for send- ing a colony to. 121. 122. paten- tees of, grant to plymouth people sole liberty of trading at kenne- beck. 167. attempted division of, defeated. 180. president and coun- cil of, in england, grant parts about pascataqua to sir f. gorges and oth- ers. 213. grand charter. 217.219. sir f. gorges and capt. mason at- tempt to divide it into twelve pro- vinces, under one general govern- our. 227.229. great city in, pro- posed by gorges and mason, to con- tain 40,000 acres. 229. 230. peti- tion of patentees, about to relin- quish their charter. 230. 231. agreement about capt. mason's boundaries. 231. copy of a com- mission for regulating, from lords of council. 264. patent ordered to be forthcoming in england. 268. suspicions that it intended to throw off allegiance. 272. colonies form a confederation. vi. 320. early manner of ordaining in churches. 409. advice to churches by assem bly of divines at westminster. 409. reasons of confederation. 465. ar- ticles of confederation. 467. plague, or pestilential fever, prevails in. 531. 532. platform of discipline of churches. 537. epidemick cough prevails through. 554. disputes about baptism, &c. 587. further disputes about baptism, church go- vernment, &c. 601. 602. mode of settling difficulties in churches. 608. 609. right to soil in, to be de- termined where the land lies. 620. troubled by indians. 629. success of the gospel among indians. 649. 660. mortality among indians. 656. mildew in. 642. list of ships that arrive at, in 1630. vii. P. 10.
ted colonies of, send troops against canonicus's sons. viii. 2. 3. john- son's poetry on, touching some of its sins, accidents, leading men, etc. 22, et post. ; dress and habits of in- dians. 27. 28. indians instructed by rev. messrs. wilson, eliot, may- hew and leveridge. 29. new lights in, very early, produced by some
uncommon appearances of the sun. 9. account of indian troubles by in- crease mather, referred to. 125. "a brief relation of the discovery and plantation of," to the year 1622. ix. 1. cause of publication. 2. 3. president and council of, in eng- land, their dedication to the "brief relation," &c. 1. capt. challons sent on discovery to. 3. capt. popham and r. gilbert sent to begin a plantation in. 3. 4. colony re- turns to england; project of plant- ing relinquished. 4. french begin a plantation, dislodged by sir s. ar- gall; voyage of discovery under capt. hobson and others. 5. indians sold by hunt for slaves; indians attempt to revenge the conduct of hunt on capt. hobson's ship. capt. john smith, with capt. dar- mer, sent on an unsuccessful voyage to lay the foundation of a plantation in. 7. capt. rocraft, sent to aid capt. darmer, unsuccessful. 8. 9. capt. darmer, with tasquantum, sent to new england, visits all the coast, as far as virginia. 10. 11. 15. climate of. 17. produce, woods, fish, wild fowl, deer and moose. 18. indians are tractable, unless abused. 18. method among indians of taking moose; commo- dities, furs, vines, hemp, flax, tim- ber, etc. 19. trade to. 20. pro- posed form of government for. 21. 22. general laws to be passed by the planters; to be divided into baronies, hundreds, &c.; to choose deputies. 22. trade with virginia colony. 116. good news from, or winslow's relation of things remark- able at the plantation of plymouth. 74. climate and soil; profits of english, dutch and french trade to. 100. 101. united colonies of, force the narragansets to make peace with the mohegins. 202. 203. in- dian nations in, at first settle- ment, names and number. 235. indian wars in, in 1675, 1676. X. 172.
New england medical journal. i. 120. New england courant, quoted. viii.
New england's memorial, by morton, quoted. i. 169.
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