The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-01-04

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and made by each party referring to the
controversy before them, and after mature
advisement came to the following Resolu-
tions.-That there is not any one Evidence
proving that the water between the main
Land on he East, and Rhode Island on
the West was ever at any time called Mar
ragansett River.
That tho there be Evidence that the
Place where the Indian called King Phillip
land near Bristol was called Pauconoket,
and thai another place near Swansey wa
called Sowans or Sowahset, yet no Eyi.
dence has been produced of the Extent of
the Pnuconoket country to Seaconk or Paw
tucket River as it runs TO the Line of the
late Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, That
tho there be some Evidence that the In
dians at enmity with King Phillip or with
other Indians in amity with him lived on
the West side of the said River, and that
the Indians subject to King Phillip or in
amity with him lived on the East side OF
the said River, there is no Evidence that all
the Indians Subjects TO or in amity with
King Philip lived in the Pauconoket Coun-
try
That the Province not having Produced
the Letters Patent, constituting the Com
sci of Plymouth nor any Copy thereof, the
recital of the said Letters Patent, in the
Deed from the Council of Plymouth to
Bradford and his associates, is not sufiic-
lent Evidence against the Kings Charter
That the Council of Plymouth, being a
Corporation, could not create another Cor
poration and that no Jurisdiction, within
the Kings Dominions in America, can be
held by Prescription, or on the foot of Pre-
scription, That the Determination of the
Boundarys the Colony of Rhode Island
and New Plymouth, by the Kings Com
missioners in the year 1864, appears to
have been only n Temporary Order, for
Preserving the Peace on the Borders o.
both Colonys, without determining III,
Rights and Titles of eilher-Upon the
whole, nothing appears whereby the Colony
of Rhode Island and Providence Planta-
ton. can be barred or hindcred from ex-
tending their Jurisdiction, Eastward, tow
ards the Province of the Massachusetts
Bay according to the true intend and
meaning of their Charter-But some Dis
pute having arisen between The partys as to
the construction and meaning thereof, the
Court is Of Opinion, That the Narragan. .
sett Bay is, and extendeth itself from Point
Judith on the West, to Seaconet Point on
the East, and including the Islands therein,
layeth, or extendeth itself, unto the mouth
of the River which runneth Towards the
Town of Providence, and that as it so lies,
or extends it has aud may be considered as
having, one Eastern side, as The Eastern
Coast of the said Bay runs up Norherly,
from Seaconet Point,-And one other
North Eastern side, from near Mount Hope
TO BulIocks Neck, as the said Bay runs up
North Westerly, towards the Town of Prov
idence-and that the Land, adjacent to the
said North Eastern and Eastern Coasts, and
included within the following Lines and the
said Bay, are within tho Jurisdiction of the
Colony of Rhode Island, vizt.-On the
North East side Of the said Bay, One Line
running from the South West Corner OF
Bullocks Neck, North East three miles,
OIe other Line running from the North
East Extremity of said Line, until it be ter
minated by Line, three miles North East,
from the North Eastermost part of the Bay,
on the West side Of Runstick Neck, and
one other Line from the Determination OF
the last Line to the Bay, at or near Towos-
ct Neck, running so that it touch the North
East Extremity Of a Line, running three
miles, North East, from the North Fast
Corner Of Bristol Harbour, and, on the
Eastern side Of the said Bsy,-One Line
from a certain Point, on the said Eastern
Side of the said Bay, opposite to the South
ermost part Of Shawouet Neck, and -Four
hundred and Forty Rod to the Southwark
of the mouth Of Fall River, running, East,
three miles, One other Line, running from
the Eas,ermost Extremity of the said Line,
till j, be terminated by the Eastermost end
Of a line, three Miles East, from the Easter
most part Of Cove, ia the said Bay, which
is to the Southward Of Nanequaket,-And
one other Line, from the Determination Of
the las, line, to the Sea running on such
/ Course as to be three Miles, East from the
pas,crmost mart Of the Bay, adjoining 10