Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-06

rdafan rom Wethersfeld, ordained in ,7ig and coptinued here in the ministry until his death in l744As The second minister, was Nr. Nath .niel Taylor rom Danbury, and the4thirl. Mr Stanley GFswold, from Torrington. eS
 Taere were suadry small tribes of Indians within the limits of the country. One ataWoodbuffy alias Pimperons; [sic.] one at Litchfeld alias Bantam: one at Salisbury alias Wetang; one at Kent, alias Fseatacook; bus the great capital was New Nilford. or Oweantanogue, there was the Seat of government as it the residence of that i1Iustrious Cfe or Sachem, Wehoramogue waose great abilities and eminalf itiluaF joined to his extensive domain, rendered him the most potent prince, Of that or any other day, in this State. and his ought to be itemized by the faithful historian, as much as any crowned head, since his was laid in the dust. His gIaxsto this y.is ,dstinaaishahle. For fur. ther particulars, I refer you to a private letter. vritts3 Ky psg r q Rsasta 4 B z frieaa f9ad among his papers many years after his death, by which it will be that he took some pains to I- struct the Indians. As to the number of Indians in oweantsnbiuh, the olapeoha atell neltRe1e kvstf about an hundred warriors, some say two hundred who lived in strict friens the whites. and went out with them on all occasions. Some years after the death Of their ASaehem, they sold their possessions and removed to Piseataeqok which is anotlser Indian reserve on the Vest side of te ousatonic riyeg opposite Kent, containing about an hundgea ssrss of-flt - efale three eT four hundred acres of mountain land which extends to New York line. Their Sachem was called Mawwe- hue, who was man of real abilities. have been acquainted with many of his decisions which would not have disgraced Lord Mansfela iIsut- s5 thay kept no records, we loose the, advantage of their wisdom, which might, in some cases, compare with that of Greece and Rome. Sometime about the 174t or 45 they were visited by &tqavan Missiona- ries under the direction of Count Znizindorf when there appeared an almost universal reformation amongst them, and great concern of 1hilid. Their whole discourse when with the Whites was upon religious subjects. and they were all baptized by the Moravians and spent much of their time in re- Egious worship both public ard private. Those Morayians appeared to! be. very pipus; peaceable and innoHensive men. They at length prevailed on most of the Indians to remove to Bethlehem. The chanae efcihate proved fatal to most df them, Gs- peciallyg the. aged. rhes rennapt discouraged by sickness, returned to Piscatacook and seemed to forget thelr religion and became indolent and nI temperate. 'Fhey are koNstast wasting away. a2
 Since writing the foregoing! have been request ed by friends to ada description of Wehordmo- que Palace, built by his subjects about two years before bis death in token of their gratitude to him.
 This edifce was bufft in tie Indian s9e and was about an hpnffreA feet ID length and twenty in bresdth., Itswsseorersd withjiark which iwasc,l- riousss wrought, anl aipheliisle5li with portrait l painting. done by their best artists. have bee | informed he had friend and brother Sachenl, in the Nerthl Nhe ike Hiram King sf Tyrp. with Ais message sent his cunning men, who with others I were employed for some months, in curious draw. ing. while others eihloysd lin collecting the
 materials anaerecting tae building Many of ths
 parks carried five or six miles on the backs o1
 Indians selected for that purpose. The paintings were arranged in Ithq following order first the : Hing and Royal family next Judges, &c., In the l other apartments were drawn, every foilr-footed beast, fowls of the air and creeping thing down to the Ant and erdrg fish Hith;mhieh they were ac- f qusnted. Tleyvebt satGto be drawn much to the life. Ny deselipAion of this building may not be perfectly correet, although believe it to be true in general, fqr, when ] vas young remembesfo have heard niy father describe it. who had often visited the owner sndre,iewed the building '"ta ss'''t7.'
 One anecdote of Mr. John Noble, the first settler When he first came tf. labor here, be brought his Gtsle daughtei Hsnaah to ,ooso his sictualai sbe was then light CT nine years old. He built pal- sade house at tie foot of the hill where the Indian fort stooa who're he lived with lis aaugter some tine, until sonle gentlemen eameE and, EeQpested him to pilot them to Albany, 100 lnes dstana:i He Lift his daughter in of squaw, fourteen miles from any white people and was absent two or three weeIsg alSa hereturAed,hs found her kspt very N ne4t "a ddeFR s4ch Ms Ha sdnalenoe inthsl l4Hfa E dians Tldss hsve 5ffsf ileafd Her fc1ate teA a She was my schooldame. Aftert this Mr. Noble removed to the side of the river and built log house. which served fore for teBlite people, h gfeat many years. The Indians had stockade fort on the, west side. To either of these forts the people ran for shelter in case of an alarm During Queen Ann's war, Gen Nicholson lodged in this hcIse {which was tic first house this side Of Albany) or bis expedition to Wood Creek, where he built Fort Ann. Pardon my lengthy details about Indian af- fairs as Ihars beealons6 6f se opnions that those who do write about them, through prejudice or neglecA do not do them justice.
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