Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-05-06
JOE AND MoE3Y.
"No' monument, no sign. I"

u HOMO"H"teHt, TO StyH'
r. Vermont ought to cherish and hone
, the memory of Joe and Molly. One rel
o son for this us that when the people {
: New England first began to penetrate Ii
&C valley Of Lake Memphremagog and II
}. upper valleys Of the Missi-quOi river,
e establish new homes in the dismal fOres
: beyond the convenienees of dense popu
lation, the intelligence aud kindness
the artistic manipulations and medicina
skill of Molly and Joe. whose abode wa
then in that region. were very accept
able aid and convenience. The beautiful
valley of the Lamoille river was Also "a
miliar to these two Indians in their wan
defihgs and temporary abode before an d
after thecCmfug of the whites, and theil
little 'trdfhtkings with the early settlers
wete amutual accommodation and benefit.
| A very few Of the old people of the val
ley remember them, aud were old enough,
when they saw them, to have an under
standing knowledge Of them and to re-
member some Of their sayings and doings.
Many others have q traditlonary KnUwl.
edge of them. and even the children know
something in this way. But these, like
other traditions, may not all be reliable.
Trivial anecdotes concerning them are
Familiarity remem bered. such as Joe's wit.
ty answer to Thomas Taylor of Wolcott
about the price of drink of rum and
the equally apt manner of disposiug of
remark about his costume when climbing
up the ladder to sleep by the side of the
warm chimney at Seth hubbclls in Vol |
colt, aud now Ire missed tire chance of
shooting at beaver; and how Joe and
Molly, WREN both were excited to merri
ment with ~hiskey, would boast over
each other about the nobility Of their an.
ccstors.
Persons who are not classcd among the
old remember the log canoe that Joe made
and used in WoIcott pond. for it coutin.
ued in use for fishing boat to about
S33 and perhaps later. The late DR..
Hutton of Hydcpaik had we'll preserved
umkim that Molly made; and Mrs. John
D. Patterson. of Wolcott House, Wolcott.
las water vessel that serves the purposel
If pail, ingeuiously constructed of enc
'iece of bark, that was made by either
Zoe or Molly. These and other relics OF ,
he worthy old couple, if not designed
or perpetual heirlooms, would be gladly
eceiVed for preservation by the Vermont
historic Society.
But the chief Object in making these
Illusions to Joe and Molly is to suggest
hat it is desirable that whatever is ;
noSn of them that has not been printed
hould be communicated to the press, and +
$ subject of some interest in our civil
istory, the sites Of their wigwams should !,
g in some way recorded and pelpctuated n
memory. The suggestion isapplIcable \
the country at large; but locally, it is 7
opposed that in the valley Of fhe La q
ollie, and perhaps on the bordering 3
there are a mum Der Of places %
here Joe had temporary hunting lodge.
ID perhaps few where Molly /,
aid with him or awaited bis return u
'm trapping excursion. Probably RI
rsons are now living who can go to o.
e place and point out the spot where
wigwam stood at the great OIL Bow
Morristown; auother on the meadow A
ar Hubbelfs Hotel in Wolcott another la
f. Wolcott pond another between the al
ligo ponds; another down the gulf al
ward Hardwick. and perhaps others CO
If they had such places Of temporary ly
ode, it would be pleasure to the old rc
oplc who know where they stood to #
int out the spots to the young. And W
'uld it not be pleasure to the young Xxi
no live conveniently near, to mark them Fl
til hoarstone and brief inscription or al
me other suitable and enduring monu. Il
ent? MErIc. "
May, 1868.