The Republican journal., 1880-09-23
Boston's Birthday.

was ordered that Trimountan, settlement be-
You'd the Charles River be called Boston" This
name as we know Boston has since borne and
it is closely associated with all the great events in
the history of the early colonies their struggle for
freedom the growth of the young Republic, its
progress in civilization, commercial greatness
learning and culture. On Friday last grateful
people appropriately celebrated the founding of
the little town the rock bound coast" of Mas
sachusetts Bay
The history of Boston is of interest to every
American. The little strip of land on which it
stands originally called by the Indians Shaw
nut" understood by some to mean unclaimed
land" and by others living fountains" Rawson,
in his Confessions of Faith, published in Eng
land in 1922 thinks it was an abbrevlation from the
Indian name 'Mushanwomuk Captain John
smith. when writing his history of his discoveries
along the coast of New England IN 1914, called the
peninsula Agamenticus. Prince Charles, to whom
he gave this history, with appropriate maps was
50 pleased with the discovery made and the in
telhgent manner in which the search was prose
cuted that he called the land New England For
several years after Captain Smiths explorations the
coast had been visited by vessels engaged in fish
ing and trading with the natives for turS and other
commodities produced by that then uncultvated
section When the Pilgrims landed in the Nav
flower at Plymouth III 1920 there was no perna-
neut settlement III Shawmut The arrivals
soon oouciliated the Indian tribes i'll the Old Col
ony Int we're reueatedly informed that tho Mas
sarbusetts the tribe iving on Shawmnt Raw
were hostile and were threatening the little hand
of pioneer Puritars An expedition was headed
by NYles Standish the sturdy warrior If thr Ell
H., IN tbn Istb If Sentamhar ~ tbn ,art,.
embarked for Shawmut In the narrative of tn.
expedition 1t is stated that they went ashore undera
chi' which j. supposed 70 nave oeeh Ops Inn.
lhey were lod ?! me lhula4s thal Two large
INSiS Moved lnt" tne "a! PROBABLY the INJURIES
".U =" ny "a" "a "',c atie tnls
IN - ~ ~ ny
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u,''t liN'iH "o"it nav pee" IA r5e"' wine ItOh
olid !" 'uut on1H ~ Ha'4ts W." pe stth' ne
riis H. t,'''! =. Wy na'INc
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Wy Ns 800 'l'''NH. iuc!
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Iu"u,.a - ny 800 y Ile pace
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''"'In III "l "a ny ANN"'ii'a "lINh nave
U'ell preserved
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE THE PIONEER.
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ks N'H' "H.' lHai no "IAuS q PeIIiaheI'
Se'.t''ien' ga ."e irA'Hs"'" Wa 'llIalh n-aeh
ness blocks n Boston are named after HIM. He
settled III SAawmut in 1876 or l6,,7 The first
record OF HIS presence IS found In the tax list of
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the other side of Charles River, alone at place
by the Indians called Shawmut. where he only had
a cottage Al place not tar of the place called
BidckStoUes Point" His house situated on
the southwest slope OF Beacon Hill. near what is
now the corner OF Beacon and Charles streets
roSroN'S FIRST WHITE WOMAN,
,.;. n.,,,-, ,.
tan HI history vas without doiht the frst win
woman TO set foot on Boston soil. She lived to be
ln' years Old Her portrait. taken when she was
los wears Of age, Is II possession OF the Massachu
SettS historical Society, At the age Of 100 She
told the story OF her arrival and landing at Shaw
NUT She SAID she came over in one Of the first
ships that arrived III Charlesown that in day or
l"" after her arrival on account Of the water be
ny bad, a number OF Young people, including her
self TOOK the sup boat to cross over to Boston
that as The boat drew NJ toward the shore she
iOelnE then fomplng GlrIj declared she would
be the frSt 10 land. anu accordingly, before any
one, jumped from the Dow Of the boat On to the
beach
The place vas then called lnmoun'aln, from the
three mus which appeared on the peninsula TO an
north she topps Hllj. one on the extreme east
lFort htii) and the third Beacon hl!l formed the
entire western extremity 81 the place Why It
was changed t" the name Of Boston Is left TO con
lecture as only the otilcia record of the change Is
found among Tie archives By some historians II
IS lrnlSel that the name was to be a compliment
% the Rev John Cotton, a preacher III the town OF
Boston IN Lincolnshire. England. who was about
To SAL. Tor the Ne" W orld at mat time Besides
tins Se1era members q the little colony were born
III that niue Lincolnshire town The name. as
everybody interested ID ancient history and the
names OF places knows IS a corruption or contrac-
lon from BptoPhs town, called after 81 Botolph,
a ploHS saxon OF the Seventh century who was
canpulzed a> the tuielar SAINT OF mariners.
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I"'9 I'm " lH'lIoP vas NoNeiHoi ana ihouds
.e Us VI
V IT, III u aus ~ = mac !" sHo"
1850 \ Court Of Assistants II odeu at Charles
town the l. tn Of September, 1899 1t is order
ed that Tnmountain shall he called Boston: Mat
tauan Dorchester. and lba town unon the charles
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