Narraganset
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Narragansets,
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Narraganset
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His eight pending suits now include the Oneida claim to 300,000 acres in New York State, the Narraganset claim to 3,200 acres in Rhode Island and the Western Pequot claim to 800 acres in Connecticut.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the most celebrated spots: Stafford Springs, Connecticut, was originally discovered by the Mohegan and Narraganset Indians, who said the waters made them feel lively.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having occasion, on a pleasant August morning, to visit her neighbor, Mrs. Powers mounted a Narraganset, hastened away, and reached the place of destination long before noon.
From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by J. (Jesse) Clement
Bradford mentions the narrow escape of their pinnace from shipwreck on her return from Narraganset in 1623, by "driving on ye flats that lye without, caled Brown's Ilands."
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
The all-important question was whether it were best to adopt the desperate enterprise of attacking the Narraganset fort in the dead of winter, or whether they should defer active hostilities until spring.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Nanuntenoo, son of the renowned Miantunnomah, was now the head chief of the Narragansets.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
In the year 1648, marauding bands of the Narragansets committed intolerable outrages against the people of Rhode Island, killing their cattle, robbing their houses, and insulting and even beating the inmates.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
They appear to have had no sachem of distinction, and at one time were tributary to the Narragansets, but were now tributary to the Wampanoags.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
It was virtually a compulsory treaty, in which the English could place very little reliance, and to which the Narragansets paid no regard.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
War continued between the Narragansets and Mohegans, the former, led by a brother of Miantonimo, being again the assailants.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
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