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CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

JOURNEY TO PROVINCE TOWN.

LETTER III.

Groton-Account of the Pequods-War between the Colouists and that tribe-

Gallant attack and destruction of one of their forts by Captain Mason and his

troops-Pursuit of the Pequods to Fairfield, and their final destruction-

Death of Sassacus,

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LETTER IV.

Stonington; cultivated partly by tenants-Indians still remaining here-Their

degraded character and situation-The perfection to which man arrives in a

state of nature-General observations upon the remnants of the Indian tribes

now found in New-England-Means of effecting their civilization,

LETTER V.

Westerly-Charlestown-South-Kingston—Aboriginal Tribes formerly inhab-

iting New-England-Their population-Number of warriors as estimated by

General Gookin-War with the Narrhagansetts-Attack and capture of

their Fortress-Gallant conduct of Captain Denison and others-Death of

Nanuntenoo,

LETTER VI.

Canonicut Island-Newport; Its Buildings, Harbour, and Fortifications-Prop-

osition of the French Government relative to the occupancy of Newport--

Remarkable Cliffs and Chasm-Enumeration of the Fish brought to this

market-Healthfulness and Commerce of Newport-Its Settlement,

LETTER VII.

Battle between the Americans under General Sullivan, and the British, com-

manded by Sir Robert Pigot-Stone Bridge-Tiverton-State of Rhode-

Island-Its boundaries and divisions-Original Settlement-State of Religion

and Learning-Common Schools,

LETTER VIII.

Helburne Woods-Westport-New-Bedford-Its Situation-Commerce, and

Settlement-Attack on Fair-Haven by the British in 1778-Gallant defence

of the place by Major Fearing-Rochester-Wareham-Proposed Canal

across the Peninsula of Cape Cod-Sandwich,