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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,