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In the spring of 1631, in pursuance of the intended plan, the governor set up the frame of a house at New- town ; the deputy governor also erected one there, and removed with his family. The town was taken under the patronage of the government, and deemed a fit place to be fortified. But about this time, Chickatabot, ! the chief of the neighboring Indians of Neponset, made a visit to the governor, with voluntary professions of friendship. Gov- ernor Winthrop thus describes his first interview w...ith this chief, under the date of March 23, 1631; — " Chickatabot came with his sannups (chiefs) and squaws, and presented the governor with a hogshead of Indian corn. After they had all dined, and had each a small cup of sack and beer, and the men tobacco, he sent away all his men and women (though the governor would have * " And when people's wants were great, not only in one town but in divers towns, such was the godly wisdom, care and prudence (not selfishness but self- denial, ) of our Governor Winthrop and his assistants, that when a ship came laden with provisions, they order that the whole cargo should be bought for a general stock ; and so accordingly it was, and distribution was made to every town, and to every person in each town, as every man had need.
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