Narragansett Bay Its Historic And Romantic Associations And Picturesque Setting
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Edward Channing calls the members of that company " anti-Rhode Islanders in spirit. " One of their leaders was the younger Winthrop, afterwards of Connecticut, and his influence, both at home and in England, was strenuously directed towards robbing the settlers of Rhode Island of their charter rights. The price paid by Hull and his companions for the Pettaquamscutt purchase, which included all, or nearly all, of the present Washington County, was sixteen pounds in money, and other consideration...s. The Ath- erton claim overlay the earlier one, covering the lands 22 2 Narragansctt Bay alreatl}' purchased. The titlc;s that this coinpain' se- cured were in some cases ac([uir('d hy a uni(|uc method. For certain deprechitions committed, or charL^cd to liave been committed, \)y IncHans, Massachusetts chiimed aii indemnity. Atherton, Winthrop, and others, Ijy tak- ing a hand in this business, obtained as security for the payment of the indemnity, mortgag-es upon Indian lands. Whether or not the Indians understood the nature of a mortgage is doubtful, they certainly made no move towards redeeming their land and the inevi- table foreclosure put the shrewd Massachusetts men in possession, if not of the land, at least of a claim upon which they might stand while making war upon the Pct- taquamscutt purchasers.
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