The history of King Philip's War

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Capt. Church tho't if he could poffibly furprize
them, he might probably gain fome intelligence of more
game; therefore he made all poffible fpeed after them:
the Ferry-boat 327 being out of the way, he made ufe of
Canonicus, in 1634, gave it to John
Oldham, if he would fettle on it; which
he did not. In 1637, Roger Williams
and John Winthrop purchafed it, and
Williams gave it its prefent name.
[Winthrop's Journal i : ; 147 Letter
of Williams, 3 Mafs. HiJl. Coll. i : 165
Arnold's HiJl. R.-I. i : 105.]
326 PoppaJquaJJi (PapooJquaJ7i, PapafquaJJi,
PappaJ'qua) Neck is a thumb-
like promontory, perhaps 2^ miles in
length by an average of % in breadth,
projecting from the weftern fide of the
town of Briftol into the bay. Plymouth
Court, 1 June 1669, granted 100 acres of
it " to Mr. John Gorum, if it can be
purchafed of the Indians"; and 5 July,
1669, granted the remainder to the
"towne of Swanfey, for the promoting
of a way of trade in this collonie."
1 July, 1672, "Mr. Conftant Southworth,
Mr. James Browne, and Mr.
John Gorum are appointed by the
Court, to purchafe a certaine p'fell of
land of the Indians, granted by the
Court to the faid John Gorum, lying
att Papafquafh neck." 13 July, 1677,
the Court " rattified, eftablifhed, fettled,
and confirmed the aforefaid 100 acres
of land " to John Gorum's heirs and
fucceffors for ever. It feems foon after
to have paffed to Nathaniel Byfield,
who is faid to have occupied nearly
the whole of it as his farm for over 40
years, until his removal to Bofton in
;
'56
1724. [Plym. Col. Pec. v: 20, 24,95,
241
; Shepard's HiJl. Dis. Briftol, R.-
I-, 49-]
As to the name, Mr. Trumbull fays,
" This name was alfo given to a tract
of land now in Voluntown, Conn., in a
grant of 1681, as PaupaJ'quachuke ; the
uke reprefenting ohke i.e., " place."
Two derivations are equally probable,
and plaufible, from papajku, 'double'
which is applicable to the fouthern end
—
of Briftol, divided by the bay, or, as it
may be tranflated, ' oppofite to,' ' over
againft.' Otherwife, from fohpohqujfu
paupockfu of
or pahpahk/Jias, of Eliot ;
Roger Williams, i.e., ' the partridge.'
With the addition of ohke it would be
' the partridge country,' or ' Partridge
Point,' or rather ' Quail Point,' as we
fhould tranflate it in Connecticut. I
think the latter the more probable deri-
vation ; though I do not knoiv that a
quail ever flew within a dozen miles of
Poppafquafh."
The diftance for a canoe, acrofs from
Prudence, would not be much more
than \\ miles, and the croffing would
be in full view from Rhode-Iiland and
probably not more than 3 miles diftant
from it.
32 7 The ferry to Briftol at Tripps;
the fame which he croffed on his laft
expedition after Philip. His object
was to go up fome 4 miles through
what is now the town of Briftol, and