Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

152 SPRINGFIELD, 1636-18S6.
suing the date thereof, tlieii we give tlie aforesaid Samuel full power to ceaze on
all our lands & eorne as liis proper right, and if that we Indians whose Names
are above written, doe ingage that if wee & the aforesaid Samuel cannot aggree
about the price of any of the aforementioned pay, then wee will stand to w'
Captayne Pynchon, & Lieutenante Holyoke shall appoynt.
Ciittonus figured occasionally iu the records. He was fined in 1660
for not keeping up his " water fence." He owned lands og the west
side of the " Greate Ryver," and had previously sold some planting-
grounds to Ensign Cooper, who, the year following the above mort-
gage, secured a record of this transaction. Cooper had himself ob-
tained Indian lands by the foreclosure process. He had taken from
a Woronoco Indian, named Amoacusseu, a mortgage in 1660, and in
1664 he received an absolute deed upon tlie Indian's failure to pay.
John Pynchon also foreclosed, in 1666, upon a large tract of land in
Woronoco, mortgaged by an Indian and his squaw. Mr. Cooper was
before the General Court in reference to the Amoacussen transaction.
It was claimed b}' Allignot, Neemp, and Wallump, sachems of
" Pochosick near Westfield," that Amoacussen was not the sole
owner of the lands deeded to Cooper. These Indians appealed, as
they had a right to do, to Boston, and the General Court referred the
case to the Hampshire County Court, which compelled Cooper to
give the sachems due satisfaction. It cost Cooper one hundred and
ten fathom of wampum to get out of this scrape ; but he doubtless
made money even at that.
We transcribe the following deed of Westfield land :
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These present writings Dated September the 29th in the yeereOne six hundred
Sixty-ffive showetli y' wee Spanosa & Poxonock both of us joyntly & severaly
have upon a valluable consideration to us secured & by these presents doe alien-
ate & Sell unto Daniell Clark & Samuel Marshall of Windsor their heirs & as-
signes one pcell of meddow Land lying at Woronoco on y*^^ South Side of y^
l?iver part whereof hath been already planted w^^'' pcell of Meddow is in quantity
fforty acres, such pcell of meddow Land, it shall be Lawfnll for the Said Daniell
& Samuel their heirs & assigns to enjoy & possess & inheritt forever. And for
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