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appointed assistant to Father McDermott, and in
181i built and had charge of St. Peter's Church,
on Gorham Street. Father McDermott purchased
the church on the corner of Lowell and Sutiblk
streets, which was built by the Baptists; it was
dedicated in 1847, and called St. Mary's. Father
Tucker, after a brief pastorate at St. Patrick's, was
succeeded by Fathers Timothy and John O'Brien.
The old building was removed; the new church
was erected by these clergymen, and dedicated Oc-
tober, 1854. Rev. Michael O'Brien, the present
pastor, is assisted by Rev. William and Rev. Wil-
liam M. O'Brien. St. Mary's Church is a mission
attached to St. Patrick's Church. Father Campbell
is the oiliciating priest.
The Academy of Notre Dame, on Adams Street,
is under the care of the Sisters of Notre Dame. A
free school for six hundred and fifty pupils, and a
boarding school for one hundred pupils, is main-
tained, under the charge of nearly thirty teachers.
St. Peter's Church, Gorham Street. — Rev.
James Conway, who came to Lowell as assistant
to Father McDermott in 1839, secui-ed a lot of
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N 1620 Ralph Sprague and his
brethren, who had recently land-
ed at Salem, passing through
the country on the easterly bank
of the Mystic River, found it
" an uncouth mlderness " and
" lull of stately timber." Its
nihibitaiits, a rwnuant of the
iiiKi powerful tribe of the Paw-
tutkt ts, were under the nominal
lule of Wonohaquaham, or Sag-
amore John, a chief " of gentle and good disposi-
tion," whom Thomas Dudley described as " a handsome
young man, conversant with us, affecting
English apparel and houses, and speaking well of
our God." He dwelt ujion the creek which runs
from the marslies between Powder-Horn Hill and
Winnisimmet into the Mystic at Sweetser's or
Beacham's Point, in Everett. His tribe, at the
dawn of authentic history, were led bv the Sachem
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land, in August, 1841, on the corner of Gorham
and Appleton streets. On this he built tlie brick
church, still standing, known as St. Peter's Church.
It was dedicated October 16, 184-2. In March,
1847, Father Conway was succeeded by Rev. Peter
Crudden, the present incumbent, who is assisted by
Rev. John Ryan.
St. Peter's School and Orphan Asylum occupies
the former residence of the agent of the Hamilton
Manufacturing Company, on Appleton Street. It
was established in 1866.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception was
dedicated June 10, 1877, and is under the charge of
Rev. James McGrath, assisted by Rev. E. A'an Laar.
St. Joseph's Church, Lee Street, was established
by the Society of Oblates for Poor Missions for
the French Catholics. This church was built by
the Second Unitarian Society, and sold to the
Catholics in May, 1868, for $11,500. The pur-
chasers added galleries at an expense of $1,500;
bought more land for $:J,800, and made an addi-
tion that cost $16,000. Fathers Garin and Four-
nier have charge of the mission.
P. COREY.
Nanapashemet, who lived on the borders of the
wide marshes which stretch from the easterly portion
of Maiden through Revere to the sea. From
the Atlantic to the Connecticut River the savage
tribes owed him a rude allegiance ; but the com-
bined attacks of the Tarratines, whom Mr. Lewis
styled the " Goths and Vandals of aboriginal New
England," and the plague, which Thomas Morton
of Merry Mount called " the hand of God," reduced
his tribe to a feeble remainder. He retired from the
banks of Rumney Marsh to a hill near the headwaters
of the Mystic, where he was slain in 1619
by his old enemies the Tarratines.
After the death of Nanapashemet and the retirement
of the Tarratines, his people again gathered
around the Mystic and Rumney Marsh under the
general government of his widow, the Squaw Sachem,
and the local rule of his sons, Wonohaquaham
and Montowampate, or Sagamore James of
Saugus. The Squaw Sachem appears to liave been