History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654;

NORTHAMPTON.
river, ib. ; terms of settlement
proposed to Rev. Solomon
Stoddard, 211, 212 ; interested
in Boston chnrch controversy,
215; a memorial forwarded,
215, 216; votes to sequester
land for schools, 218 ; regulations
concerning land grants
and other town business, 219
laM'S against entertainingstrangers.
220 : establishes ro-
tation in office, 220, 221 ; contribution
and rate for building
the "castle." 223; subscriptions
for Harvard College,
224, 225; on black list,
ib. ; first case of witchcraft
in, 228; another suspected
case of witchcraft, 236 ; soil
not congenial to witches, 237 ;
volunteers march to relieve
Deerfield. 259; garrison at,
264, 272, 328 ; two men killed
in, 267 ; farmers attacked in
Pynchon's Meadow, 268;
houses burned by Indians on
grants lots
South Street, 269 ;
to those who were burned out,
269, 270 ; three men killed in a
meadow. 270, 271 ; system of
fortification adopted , 275 ; first
line of palisades, 276 ; population
of, 278, note : approxi-
mate limits of the settled portion
of, 279 ; its citizens found-
ers of other towns, 286, 287 ;
bad condition of affairs in,
287, 288 ; rates and their payment,
288, 289 ; women pre-
sented for wearing silk, 290 ;
men presented for wearing
long hair. 290, 291 ; fined for
non-assessments, 291, 292 ;
;
INDEX. 609
raid
upon planned by Indians. 298 ;
preparations for defence. 305 ;
Indians gather for an attack
upon, 306; the attack, 306-
810; size of garrison, and
loss
killed and wounded, 309 ;
of property by Indian attack,
310, 311 ; points of Indian assault
on. 312, ; persons burned
out by Indians, and M'ho received
compensation, 312,
note, 313 ; Indians get little
plunder and no prii^oners, 313 ;
accepts garrison, 321 garri-
;
son reduced at, 323 ; number
of men in the Falls fight. 326.
327 ; headquarters established
41
NORTHAMPTON.
at, 841 ; first case of capital
punishment in, 347, 348 ; votes
to fortify meeting house, 355 ;
votes to repair fortifications,
350 ; lead mines discovered in,
358 ; grants mining privileges,
359 : mining company foimed
in, 860, 361 ; grants land to
company, 361; tithingmen
first appointed in, 870, 373;
new way to Boston proposed,
375. 376; meeting house bell
purchased, 378 ; site for fulling
mill granted, 379 ; first notice
of malt house in. 380 ; di-
vision of commons. 381, 382;
first brick yard in, 388 ; boundary
with
384, 385 ;
Springfield settled,
new highwav t o
Falls, 886; ferry to Hadley,
387, 388 grammar school ; established
in, 889, 890 ; interested
in charter controversy,
392, 398 ; part of Randolph's
proposed district. 895 ; Gov.
Andros in, 896 and note ; obeys
Gov. Andros' laws, 397 ; rep-
resentation at General Court,
398 ; elects one delegate, 400 ;
votes for old form of govern-
militia, controversy
ment, ib. ;
about, 402-410;
train band in,
militia officers,
no efficient
403 ; chooses
405; repre-
sented in " Council of Safety,"
408 ;
409;
sued by Sergt. King, 408,
new militia officers
chosen, 409; cost of attendance
at General Court, ib.,
note ; votes to respect the will
of the majority in the matter
of fortifications, 411 ; new line
of defense decided upon, and
work upon portioned out, 411,
412 ; its position and description,
412, 418 ; much sickness
in, 414: roll call system
adopted in town meeting, 418,
419; war taxes burdensome,
419 petitions ;
of taxes. 420 ;
for abatement
highway rate
voted, 420, 421 ; joins Hatfield
in repairing Manban River
bridge, 421 ; refuses to i)ay
State tax, 421. 422, 423 ; intercharter
representatives. 42 8,
424 ; appoints committee on
road to 13oston, 424 ; ccmmittee
appointed to settle with
Mr. Stoddard, 426 ; new meth-