LEGENDS and STORIES from MARTHA'S VINEYARD, NANTUCKET and BLOCK ISLAND
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VINLAND, Claudia and Cabo de la Arenas have been but a few of the previous names given to Cape Cod. As far back as 985AD the Cape had been visited by the likes of Leif Eiriksson, although this is disputed, then Giovanni da Verrazzano (1524AD), Estêvão Gomes (1525AD), Samuel de Champlain (1606AD), Bartholomew Gosnold (1602AD), Henry Hudson (1609AD) and Captain John Smith (1614AD). It was Gosnold who had the honor and privilege of being the final arbiter of the Capes name in 1602AD.
With such a long history it is therefore not surprising that much has been written and said about Cape Cod. Herein readers will find 23 such stories, collected from various sources, with origins in Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod and Block Island. Stories like THE HEADLESS SKELETON OF SWAMPTOWN, THE CROW AND CAT OF HOPKINSHILL, THE OLD STONE MILL, THE WINDAM FROGS, MOODUS NOISES and many more. Appropriately, the book is commenced with a facsimile of THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT and ends with THE STORY OF KING PHILIP, Grand Sachem and Chief of the Wampanoag Tribe.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, called "Noepe" by the Native Americans, which in their picturesque language means "In the Midst of the Sea," is the largest island on the south-eastern coast of Massachusetts. However, there are those who correctly point out that there is no such place as Martha's Vineyard, except in geography and common speech. That its correct name is Martin Wyngaard's Island, so was named by Skipper Block, an Albany Dutchman. Sea fog is not uncommon in the area. When a fog started rising the Native Americans would say, "Here comes old Maushope's smoke"but you will have to read the book to find out just why they say this.
Excerpt from LEGENDS and STORIES from MARTHA'S VINEYARD, NANTUCKET and BLOCK ISLAND
THE WINDAM FROGS
On a cloudy night in July, 1758, the people of Windham, Connecticut, were awakened by screams and shrill voices. Some sprang up and looked to the priming of their muskets, for they were sure that the Indians were coming; others vowed that the voices were those of witches or devils, flying overhead; a few ran into the streets with knives and fire-arms, while others fastened their windows and prayerfully shrank under the bedclothes. A notorious reprobate was heard blubbering for a Bible, and a lawyer offered half of all the money that he had made dishonestly to any charity if his neighbors would guarantee to preserve his life until morning.
All night the greatest alarm prevailed. At early dawn an armed party climbed the hill to the eastward, and seeing no sign of Indians, or other invaders, returned to give
comfort to their friends. A contest for office was waging at that period between two lawyers, Colonel Dyer and Mr. Elderkin, and sundry of the people vowed that they had heard a challenging yell of "Colonel Dyer! Colonel Dyer!" answered by a guttural defiance of "Elderkin, too! Elderkin, too!" Next day the reason of it all came out: A pond having been emptied by drought, the frogs that had lived there emigrated by common consent to a ditch nearer the town, and on arriving there had apparently fought for its possession, for many lay dead on the bank. The night was still and the voices of the contestants sounded clearly into the village, the piping of the smaller being construed into "Colonel Dyer," and the grumble of the bull-frogs into "Elderkin, too." The "frog scare" was a subject of pleasantry directed against Windham for years afterward.
Table of Contents for LEGENDS and STORIES from MARTHA'S VINEYARD, NANTUCKET and BLOCK ISLAND
THE MAY-FLOWER COMPACT |
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MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET |
INTRODUCTION |
LOVE AND TREASON |
THE HEADLESS SKELETON OF SWAMPTOWN |
THE CROW AND CAT OF HOPKINSHILL |
THE OLD STONE MILL |
THE ORIGIN OF A NAME |
MICAH ROOD APPLES |
A DINNER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES |
THE NEW HAVEN STORM SHIP |
THE WINDAM FROGS |
THE LAMB OF SACRIFICE |
MOODUS NOISES |
HADDAM ENCHANTMENTS |
BLOCK ISLAND |
BLOCK ISLAND INTRODUCTION |
THE BUCCANEER |
ROBERT LOCKWOOD'S FATE |
LOVE AND RUM |
THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR |
THE LOYALISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS |
PUNISHMENT FOR WEARING LONG HAIR IN NEW ENGLAND |
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE IN THE STATE OF MASSACHSETTS |
THE SCHOOLMASTER'S SOLILOQUY |
THE STORY OF KING PHILIP |
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