A

Alexander (Wamsutta), ii., 163, 164
Almy, John, ii., 138

Anabaptists, the, i., 12, 15, 46, 105,
134; ii., 57-59

Andros, Sir E., ii., 269, 274
Angell, Thomas, i., 29, 32
Annawon, ii., 164, 190, 191
Antinomians, the, i., 43, 46, 53, 56,
58, 119-121; ii., 57-59
Antinomians and Familists, the, i.,
183

Appenzell, comparison of, with

Rhode Island, i., 162; ii., 46-48
Aquidneck, name, i., 34; purchase

of, 60; settlement of, 117–120;
secession in, 126, 127; popula-
tion of, in 1640, 130; reunion in,
135-138; seeks royal patent, 144;
proprietary class in, 157-162;
238; condition of, in 1650, ii., 4-
6; Coddington usurpation in,9-15,
21-25, 41, 42; under Patent of
1644, 17; place of refuge in King
Philip's War, 181
Arbitration, scheme of, in 1640, i.,
97-99; regarding Pawtuxet, 102;
Clarke-Winthrop agreement by,
ii., 117; proposed to King Philip,
169

Arnold, Benedict, on founding of
Providence, i., 31; 101, 113, 201;
removes to Newport, ii., 7; 28;
Governor of Rhode Island, 127.
193; builds Old Stone Mill, 151;
227; death of, 273; 277
Arnold coterie, subject themselves
to Massachusetts, i.,
procure submission of Pumham,
199-201; suit by, against William

113-116;

Harris, 225, 226; charged with
mutilating towne evidence,"
226, 227; dismissed by Massachu-
setts, ii., 38, 39

Arnold, William, i., 88, 103; letter
by, to Massachusetts, ii., 14, 15
Aspinwall, William, i., 40, 41, 46,
48, 58, 117, 118

Atherton, Humphrey, i., 203, 210;
ii., 96, 162

Atherton Land Company, ii., 116,
121, 228; in Narragansett, 236,
237; assumes Indian mortgage,
238 status under Clarke-Win-
throp agreement, 239, 240; 250,
261, 266

Awashonks, ii., 166, 186-188

B

Baillie, Robert, i., 65, 134, 173, 183
Banishment, law of, in early Rhode
Island, i., 251, 258

Baptist Church, i., 109, 110
Barker, James, ii., 127

Barnard, Mary, wife of Roger Wil-
liams, i., 16, 80

Barrington, Lady, i., 14, 15
Baulston, William, i., 117. 137, 139:
joins Coddington in aiding Massa-
chusetts, 261; ii., 127
Baxter, Capt. George, ii., 122
Bewett [Buet], Hugh, i., 10, 251
Blackstone, William, i., 33
Blathwayt, William, ii., 264
Block, Adrian, i., 242

Block Island, i., 71; government
for, ii., 133, 134

Bloody Tenet, The, i., 169, 173, 175,
176, 229

ii., 18
Boston Meeting-house, i., 44; new
structure, 218

Boundaries of Rhode Island, in
Patent of 1644, i., 178; in Char-
ter of 1663, ii., 126, 127
Boundary disputes of Rhode Island,
with Plymouth, ii., 225, 243, 244;
with Massachusetts, 226-230; with
Connecticut, 245; see also under
Connecticut

Bradlaugh, Charles, i., 19
Brenton, Jahleel, ii., 154, 181
Brenton, William, i., 126, 137, 142;

landed estate of, ii., 5; President,
107; 127; see also under Ham-
mersmith traditions

Brinley, Francis, ii., 7, 250, 251
Browne, Chad, i., 86, 97
Browne, Elder John, i., 238, 239
Browne, John and Samuel, i., 21
Browne, Robert, i., 13

Bull, Henry, i., 117, 126, 138
Burdett, Robert, ii., 227
Burnyeat, John, ii., 98, 155, 157-
159

Busher, Leonard, i., 13
Butler, Major, ii., 18

C

Callender, John, i., 26; ii., 278
Cambridge Platform, the, i., 9
Canonchet, ii., 171, 172; colloquy
of, with Roger Williams, 174;
Pierce's battle with, 180; capture
and death of, 184, 185
Canonicus, i., 29, 60, 61; character
of, 67-72; makes submission to
King, 233-236; death of, 266;
policy of, ii., 161

Carder, Richard, i., 117, 147, 223
Carpenter, William, i., 88, 103, 114,
226; ii., 216

Carr, Sir Robert, ii., 136
Cawcamsqussick, ii., 232, 233
Charles I., i., 4, 167, 168
Charles II., Restoration of, ii., 107-
110; grant of Charter by, 125:
war by, with Netherlands, 138,
139 relations of, with John
Crowne, 259

Charter of 1663, granted, ii., 121;
received in Rhode Island, 122,
123; analysis of, 123-129

263

Church, Benjamin, ii., 166; visits
Awashonks, 166, 167; 186; second
visit by, to Awashonks, 186-188;
slays King Philip, 188-190; cap-
tures Annawon, 190, 191
Clarendon, Lord, ii., 123, 124; co-
lonial policy of, 126; gift to, 146;
liberality of, toward Narragansett
Indians, 240, 241

Clarke, Jeremy, i., 126, 138, 256,
261

Clarke, Dr. John, i., 40, 41, 55, 57;
leaves Massachusetts, 58-60, 83;
helps found Portsmouth, 117; se-
cedes to found Newport, 126,
135, 144: Assistant from New-
port, 256; goes to England, ii.,
15, 21; arrested in Massachu-
setts, 61-64, 66; in England,
105, 106, 111; petitions for char-
ter, 112, 113; negotiations by,
with J. Winthrop, Jr., 115-118;
returns to Rhode Island, 134,
142; collection of rate for, 142-
145; last days and death of, 145,
146, 273, 277

Clarke, Joseph, ii., 127

Clarke, Walter, Governor, ii., 155,
178, 193

Clawson's curse, ii., 275
Coaster's Harbor, i., 129
Coddington, William, i., 40, 41;
defends Anne Hutchinson, 52,
53; banished by Massachusetts,
58-60, 83; founds Portsmouth,
117, 118; secedes to found New-
port, 126-129, 131; reunion of
towns under, 136, 137, 141, 148;
mercantile spirit of, 160; con-
spires with Winthrop, 237, 244,
256; treachery of, 261-264; es-
tate of, at Newport, ii., 4, 5:
Newport house of, 7, 151; usur-
pation by, 9-14, 21-25; abdica-
tion by, 29, 30, 41; 127; Governor
of Rhode Island, 154, 158, 177;
rebukes Massachusetts, 181; criti-
cised by Roger Williams, 182;
death of, 273

Coggeshall, John, i., 40, 46, 48, 117,
126, 137, 141, 245; ii., 127
Coke, Sir Edward, i., 14
Cole, Robert, i., 88, 113

Commerce and trade with Dutch
and French, i., 259; sea laws,
259; of Newport in 1650, ii., 8;
Massachusetts threatens, 83; pro-
tected under Charter of 1663, 129;
of Newport in 1675, 152; with In-
dians, 231
Commissioners, King's, in Rhode
Island, ii., 135, 136, 207; in
Narragansett, 240-242
Conanicut Island, i., 234; ii., 8;
purchase of, 39; incorporated as
Jamestown, 261

Congregational Church, i., 13, 132,
133

Connecticut boundary line, with Ply-
mouth, ii., 116; with Massachu-
setts, 226-230; with Rhode Is-
land, conference over, 245, 246;
trespass beyond, by Connecticut,
256; contest over, through Wil-
liam Harris, 261; Cranfield con-
ference concerning, 266
Connecticut charter, ii., 113, 116,
277

Connecticut faction in Rhode Island

Assembly, ii., 254

Conscience, see Freedom of Con-
science

Cornell, Thomas, tried for murder,
ii., 132

Cotton, Rev. John, i., 8, 15, 39, 43,
56, 123, 124
Crandall, John, ii., 60, 64
Cranfield, Edward, ii., 265-268
Cranston, John, ii., 7, 31; death of,
273

Cromwell, Oliver, friend of Tolera-

tion, i., 54, 171; ii., 18; i., 167;
friend of the " Seekers," 175;
ii., 20, 41

Crowne, William and John, ii., 259
Culpepper, Lord, ii., 263-265
Cutshamekin, i., 201, 202

for Shawomet, 198; derd from
Sacononoco to the Arnolds, 199,
deeds for Conanicut Island;
Dutch Island, and Coaster's Isl-
and Harbor, ii., 39; Harris "con-
firmation deeds," 199, 200; deeds
for enlargement of Providence,
199; deed for Misquamicutt,
227; to Harvard College, 229;
deeds to Richard Smith, 233;
for Pettiquamscutt, 234; for
Quidnessett and Namcook, 235,
236; mortgage-deed for Narra-
gansett, 238; see also under
Patents

Democracy in early Rhode Island,
i., 97, 120, 121, 125, 128, 136,
138, 139, 141, 246; ii., 10, 45;
democracy as result of individual-
ism, 53; 102; see also under Indi-
vidualism

Dexter Gregory, i., 109, 173; Pres-
ident, ii., 28, 127, 146; on Soul
Liberty and Taxation, 141; joins
Roger Williams against Harris,

204

Dudley, Joseph, ii., 269
Dudley, Thomas, i., 40, 49, 58,
115

Dutch Island, ii., 39

Dutch, the, relations of Rhode Isl-
and with, i., 143; Coddington con-
sorts with, ii., 22, 23; war with,
26, 28, 30, 31, 137-141
Dutch West India Company i., 68
Dyer, Mary, ii., 81, 82; martyrdom
of, 88-97

Dyer, William, i., 117, 118, 126,
138, 251, 256; trouble of, with
Coddington, ii., 13, 15, 17; re-
turns from England, 26, 30; begs
life of Mary Dyer, 95, 158

E

East Greenwich, ii., 257
Easton, John, i., 129; affidavit by,
respecting Gortonists, ii., 142;
160; describes interview with
King Philip, 168

Easton, Nicholas, i., 125, 126, 129,
135, 137, 141; President, 245, 256,
ii., 22, 31
Economy, domestic and social: do-
mestic animals in early Provi-
dence, i., 85, 86; houses and

Economy-Continued

furnishings, 92, 93; food supply
at Newport in 1640, 130; prices
of lands on Aquidneck, 1638-40,
138; game on Aquidneck, 142;
land prices at Providence, 1637-
38, 153; law regarding theft
from hunger, 258; crafts and trade
at Providence in 1650, ii., 3; food
stuffs on Aquidneck in 1650, 4,
5; houses, furnishings, and crafts-
men at Newport, 7, 8; inns in
early Rhode Island, 32; taxation
in early Rhode Island, 37, 277;
public improvements at Provi-
dence in 1675, 149, 150; architec-
ture at Newport, 150-152; the
Richard Smith estate in 1675, 180;
life at Sophy Manor, 255; Rhode
Island food prices, 1676-83, 273
Edmundson, William, ii., 99, 155,
157-159

Education in early Rhode Island,
i., 141

Edwards, Rev. Thomas, i., 25, 104
Elizabeth's Springs, ii., 257
Endicott, John, i., 21, 49, 222;

rails at John Clarke, ii., 62; re-
buked by Roger Williams, 67;
confronts the Quakers, 80; col-
loquy of, with Mary Dyer, 94, 97
Experiments of Spiritual Life and
Health, ii., 18

283; first order respecting, at
Providence, i., 94; Verin case,
100; Maryland and Rhode Isl-
and compared respecting, 136;
growth of principle of, on Aquid-
neck, 139; in Patent of 1644, 179;
by statute, 260; vindication of, by
John Clarke, ii., 66; Roger Wil-
liams's definition of, 69; vindica-
tion of, by Rhode Island in trial
of Harris, 75, and in case of the
Quakers, 83-85, 102; under
Charles, II., 109; as petitioned
for by John Clarke, 112, 113; in
Charter of 1663, 124-126; as
sought at Providence by George
Sheppard, 125; on Block Island,
134; as construed by the Quakers,
140; as proposed in Wayunkeke,
203; at Sophy Manor, 255

G

Garrison, William Lloyd, compared
with Roger Williams, i., 24
Geraerdy, Jan., ii., 25

Gorton, Samuel, i., 83, 101; at Provi-
dence, 106-113, 115; on Aquid-
neck, 108, 128, 136, 144-148;
relations of, with Miantonomi,
188, 191; defies Massachusetts,
205, 207-209; attacked by Massa-
chusetts, 210-225; visits Canoni-
cus, 233-236: goes to England,
239-241; President, ii., 22, 24-
26; befriends the Quakers, 85;
127, 159; death of, 273
Gorton, Samuel, Jr., ii., 168
Gortonists, the, doctrines of, i., 108,
109,221; at debate between Roger
Williams and the Quakers, ii.,
159; ethical views of, 160
Government, forms of, in early
Rhode Island: by mutual consent,
i., 94-96; by majority of house-
holders, 96, 97; by arbitration,
98-100; colonial, under Patent of
1644, 179 (Bill of Rights, 246;
legislative department, 247-250;
executive, 250; judicial, 251-253;
"Bulk of the Laws," 257-260);
on Aquidneck under Coddington,
ii., 12; on Mainland, 22; again
under Patent of 1644, 31; colo-
nial, under Charter of 1663, 123
(legislative, executive, judicial de-

Government-Continued

partments, 127-129, 131, 132);
for Block Island, 133; for Nar-
ragansett, 241, 242; Roger
Williams on the philosophy of
government, 277
Greene, John, Sr., i., 88; turns Gor-
tonist, 108; arrested in Massa-
chusetts, 197; 223; represents
Warwick against Harris, ii., 210;
in London, 258, 260, 268
Greenwich, see under East Green-
wich

H

Hamilton claim, ii., 267
Hammersmith, traditions, ii., 153,
154

Harding, Robert, i., 142, 144
Harris, Andrew, ii., 222
Harris, Howlong, ii., 226
Harris, William, i., 31, 88, 90, 97;
becomes a Pawtuxet proprietor,
102, 103, 114; litigation of, with
Arnold coterie, 225, 226, 243;
biography of, ii., 71, 72; clash
of, with Roger Williams, arrest
and trial of, 72-77; 158; private
litigation of, 197; attempt by, to
despoil Indians, 201-203; accusa-
tions against, 204-206; appeals to
King, 207; land cases of, tried,
208-210; subsequent action by,
213, 216; capture and captivity
of, 217-221; favors Connecticut,
251-253; arrested and released,
253, 254; attorney for Connecti-
cut, 261; captivity letters of, 262,
263; death of, 221; 277
Harvard College, lands of, ii., 229;
John Crowne at, 259; Cranfield
on, 267

Hazard, Thomas, i., 126

Hebrew Commonwealth, i., 120
Hireling Ministry None of Christ's,
the, ii., 18

Holden, Randall, becomes a Gor-
tonist, i., 108; 117; defies Cod-
dington, 146, 147; sentenced by
Massachusetts, 223; 256; ii., 127,
146; representative of Warwick
against Harris, 210, 211; in Lon-
don, 258, 260, 268

Holland, i., 16, 54; ii., 26, 28, 30,
31

Holliman, Ezekiel, i., 88, 109; ii.,

25
Holmes, Obadiah, whipped for Ana-

baptism, ii., 64-66; 146
Hooker, Rev. Thomas, i., 15
Hopkins, Stephen, i., 32
Hull, Captain Edward, ii., 30
Hull, John, ii., 233, 234
Hutchinson, Anne, i., 21; doctrines
of, 35-37; as public teacher,
41-43, 46; civil trial of, 48-53;
church trial of, 121-124; at Ports-
mouth, 124, 125, 132; at East
Chester, ii., 133; last days and
death of, i., 150, 151

Hutchinson, Edward, Sr., i., 117
Hutchinson, Edward, Jr., i., 117
Hutchinson, William, i., 117; Judge
at Portsmouth, 127, 128, 132, 134;
137, 139; 158; death of, 149
Hypocrisy Unmasked, the, i., 240

I

Immorality in early Rhode Island,
ii., 40

Independents, the, i., 168-170, 173
Indian grants, see under Deeds
Indians, of lower New England,
i., 63, 64, 142; see also under
Narragansett Indians
Individualism (political), in Rhode
Island, i., 94, 97, 119, 125, 141.
162, 254-256; ii., 10; 43-55; 76;
161; 286

"Initiative," the, i., 247-250
Inns in early Rhode Island, ii., 32

J

James, Thomas, i., 88, 103
Jefferay, William, ii., 7
Jeffreys, Robert, i., 137, 144

K

Kachanaquant, ii., 199, 234, 235
Key into the Language of America,
the, i., 172, 173

King's Province created, ii., 241,
242; see also under Narragansett

L

Land systems and land orders in
early Rhode Island, at Providence,