Menomene, or fols-avoise, indians, their language, number and resi- dence. ii. 10.
Mercer, richard. iv. 134. Mercer, mrs. Merchant, Merchants of boston send relief to his majesty's fleet in distress at caribbee islands. vi. 592. Merchant adventurers, the first in massachusetts. ii. 68. Mercury, packet brig. iv. 285. Mercy, william. viii. 46.
Merick, henry. iv. 240. Merrick, william. vii. 138.
Merrill, rev. nathaniel, of nottingham west. iv. 78.
Merrill, rev. gyles, minister of north parish of haverhill and plaistow. iv. 78. his ordination, death and character. 147. 152 Merrill, rev. nathaniel, of boscawen. X. 74.
Merrill, james-c. iv. 147. 169. x.
Merrill, samuel. iv. 147. 169. Merrill, rev. nathaniel, of lyndebo- rough, new hampshire. viii. 177. Merrimack river. iii. 137. 144. iv. 76. 121. v. 17. vii. 18. 66. x. 72. indians at. v. 32. Merrimack, new hampshire, its minis- ters and churches. viii. 178. Merrimack bridge. iv. 122. Merrimack intelligencer. iv. 126. Merrimack bay, french vessel wrecked
of rochester. iv. 253. iii. 66.
Merry's pond. iv. 253. x. 36. Merry-meeting bay. ii. 229. iii. 118. its indians capture families there. viii. 254.
Merton college. i. 165. Meserve, george. iii. 119. Messinger, widow. viii. 197. Metapoiset. vii. 156.
Methna, signification of. ii. 267.
Mexanimo. See miantonemo. Mexico, natives of.
mexico. Miacomit. iii. 26.
Miamis indians. ii. 6. 7. and the illinois, originally one tribe. 7. at- tentive to agriculture; their number and annuity. 7. 12. Miantonemo, sachem of the narragan- sets. iv. 42. or mecumel, comes to boston to make peace. v. 144. 145. 253. 254. conspiracy against the english; character and de- signs. vi. 446. 447. appears at court at boston; persuades massa- chusetts people that his intentions are peaceable. 448. attacks un- cas and is defeated. 450. is cap- tured and put to death. 451. with the consent of the commissioners of the united colonies. vii. 45. 46. 47. with canonicus, quarrels with ou- samaquin. 75. 76. comes to bos- ton about gorton's affairs.. vi. 404. vii. P. 59. or miantonomeh, or me- cumeh, kindly treated at boston; his punishment for stealing there. P. 64. 65. or mexanimo, troops sent against. viii. 3. or miantomo. 136. joins capt. mason against the pequots. 122. 136. 148. ix. 182. or myantonemo, captured and put to death by uncas. 202. a friend to rhode island. 202. Michigan lake. ii. 10. 11. Mickasew, its meaning. iv. 275. Middleborough, bills of mortality. ii. 261. iii. 169. vii. 142. cider. 116.
Middlebury, vermont, a statistical ac- count of. ix. 123. scenery. 124. alluvial soil. 125. 126. mills and manufactories. 127. marble manu- factory. 129. 130. face of coun- try and minerals. 131. iron ore. 133. facilities for manufacturing copperas. 134. valuable marble. 135. water; mineral spring; fer- tility of soil. 137. price of wood and of wheat at; fruit trees. 138. gardening. 144. catalogue of plants, with their botanical names. 146, et seq..
Middlebury river. ix. 123. Middlecot, richard. viii. 44. Middle ground shoal. iii. 45. Middle pond. iii. 118.
v. 27. See new Middlesex canal. ii. 174. iv. 193. Middletown, new hampshire, descrip- tion of. iii. 120. incorporation.
121. schools, professional men and Millford, connecticut, settled. vi. inhabitants. 121.
Midwifery, lectures on. i. 117.
Mills, serjeant elisha. viii. 46.
Mighill, rev. thomas, of scituate.
Mildew, in new england. vi. 642. Mile-and-a-half money. iv. 88. Mile-end cove. ix. 198. Miles, capt. charles. viii. 46. Military officers chosen by the court of assistants. vii. P. 32. 34. cho- sen by the freemen for life or good behaviour, excepting the major-ge- neral, who is chosen annually. viii. 11.
Military, twenty-six companies of, un- der massachusetts government; drilled eight days a year; each per- son fined five shillings for every neg- lect, without other exemption than ministers, deacons and magistrates. vii. 53. of massachusetts, in 1665. viii. 72. muster early in massachu- setts. i. (xxix.)
Military company, the first about bos- ton, petitions to be incorporated; petition rejected. v. 243. See an- cient and honourable artillery com- pany.
Military affairs, commissioners of, have power of life and limb. v. 164, Military hospitals. i. 111.
Mill brook. iv. 55. 62. or stony
brook. x. 65. Mill river. iii. 166. Miller, rev. john, of rowley, requested to go to virginia, and declines. vi. 410. 663. of yarmouth. vii. 13. Miller, , says the people of new england are traitors, because they have not the king's colours on the castle; arrested, but dismissed. v. 241.
Miller, lieut. viii. 157.
Miller, james. ii. 167. viii. 46. Miller, ensign thomas. ii. 175.
Miller, rev. dr. samuel, of princeton, new jersey. viii. 167. Miller, deacon thomas. ii. 171. Miller, capt. joseph. ii. 176. 180. Miller's retrospect, quoted. viii. 276. Milles, john. vii. P. 5. Milles, joy, of the first bap- Milles, recompense, tism in boston. vii. P. 5.
Mills, samuel-j. missionary to indians. ii. 1. 3. 22.
Miltimore, rev. william, of falmouth, maine. iv. 181.
Milton, vaccination at. i. 125. Milton hills. iv. 270.
Mineral substances, mode of collect- ing. i. 25.
Minetares indians, their and number. ii. 35. Ministers questioned about power of the magistrates, and their answers. vi. 396. 400. tax for the support of. vii. P. 6. quarrel about the manner of supporting them. vi. 412. meet at cambridge to consult about books opposed to congrega- tional government. 415. to be supported by their own congrega- tions. v. 304. meeting of, at ips- wich. iv. 158. about the standing council ; their resolves. vi. 387. 388. of new hampshire, list of, in 1767. iv. 78. of massachusetts, defend inoculation for small-pox. i. 106.
Ministers of boston, their opinion con-
cerning episcopacy. ii. 133. 137. agree to send clergymen to virginia. vi. 410.
Ministers and churches in new hamp-
Ministry, a learned, opposed and de- fended. iv. 12. Minks. iii. 2. Minot, of dorchester. iv. 91. Minot, john, his letter to gov. shute quoted. viii. 265.,
Minot, judge george-r. i. (xii. xviii.) viii. 298.
Minoway-kautong indians, or gens de lai, their residence and numbers. ii. 40. Mint, early in massachusetts. ii. 274. Miracle, a pretended. iv. 107. Mirrick, james. viii. 106.
Mirror of the times and general adver- tiser, extract from. vii. 186. Mishawum, or charlestown. ii. 163. Mishawumut, its meaning. x. 174. Miskenomge, its meaning. iii. 182. Misquamacock; carr, &c. decision re- lating to. vii. 91.
Misquitucket. iii. 175. Missionaries, english, in america. i. 158. ii. 206. among indians. 48. Missions to indians, probable benefit of. ii. 20. 22.
Mississippi. ii. 4. 11. 14. 27. 40. or micissippi. viii. 250. Mississippi territory. ii. 28.
Missouri river. ii. 23. 41. 42.
Mocquages indians. vii. 81. Moffatt, john. iii. 119. Mogg, a mischievous indian, killed by lieut. tippin. vi. 632. 633. Mohegan indians, friendly to the en- glish. iv. 28. v. 14. about hud- son's river. v. 33. their place of residence. viii. 123. ix. 201. at war with the narragansets. 201.
Missouri indians, their residence and Mohegan indian language, rev. dr. ed-
numbers. ii. 32.
Missuckeke. iii. 182.
Mistick. ii. 161. its tax. viii. 230. Mistick river. ii. 89. vii. 39. Mistick indians. v. 32. Mistick fight, gained by captain mason and others, over the pequots. viii. 141.
Mitchell, experience, a forefather. vii. 138. 147. 148. x. 57. 69. Mitchell, rev. jonathan, of cambridge, his character. i. 205. arrives. V. 199. his death and character. vi. 605. and epitaph. 606. viii. 98. 111.
wards's observations on, with an ad- vertisement by j. pickering, esq. x. 81, et seq. (And see index, x. 155. 158.) errours in, corrected. 83. Mohegon, or hudson's river. ix. 99. Molina, his excellent history of chili,
referred to. ix. 229. 231. x. 120. Mohootset pond. iv. 272. meaning of the name. iv. 275.
Mohawk indians. ii. 6. iv. 130. or moquawes, their league with the english. v. 33. 34. vi. 629. their number, etc. viii. 243. or maques. 238. 239. or mawques. vi. 629. or maquas. ix. 236. language. See index. x. 155. 158. Mompesson, sir giles, a patentee of new england. v. 217.
Monamoiet, or chatham. iv. 228. Monckton, general. iii. 192. 194. Monchauset. iv. 265.
Monchisses, its meaning. iv. 265. Money coined in massachusetts. (xi.) ii. 274.
Monhegan, early place for fishing. v. 105. vi. 532. sir f. gorges has a plantation at. ix. 85. mutineers left by capt. rocraft stay a winter
Monhegan island, colony at. v. 36. which is broken up; account of.
Monk, george, innholder at boston, notice of. ii. 103.
Monk's hill. iii. 163. 204.
Monponset, now halifax, massachu- setts. iii. 164.
Monponset pond. iii. 164. vii. 157. 172. See moonponset pond. Monroe, ii. 247. Monson. iv. 74.
Monstreseur, capt. lieut. viii. 156. Montague's prairie. ii. 40. Montezuma. v. 27.
Montgomery, general. ii. 237. 238.
takes montreal; arrives at quebec,
portsmouth. vi. 608. Moody, capt. samuel, of saco; his letter from father ralle. viii. 258. his letters to gov. shute about father ralle's exciting indians against mas- sachusetts. 265. 266.
Moody, rev. john, of newmarket, new hampshire. iv. 78. Moody, rev. amos, of pelham, new hampshire. iv. 78. Moody, elizabeth. x. 179. Moody, william. iv. 169. Moody, moses-s.
Moonponset pond. iv. 280. 281. Moonponset, its meaning. See monponset pond. Moore, george. iv. 224. 240. Moore, dr. of nova scotia. viii. 284. Moore, rev. solomon, of new boston, new hampshire. viii. 176. Moore, rev. jonathan, of rochester, notice of difficulties with his peo- ple. iv. 262. 263. his manuscripts. iv. 264. x. 32. Moore, serjeant samuel. ii. 175. Moore, mary. x. 179.
Moorhead, rev. john, of boston. viii.
Morrell, goodman. viii. 233. More's forge. vii. 172.
executed. ii. 102. Morgan, captain. ii. 230. 234. 236. 239. 242. 244.
Moria river. ii. 42.
Morning exercises, continuation of, referred to. ii. 97.
Morrice, william. vi. 562. secretary of charles ii. his letter referred to. viii. 76. 79. 81 109.
Morrill, rev. moses, of biddeford. iv. 188.
Morrill, rev. robie, of boscawen. X. 74.
Morrill, joseph, of biddeford, his do- nation to boston during its port bill. ix. 159.
Morris, serjeant richard, his pension from massachusetts. viii. 234. Morris, roger, esq. viii. 155. Morris, lieut. viii. 156. Morrison, john. x. 176. Morrison, rev. dr. robert, missionary at canton. viii. 167. x. 192. Morse, rev. asarelah, of tisbury. iii.
Morse, sarah. x. 178.
Morse, rev. dr. j. his new year's ser- mons referred to. ii. 169. 171. 173. 178. 180. 181. his report on indian affairs quoted. x. 152.
Morse, leonard. iv. 179. Morse, samuel f. b. ii. 178. Morse, sidney-e. ii. 178. Morse, richard-c. ii. 178. Mortality of pilgrims. i. (xxii.) Mortimer, of boston. ii. 103. Morton, george. v. 82.83. Morton, thomas, host of merry-mount. ii. 90. iv. 35. a master of misrule. a pettifogger of furnival's inn, cre- ates disturbances at mount wollas- ton. v. 103. 104. sent to england as a culprit; writes against new england; dies at pascataqua. 104. trial and punishment of. 137. 141. complains of massachusetts colony to the king. 145. his rail- ing letter to gov. winthrop. 169. returns to new england, and is brought before the court. vi. 427. his letter against massachusetts peo- ple. 428. imprisoned and fined ; removes to agamenticus. 430.662. sent prisoner to england; his letters
opened by the government of mas- sachusetts. vii. P. 30. his accusa- tions against massachusetts. P. 85. 88. Morton, nathaniel, secretary of ply- mouth colony, his memorial quoted. i. 169. iii. 208. corrected. vii. P. 83. 91. colony records referred to. iii. 178. iv. 86. 91. vii. 190. (prince's advertisement.) Morton, john. ii. 173. iv. 91. Morton, rev. charles, biography of. i. 158. of charlestown, his publica- tions. 160. of newington green. ii. 100. arrives. 115. described by dunton. 116.
Morton, ephraim. iii. 190. Morton, dr. ii. 115.
Morton, john, schoolmaster at ply- mouth. iii. 173. 193. iv. 86. 90. .91.
Morton, josiah. iv. 293. Morton, nicholas. ii. 178. Morton, phebe. iii. 193. Morton, lieut. nathaniel. iv. 87. Morton, iv. 260. 284.
Mosely, rev. elisha, of new gloucester. iv. 181.
Moshasuck river, land near granted by canonicus to roger williams. ix. 169.
Moss, rev. joseph, letter to dr. ma- ther requesting advice, books, &c. on the subject of the episcopal con. troversy in connecticut. ii. 129. 133. of derby, connecticut.
indian method of taking moose at, which are numerous there. 19. Mount sod. iii. 75. Mount wollaston. iii. 285. or braintree, or merry-mount, difficul- ties and profaneness at. v. 102. 104. people at, sell guns to in- dians; desert the plantation. 104. vii. P. 66.
Mountain hill. iii. 179. Mountain indians. ii. 43. Mountaineers indians, their residence and number. ii. 44.
Mourt, george, author of mourt's re- lation. ix. 28. probably one of the merchant adventurers. 29.. Mourt's relation of the beginning of the plantation of plymouth. ix. 26, et seq. parts left out from the abridgment contained in 8th massa- chusetts historical collections, first series, are restored. 34, et seq. a copy of, in the city library at phi- ladelphia, of which a transcript is made under the care of mr. du ponceau. 26. quoted. iii. 183. a compilation by several hands. ix. 28. 29. 73.
Mouse river. ii. 42. Mover, william. viii. 107. Moxon, rev.
poetry on. viii. 4. Mr. stricken from a man's name by way of punishment. vii. P. 35. Muckquachuckquard, an indian deity. ii. 112. Muddy river. ii. 141. incorporated by the name of brookline. 145.
iii. 203. 284. 285. iv. 101. vii. P. 66.
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