Note 1 — The Land We Live In. (continued 2)
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[Return] In the summer of 1883 I represented the Providence Journal at the dedication of Fort Ninigret, a spot set apart from the former Narragansett reservation in memory of the tribe which had given welcome to Roger Williams when he fled from Puritan persecution. I visited at the time the scene of the Great Swamp fight, and also the burying-ground of the latter Narragansett chiefs.
The following lines which were suggested by the occasion, may perhaps be of interest to the reader: