Note 19 — Chapter IV
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“The first place he began to preach at was Nonantum, near Watertown, upon the south side of Charles River, about four or five miles from his own house; where lived at that time, Wabon, one of their principal men, and some Indians with him.” Gookin, Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll, for 1792. Vol I.
“The place where Eliot first began to preach to the Indians, was at Nonantum, a hill at the northeast corner of Newton, nearly where Messrs. Haven’s and Wiggin’s houses now stand.” Moore’s Life of Eliot.