WAMPANOAG INDIANS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



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fish proved to be a grampus, and so the explorers called the bay Gram- 

 pus Bay. This bay is now called Bkickiish Bay or Creek, and it is only 

 a few yards to the uorth of this shallow bay that the shell heaps and 

 other signs of Indian settlement, before described, around Drummer 

 Pond may be found. With this explanation and a reference to the map, 



ShellHeaps rrua-Tcinq the sites of Indian Settlements . 



v i v ' &i. 



Sketch-map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 



the history of the discoveries made by the Pilgrims at this time may be 

 more interesting, and should be read among the very first books by 

 those who wish to become better acquainted with the history of the 

 Indians in (his vicinity. 



The traditions of the Indians of Cape Cod, Martha's Viueyard, and 

 Xantucket have been wholly omitted in these notes, but may be found 

 in full, together with many interesting facts in regard to the Indians' 

 dress, wigwams, canoes, &c, in a few books the titles of which will 

 soon be given. 



The fable in regard to the lignite and fossil bones of cetaceans or 

 whales found abundantly in the Tertiary clay of Gay Head, Martha's 

 Vineyard, is very interesting. These Indians supposed that the black- 

 ened wood or lignite marked the spot where the giant Manshope broiled 

 the whale on a fire made of the largest trees, which he pulled up by the 

 roots. The rest of the tradition is very interesting, but if repeated 



