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river, but have now entirely disappeared. Large 

 quantities of shad, however, are still taken. 



The city of Hartford is the principal city in the 

 State of Connecticut ; it is situated on the west bank 

 of Connecticut river, fifty miles from its mouth. It 

 contains a population of 17,000. Its Indian name 

 was Suckiag. 



A company of Dutch traders settled at Hartford in 

 1633, who opposed the first English Settlement, but 

 afterwards relinquished their claim. Hartford was 

 first settled by the English in 1635, by John Steel and 

 his associates, from Newtown (now Cambridge) Mas- 

 sachusetts. The main body of the first settlers, with 

 the Rev. Mr. Hooker at their head, arrived at Hart- 

 ford from Newtown the following year. The emigrants 

 numbered about one hundred, men, women and 

 children, who pushed their way over mountains, 

 through forests, swamps, and rivers, with one hundred 

 and sixty head of cattle. They subsisted chiefly by 

 the way on the milk of their cows. Many of those 

 persons were entire strangers to fatigue and danger, 

 having lived in England in honor, affluence, and 

 luxury. 



Hartford was incorporated in 1784. It is one hun- 



