The legend was a singularly appropriate one, as Dartmouth College 

 was founded for the education of the Indians, funds for it having 

 been collected by Samson Occum, the Mohican who accompanied 

 Whitefield to England, and there stated the claims of his people. He 

 received contribution to the amount of $6,000 (some of it from the 

 King) which he devoted to the needs of the College. 



In 1892, the news spread among the alumni, "The Old Pine is 

 dying;" efforts were made to preserve it, but to no avail, and in 

 1895 it was cut down, the last class-day having been celebrated be- 

 neath its branches. The tree was seventy-one feet high, and a shot 

 was found imbedded in the seventy-ninth ring from the outside. The 

 stump, four feet in height, is all that remains to tell the tale of former 

 grandeur. It has been treated with a preservative, and is a valued 

 relic. 



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