188 the island of nantucket. 



The fourth Sachem was at the northwest part called 

 Potconet, and owned all the little island called Tuck- 

 ernuck [page 324], which signifies in English a loaf of 

 bread, and his bounds extended from Madaket down 

 eastward to Wesko, which in English is the white 

 stone, and so on to the north side of Autapscot land, 

 all bought of him at the coming of the English, saving 

 some particular tracts that belonged to the Jafets and 

 the Hoights and some others. 



'Now I shall give some of the most respectable In- 

 dians in Wannochmamock's bounds. There was James 

 Mamack, a minister of the gospel and justice of the 

 peace, and behaved well in his station. Old iEsop, the 

 weaver, was a schoolmaster. Old Saul, a very stern- 

 looking old man. Joshua Mamack succeeded in his 

 father James Mamack' s place. Eichard Kominash 

 and his brother Sampson and little Jethro were all 

 very substantial, and a number more very trusty men. 



The most noted Indian in Autapscot's bounds were 

 Benjamin Tashama, a minister of the gospel and a 

 schoolmaster, to teach the children to read and write. 

 He was grandson to the old Sachem. But there was 

 an old Indian named Zacchary Hoite, a minister be- 

 fore the said Tashama, but he did not behave so well. 

 He told his hearers they must do as he said and not as 

 he did. . 



And there was one Indian man, his name was James 

 Skouel, but was mostly called Corduda (Kadooda?). 

 He was justice of the peace, and very sharp with them 

 if they did not behave well. He would fetch them up 

 when they did not tend their corn well, and order them 

 to have ten stripes on their backs, and for any rogue 



