 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1833 - 776 pages
...by an Indian ; of a Sea-Serpent or Snake, that lay quoiled up like a Cable upon a Rock at Cape-Jinn: a Boat passing by with English aboard, and two Indians,...they would have shot the Serpent, but the Indians disswaded them, saying, that if he were not kill'd out-right, they would be all in danger of their... | |
 | Alonzo Lewis - Lynn (Mass.) - 1844 - 300 pages
...of a buried world. Li 1638, Dr. John Josselyn tells us of 'A Sea Serpent or Snake, that lay quoiled up, like a cable, upon a Rock at Cape Ann. A boat...they would have shot the serpent, but the Indians disswaded them, saying that if he were not killed outright, they would be all in danger of their lives.'... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Felt - Salem (Mass.) - 1845 - 564 pages
...him, 1639, gave him the ensuing relation : " They told me of a sea serpent or snake, that lay quoiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape Ann. A boat passing...they would have shot the serpent, but the Indians disswaded them, saying, that if he were not killed outright, they would be all in danger of their lives."... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1853 - 480 pages
...young Lian (not long before) killed by a young Indian at Piscattaway — of a Sea-Serpent, or snake, that lay coiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape...they would have shot the serpent, but the Indians disswaded them, saying that if they were not killed outright they would all be in danger of their lives."... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1853 - 486 pages
...young Lion (not long before) killed by a young Indian at Piscattaway — of a Sea-Serpent, or snake, that lay coiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape...they would have shot the serpent, but the Indians disswaded them, saying that if they were not killed outright they would all be in danger of their lives."... | |
 | John James Babson - Gloucester (Mass.) - 1860 - 638 pages
...early as 1639 ; when a visitor* to New England was told " of a sea-serpent, or snake, that lay quoiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape Ann. A boat passing...dissuaded them, saying, that, if he were not killed outright, they would be all in danger of their lives." The existence of such an animal had been avouched... | |
 | John James Babson - Gloucester (Mass.) - 1860 - 644 pages
...early as 1639; when a visitor* to New England was told " of a sea-serpent, or snake, that lay quoiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape Ann. A boat passing...dissuaded them, saying, that, if he were not killed outright, they would be all in danger of their lives." The existence of such an animal had been avouched... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - United States - 1860 - 378 pages
...cruelty. In the Voyages (p. 23), our author makes mention "of a sea-serpent, or snake, that lay quoiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape Ann. A boat passing...they would have shot the serpent : but the Indians disswaded them ; saying, that, if he were not kill'd outright, they would be all in danger of their... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - Roanoke Colony - 1860 - 378 pages
...cruelty. In the Voyages (p. 23), our author makes mention "of a sea-serpent, or snake, that lay quoiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape Ann. A boat passing...they would have shot the serpent : but the Indians disswaded them ; saying, that, if he were not kill'd outright, they would be all in danger of their... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1865 - 584 pages
...there were at least nine families in Falmouth, viz : Atwell, Cleeves, Lewis, Macworth, Mitton, Mosier, Tucker, Winter, and Wise, of whom four were settled...Henry's at Black Point. Jocelyn left England in April, 1638. and returned in Sept. 1639. He was at Black Point with his brother from July 14, 1638 to Sept.... | |
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... amongst variety of discourse they told me of a young lion (not long before) killed at Piscataway by an Indian; of a sea serpent or snake that lay coiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape Ann: a boat passing by with English aboard and two Indians,... 
