Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1920 — Massasoit Statue. [ARTICLE]

Massasoit Statue.

It Is thought that the bronze statue of'Massasoft which is to be presented to the town of Plymouth by the national organization of the Improved Order of Red Men Will be located on Watson’s hill instead of Cole’s hill, where some of the Pilgrims lie who died during the first winter after their arrival at Plymouth. This latter place is considered more appropriate than Cole’s hill, as it was resorted by Indians and they not ofily lived there, but had feasts, as remains have shpwn, while skeletons of the original Inhabitants have been found. Their name for the place was Cantaugantlest. It was south of this hill the settlers first heard the Indians and on the crest of the hill they appeared so the people in the.colony. It was there also they came from when Massasojt came across Town brook to make the famous treaty with the whites. Interested persons have been looking over the hill to ascertain what It offered for a site for the monument to the great Indian chieftain, and there Is at least one open lot which commands a fine view of the bay and town.