NARRAGANSETT  , a township of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, Rhode See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, U.S.A. on the W. See also:

• SHORE

shore of Narragansett See also:

• BAY

Bay, about 25 M . S. of See also:

• PROVIDENCE

Providence and about 8 m . W.S.W. of See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport . Pop . (1890) 1408; (1900) 1523; (1905) 1469; (1910) 1250 . See also:

• AREA

Area about 15 sq. m . It is connected at See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston Station (about 9 M . N.W.) by the Narragansett See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

Pier railway with the shore See also:

• LINE

line of the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New Haven & See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford railway; an electric line connects with Providence . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• TOWN

town-See also:

• SHIP

ship is a See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, lying between the mouth of Narragansett Bay and an inlet separating this part of the township from See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• KINGSTOWN

Kingstown . Narragansett Pier, within the township, has a See also:

• FINE

fine bathing See also:

• BEACH

beach, which extends along the indented See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast between the See also:

• VILLAGE

village and the mouth of the Pattaquamscutt See also:

• RIVER

river; the force of the surf is somewhat broken by Point See also:

• JUDITH, THE BOOK OF

Judith, about 5 M . S . (also in the township), on which there is a lighthouse .

On a See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge overlooking the ocean and commanding a fine view is the Point Judith See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

Country See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, with See also:

• GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf courses, See also:

• TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)

tennis courts and a See also:

• POLO (Tibetan pulu, ball)
• POLO, GASPAR GIL (?153o-1591)
• POLO, MARCO (c. 1254-1324)

polo-See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, on which is held a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse show at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of each See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . Many of the summer visitors at Narragansett Pier are from New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, New York and See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, but there is a sufficient number from See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore, Washington, See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond, See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville and other Southern cities to give to its society a noticeably Southern See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone . Narragansett Pier was so-named from the piers that were built here See also:

• LATE

late in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 19th to provide a See also:

• PORT

port for the Narragansett Country, or southern Rhode Island, and it still has a See also:

• COAL

coal See also:

• WHARF

wharf, and a yacht landing at the See also:

• CASINO (diminutive of casa, a house)

Casino . The development of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as a summer resort was begun about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th century by the erection of a bathing-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and the See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of some See also:

• FARM

farm houses into boarding houses . The erection of large hotels and private residences soon followed, and the completion of the railway to the pier in 1876 increased its popularity . The See also:

• DISTRICT

District of Narragansett (in the town of South Kingstown) was organized in 1888 and in 1901 was incorporated as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate township . The town is named from the Narraganset See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, a once-powerful Algonquian tribe, which occupied much of the shore of Narragansett Bay . Under their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief Canonicus (d . 1647) they were friendly to the early Rhode Island settlers, and under See also:

• MIANTONOMO ( ? -1643)

Miantonomo (q.v.) entered into a tripartite treaty with the See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut colonists and the Mohegans; but after the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of Miantonomo the Narragansets under Miantonomo's son, Canonchet or Nanuntenoo, were less friendly . Their See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to the whites was suspected at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip's See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and on the 19th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1675, at the See also:

• GREAT

Great or See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

Cedar Swamp (Narragansett Fort) in the See also:

• PRESENT

present town of South Kingstown (immediately See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the town of Narragansett), they were decisively defeated by the whites, under See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah See also:

• WINSLOW, EDWARD (1595-1655)

Winslow of the See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony . The site of the engagement is marked by a See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument erected in 1906 by the Rhode Island Society of Colonial See also:

• WARS

Wars . Canonchet escaped, but on the and of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1676 was captured near See also:

• STONINGTON

Stonington, Connecticut, and on the following See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day was executed .

Most of the survivors of the tribe were later settled among the Niantic, to whom the name Narraganset has been transferred . There are now few survivors of pure See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• BLOOD

blood .