Newspaper articles regarding plan for tercentenary pilgrimage to Fort Shantok.

April 28, 1935

Photocopy of a newspaper article about a planned march by the Boy Scouts to Fort Shantok on June 8, 1935. Talks about the Connecticut Path, an Indian path that starts in Woodstock, Eastford, Ashford and Willington and follows to Killingly. At Norwich is the royal burial grounds for the Mohegan Indians, and the monument to Uncas. At Norwich is a monument to Miantonomo, sachem of the Narragansett Indians. At Norwich Town is the monument to Major John Mason, the leader of the colonial forces in the Pequot War. On the date of the pilgrimage, various Boy Scout troups will be designated as different tribes. The Nipmucks, Narragansetts, Quinebaugs, Wabbaquassets, Mehantics and Mohegans will be represented.

Mohegan
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DOC.1935–04–28B

Newspaper Clippings

Tribes – Mohegan 1

Uncas
Mason, John
Montowese
Sucklaug
Parker, Arthur N.
Fitzgerald, James
Collins, William A.

Tercentenary
pilgrimage
Fort Shantok
Boy Scouts
associations
students
schools
trails
Woodstock
Eastford
Ashford
Willington
Eliot Rock
Squaw Rock
Alexander's Lake
Killingly
Union
Stafford Springs
burial grounds
Norwich
monument
Yantic
Narragansetts
Putnam
Danielson
Pequot
New London
Wangunk
Middletown
Tunxis
Hartford
Meriden
Wallingford
camping
sachem