Wednesday, June 06, 2007

In Search of the Indian Doctress - by Margaret Bruchac

Are you familiar with this, related to Old Sturbridge Village? [Click here for complete article]

"...Fortunately, Rhoades' history has not been lost. Huntington's local historians still know the house sites, the rock piles, and the gravesites of Indian Hollow, and have preserved the recollections of those who remembered its famous Native physicians...."

And what about this? It is from JSTOR: Archeological Excavations of the Uxbridge Almhouse Burial...[I cannot access the full article]
"This is a very useful monograph on a small, 19th-century New England cemetery. ... were buried in the poor farm cemetery or in nearby rock pile areas. ..."

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