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The town of Cohasset, in commemorating this encounter by a tablet, has inscribed upon the tablet Smith's own words: "We found the people on those parts very kind, but in their fury no less valiant: and at Quonhaset falling out there with but one of them, he with three others crossed the harbour in a cannow to certain rocks whereby we must pass, and there let flie their arrowes for our shot, till we were out of danger, yet one of them was slaine, and the other shot through the thigh." THE TOWN OF COHAASSET IN COMMEMORATING THIS ENCOUNTER BY A TABLET HAS INSCRIBED UPON THE TABLET SMITH'S OWN WORDS WE FOUND THE PEOPLE ON THOSE PARTS VERY KIND BUT IN THEIR FURY NO LESS VALIANT AND AT CORNHAASSETT FALLING OUT THERE WITH BUT ONE OF THEM HE WITH THREE OTHERS CROSSED THE HARBOUR IN A CANOE TO CERTAIN ROCKS WHEREBY WE MUST PASS AND THERE LET FLY THEIR ARROWS FOR OUR SHOT TILL WE WERE OUT OF DANGER YET ONE OF THEM WAS SLAIN AND THE OTHER SHOT THROUGH THE THIGH
 section is best begun with Captain John Smith. Captain John Smith was born too early. If ever a hero was brought into the world to adorn the moving-picture screen, that hero of the "iron collar," of piratical capture, of wedlock with an Indian princess, was the man. Failing of this high calling he did some serviceable work in discovering and describing many of the inlets on the coast of New England. Among these inlets Cohasset acted her part as hostess to the famous navigator and staged a small and vivid encounter with the aborigines. The date of this presentation was in 1614; the scenario may be found in Smith's own diary. Smith and a party of eight or more sailors made the trip between the ledges in a small rowboat. It is believed that they landed somewhere near Hominy Point. Their landing was not carried out without some misadventure, however, for in some way this party of explorers angered the Indians with whom they came in contact, and the result was an attack from bow and arrow. S HUMAN SECTION IS BEST BEGUN WITH CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WAS BORN TOO EARLY IF EVER A HERO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD TO ADORN THE MOVING PICTURE SCREEN THAT HERO OF THE IRON COLLAR OF PIRATICAL CAPTURE OF WEDLOCK WITH AN INDIAN PRINCESS WAS THE MAN FAILING OF THIS HIGH CALLING HE DID SOME SERVICEABLE WORK IN THE DISCOVERING AND DESCRIBING MANY OF THE INLETS ON THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND AMONG THESE INLETS COHASIT ACTED HER PART AS HOSTESS TO THE FAMOUS NAVIGATOR AND STAGED A SMALL AND VIVID ENCOUNTER WITH THE ABORIGINES THE DATE OF THIS PRESENTATION WAS IN SIXTEEN FOURTEEN THE SCENARIO MAY BE FOUND IN SMITH'S OWN DIARY SMITH AND A PARTY OF EIGHT OR MORE SAILORS MADE THE TRIP BETWEEN THE LEDGES IN A SMALL ROWBOAT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY LANDED SOMEWHERE NEAR HOMINY POINT THEIR LANDING WAS NOT CARRIED OUT WITH SOME MISADVENTURE HOWEVER FOR IN SOME WAY THIS PARTY OF EXPLORERS ANGERED THE INDIANS WITH WHOM THEY CAME IN CONTACT AND THE RESULT WAS AN ATTACK FROM BOW AND ARROW
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