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The splinters and wrecks of two and a half centuries have strewn the beaches, and many a corpse, far from its native land, has been found, wrapped in a shroud of seaweed upon the sand, and has been lowered by alien hands into a forever unmarked grave. THE SPLINTERS AND WRECKS OF TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES HAVE STREWN THE BEACHES AND MANY A CORPSE FAR FROM ITS NATIVE LAND HAS BEEN FOUND WRAPPED IN A SHROUD OF SEAWEED UPON THE SAND AND HAS BEEN LOWERED BY ALIEN HANDS INTO A FOREVER UNMARKED GRAVE
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. 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." History follows fast along the ledges: history of gallant deeds and gallant defense during the days of the Revolution and the War of 1812; deeds of disaster along the coast and one especial deed of great engineering skill. The beauty and the tragedy of Cohasset are caught in large measure upon these jagged rocks. NT 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 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 HISTORY FOLLOWS FAST ALONG THE LEDGES HISTORY OF GALLANT DEEDS AND GALLANT DEFENSE DURING THE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE WAR OF EIGHTEEN TWELVE DEEDS OF DISASTER ALONG THE COAST AND ONE A SPECIAL DEED OF GREAT ENGINEERING SKILL THE BEAUTY AND TRAGEDY OF COHASIT ARE CAUGHT IN LARGE MEASURE UPON THESE JAGGED ROCKS
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