Attempt to dispossess Rhode Island of part of her territory, 46 The Narragansetts compelled to mortgage their lands to the United Colonies, 47 New charter obtained by Connecticut extending its bounds to the Narragansett River, 48 1663. The boundary line left to arbitrators who fix it at the Pawcatuck River, 49 The intrigues of John Scott for the purchase of the Narragansett tract, 49 Letter obtained from the King, putting the Narragansett purchase under protection of Massachusetts and Connecticut, 50 This was rendered null by the second charter of Rhode Island grant soon afterward, 51 Wampum used as money in the Colony, 52 Also used as an article of ornament by the natives, 52 1652. Massachusetts began to coin silver in 1652, 53 Rhode Island abolished the use of wampum ten years later, 53 1662. New England shilling made legal tender in Rhode Island, 53 1640-1663. First schools established at Providence and Newport, 53 Affirmation is declared to be equal to an oath, 54 CHAPTER IX. TERRITORY OF RHODE ISLAND IS INCREASED BY THE ADDITION OF BLOCK ISLAND.--DISPUTES BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND AND THE OTHER COLONIES SETTLED BY ROYAL COMMAND.--STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE COLONY IN 1667. 1663. Block Island added to Rhode Island, 55 Regulations concerning its admission, 56 It is incorporated under the name of New Shoreham, 56 Four Commissioners sent to America to reduce the Dutch and settle all questions of appeal between the colonies, 57 The vexed questions of boundary line between Rhode Island and Plymouth; the Narragansett question and Warwick difficulties referred to the Commissioners, who referred the first to the King and decided the second in favor of Rhode Island, 57 The Indians removed from King's Province, 59 Five propositions submitted by the Commissioners to the Rhode Island Assembly, 59 1st. All householders should take the oath of allegiance to the King, 59 2d. Mode of admitting freemen, 59