Rattlesnake, some account of, 188; use of skin, 223. Reading, 168. Rebellion, true sources of, in America, 247. Religion, the established, 84, 85. Reptiles, 188. Revenue, 196; objections against raising, in America, 244. Rhode-Island, infamous law of the General Assembly, 169. Ridgfield, 168; burnt, 259. Rivers, the three principal, described, 114-118. Rivington, Mr., plundered, 258. S Sabbath, rigidly observed, 213; how broken by an Episcopal clergyman, 213. Salary of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer, &c., 198. Salisbury, 147. Sandeman, Rev. Mr., doctrine of, 168. Sassacus, Sachem of the Pequods, his kingdom and character, 119, 120. Saybrook, founded, 16; described, 124; its civil and religious establishments, 37; early proceedings, 46; enters the confederacy, 62; refuses to send agents to England to oppose the king, 49; forms an alliance with Hertford, 49; and joins in a secret application for a Charter, 64. Saybrook platforms, some account of the, 155. Scovil, the Rev. Mr., cruel treatment of, 274. Sealbury, Rev. Dr., taken prisoner, 258. Sects, religious, in Connecticut, some account of the, 198. Sharon, famous for a mill, 147. Ship, wonderful story of one fitted out in Newhaven, 149. Sick, horrid mode of visiting, 219. Skunk, description and wonderful property of the, 184. Smith, Rev. Mr., notices of, 53, 138. Smith, William, notices concerning, 100-102, 105, 113, 175. Sober Dissenters, religion of, in Connecticut, 85; their uncandid conduct toward Episcopalians, Anabaptists, Quakers, &c., in regard to parish rates, 207; and their severe treatment of Mr. Gibbs for refusing to pay them, 148; their humanity to sick strangers and persons shipwrecked, 219; partial support, 219. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, notices concerning, 52, _Note_, 105, 167, 170-175, 205. Soil, 178. Sommers, 139. Stafford, the New-England “Bath,” 142. Stamp-Act, proceedings and opinions relating to, in Connecticut, 229. Stirling, Earl of, his claim in Connecticut, 25. Stonington, 122. Stratford, description of, 163. Stratford River, 118. Strong, Rev. Nehemiah, 160. Suffield, 139. Sunksquaw, a pretended sachem, 32. Superstition, striking instance, 200. Symsbury mines, account of, 142. T Tarbox, Capt. David, remark on leaving Governor Trumbull’s house, 267. Tea, act of sending, to America opposed, 251. Temple, Mr., seditious letters imputed to, 251. Test, sacramental, unnecessary in New-England, 202. Thames River described, 114. Ticonderoga, secret expedition against, 258. Tolland, 139. Torrington, 147. Travellers, English, how treated by landlords, 111. Tree-frog, agility of, 189.