Told them of the festive dances, In the autumn in the moonlight, When the ears of corn were yellow And they gathered in the harvest. Taught them how to chant sedately, When they met along the pathway, "Hun-da-hun-he; Hun-da-hun-he," Peacefully we walk together, "Hun-da-hun-he; Hun-da-hun-he." This was friendship's sacred token Known by all the Narragansetts. Taught them ancient Indian legends, Legends of the Narragansetts, All the mystery of creation, How the lands and seas were fashioned, By great Manito, the Mighty, Little Solomon and Samuel Learned to dance in wild abandon Swiftly round the flashing firelight, Like the Narragansett sannups-- All the children learned the legends Of the Narragansett people. With a background partly whiteman, From the sayings of their mother; With a background partly Indian, From the sayings of their father, Growing up, they roamed the valley, Traveled often through the township, Mingled daily with the natives, Meeting many, making friendships. 23. MARRIAGE IN THE TUNXIS VALLEY. The yearly seasons rolled along, Bringing marriage to the hill-side And daily Molly's gentle song Soothed her children's children's slumber. Six were married in the valley, Binding thus in holy wedlock Families of the early settlers And the Narragansett children From the cabin in the forest, Home of Molly and James Chaugham. Samuel married Green of Sharon, Mercy married Isaac Jacklin. Polly married William Wilson, Mary Chaugham married Webster, Hannah married Reuben Barber, (Barber's parents came from Canton), Solomon and Hayes were married In the Ragged Mountain cabin On the lonely mountain-side. Two there were that died unmarried,-- Sally died in early childhood And Elizabeth, unmarried, Lingered in her father's cabin, Lingered to the age of eighty, Died at eighty, still unmarried, Died in eighteen four and fifty. 24. "OLD SOL WEBSTER, BASKET MAKER." And to Gum Webster and his wife, Daughter of fair Molly Barber, Was born a son known through his life As "Sol Webster, Basket Maker." Mary Chaugham married Webster, Later known as "Old Gum Webster,' Built a cabin on the hill-side, Lived and died beside the Tunxis, And their bones are in the graveyard, In the graveyard on the hill-side in the shelter of the forest; None to guard their final slumber. Solomon, the son of Webster And his wife, fair Mary Chaugham, Married Mary Niles of Riverton, Lived by making brooms and baskets Lasting for a generation; Sold them on the streets of Winsted, Kept a garden, worked for farmers, Died when he was two and ninety, In the month of January, In the year of nineteen hundred. Even now in conversation On the busy streets of Winsted, In the valley of the Tunxis, People speak of "Old Sol Webster" And the baskets that he fashioned. 25. WILLIAM WILSON BUILT A LOG HOUSE Soon Polly Wilson's house was built On the side of Ragged Mountain And Wilson preached 'gainst sin and guilt In the meeting house in Colebrook.