In the spring of 1636, a small band of early settlers from Roxbury, Massachusetts ventured up the Connecticut River to settle in Springfield, then known by its Indian name of Agawam. Together they executed an agreement which in part reads: "Wee . . . — — Map (db m158500) HM
Near this spot Lieut. Thomas Cooper and Constable Thomas Miller were killed by the Indians just prior to the burning of Springfield October 5, 1675 — — Map (db m304692) HM WM
