CONNECTICUT PAUGAUSSETT  INDIANS         “The Indians, at their first settlement, performed many acts of kindness towards them, (the settlers).  The Indians instructed them in the manner of planting and dressing the Indian corn. They carried them upon their backs, through rivers and waters; and, as occasion required, served them instead of boats and bridges.  They gave them much useful information respecting the country, and when the English or their children were lost in the woods, and were in danger of perishing with hunger and cold, they conducted them to their wigwams, fed them, and restored them to their families and parents..”                                                         Benjamin Trumbull, History of Connecticut