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Excerpt from Historic Sketch of Coventry, Connecticut The burned-over grounds must have simplified for the early settlers the problem of clearing the land and made transportation in the vicinity much easier. It is said that at this time an ox-cart could be driven over most of the young timber growth which had started since the lands came into the hands of the white men and the yearly fires of the Indians had ceased. The Mohegan Indians, a friendly tribe, held much land in this section and the white men's title to it was received by will from Joshua, sachem, the third son of Uncas. Records of the will are in the State Library at Hartford. It includes several legacies to different groups of men. Parts of Coventry seemed to be disputed territory between two of these groups, which was responsible for early_ difficulties over land titles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.