tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post356127377132327519..comments2024-03-14T01:33:48.461-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: Thomas Minor's Diary - 1653 to 1684pwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-47874367333330603262008-02-06T12:28:00.000-05:002008-02-06T12:28:00.000-05:00I've read multiple accounts from New England sourc...I've read multiple accounts from New England sources that say pregnant women were separated from the clan until they gave birth. This is the first hint I've seen that they may have been located at a rock shelter.<BR/><BR/>Then I'm reminded of the Baby Crying Rocks story from the Narragansett Reservation. The Crying Rocks is a mass of boulders where infants with deformities or mental handicaps JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-41463591716260174572008-02-06T09:14:00.000-05:002008-02-06T09:14:00.000-05:00Also: when I was in Hawaii this July, I read about...Also: when I was in Hawaii this July, I read about certain rocks, considered sacred still, where women went to give birth, that the statement about that "agedousets daughter" immediately came to mind when I read it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-32878168142283974892008-02-06T09:10:00.000-05:002008-02-06T09:10:00.000-05:00I like the "search in this book function" of Googl...I like the "search in this book function" of Google books. Thomas mentions on page 31 that John Minor of Stratford was married on the 21st of october. I live in the house that John Minor began building, probably about 1700, the time of the first Indian Deed for this area. I see that Thomas was also able to understand the Native language...Tim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.com