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12017-05-29T18:41:50+00:00Marisa Parham0b3989f8b160e074aa2cff76ed0bc80e7e72fc1761Pine and Oak trees on a hill in Weshawkim, February 2017plain2017-05-29T18:41:50+00:00Marisa Parham0b3989f8b160e074aa2cff76ed0bc80e7e72fc17
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12017-05-29T18:40:48+00:00Remove 2: The trail to Menimesit22gallery2019-05-30T14:53:10+00:00During Rowlandson's second "remove," Monoco traveled with his warriors and the Lancaster captives west along a familiar trail, which would take them through his home territory of Weshawkim and Wachusett to the Nipmuc sanctuary of Menimesit. Monoco would have known this trail well, but Mary Rowlandson, who rarely traveled beyond Lancaster or "the Bay towns," described it as a "vast and desolate wilderness," although she was less than ten miles from her home. With no knowledge of the Nipmuc interior, she "knew not whither" (where) they went. The trail that they traveled was ideal for Monoco's purpose. With marshes and swamps to one side and forested hills to the other, the environment prevented colonial troops from accessing the trail and discouraged captives from escaping. The trail gained in elevation as they moved toward the foothills of Mount Wachusett. Although the terrain may have seemed daunting to Rowlandson, those forests and wetlands provided generous fishing and gathering during the warmer months. After passing through the foothills, Monoco's party would have come to the east branch of the Ware River, following it to its confluence with the main branch, also known as the river to Menimesit.
