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i <br /> � 1 - <br /> 1 <br /> 77 <br /> a <br /> 1684This year was important for For many years. Richard <br /> the Mashpees, and also for1685 Bourne had attempted to �. <br /> Christianitv. because have the Mashpee title <br /> Shearjashub Bourne ( Richard Bourne's son ) recorded in the Plymouth Court. Because he I. <br /> obtained a tract of land to build a meeting house realized that the Indians did not know how to <br /> for the Indians. The monev to build it came from record o%�nership of property. he did it for them. <br /> a fund set up for missionary work in the new Bourne A as aware of the settlers' insatiable desire <br /> world by The Society for the Propagation of the for land. and did everything he could to protect <br /> Gospel. The Meeting House was built and has Mashpee from encroachment by the English. <br /> been in continuous use ever since. The Society Bourne. in his description. used the natural <br /> also paid a salary to the preacher to convert the boundaries of the Santuit River which runs into <br /> Indians and to teach them the English language. Poponessett Bay. and the Childs River which <br /> 20 <br /> i <br />