The past and the present . t is a pleasant retreat forold and young. The Warwick Club House stands on his-toric ground. Warwick was settled underthe infiuence of the notable Samuel Gorton,who first bought lands near Pawtuxet in1642 and then removed further south. InJanuary, 1642-3, the Gortonites purchasedShawomet tract, embracing the most of thepresent towns of Warwick and Coventry,for 144 fathoms of peage paid to Miantinomi.Pomham was the real sachem. Soconocowas the sachem of Pawtuxet. When final-ly the Gortonites triumphed over the Mas-sachusetts intrigues, the Rhode Island In-dians thovig
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The past and the present . t is a pleasant retreat forold and young. The Warwick Club House stands on his-toric ground. Warwick was settled underthe infiuence of the notable Samuel Gorton, who first bought lands near Pawtuxet in1642 and then removed further south. InJanuary, 1642-3, the Gortonites purchasedShawomet tract, embracing the most of thepresent towns of Warwick and Coventry, for 144 fathoms of peage paid to Miantinomi.Pomham was the real sachem. Soconocowas the sachem of Pawtuxet. When final-ly the Gortonites triumphed over the Mas-sachusetts intrigues, the Rhode Island In-dians thovight that the whites constitutedtwo races, the Wattaconoges—coatmen or 46 NARRAGANSETT SEA AND SHORE. coat wearers—and Gortonoges, a superiorrace in tact and power. We accept that tlieWarwick Club is composed of Wattaconoges.Certain it is that it is a strictly private as- of the Continental Steamboat Company; andthe whole is now under the energetic man-agement of Mr. Frank Mauran.The grounds are ample, the eminences high. Ocean Cottage. sociation of manufacturing jewelers and en-terprising business men. Perhaps their suc-cesses will entitle them to be called Gortono-ges, and hence they have located their club-house in Warwick, on the River Road, abouteleven miles from Providence. They ownthe grounds and a fine building with a suit-able dining hall to seat a hundred persons.Of their councils, wisdom, wit and merri-ment, the outside world must be left toguess. ROCKY POINT. Heee we reach the old and notable water-ing place on the west margin of the bay —indeed known far and wide over our country.It is the bold, rocky, wooded point on theWarwick shore between Conimicut Pointand Warwick Neck Light, looking out uponBarrington, Bristol, Portsmouth, and Pru-dence Island. Nature and art have hereunited to show their charms. Though long a place of resort to many, itwas first opened to the general public byCaptain Winslow in 1847, who at its openinglanded 500 persons from his boat. It