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Show HI8TORIC 8POT LITTLE KNOWN. Calm Erected on Spot Where Mllet Standlsh Larded. Doston, Qulncy Is noted for lit many places of historic Interest, but there Is ono that Is little known, other Mlltt Standlth Calm. than to historians. This It the Mllet Standlsh cairn at Squantum. It is not only historic, but a romantic tpot. Tho moat renowned spot at thlt place Is Squanto rock. It Is here that Miles Standlsh and a party from Plymouth, piloted by Squanto, the faithful faith-ful friend of the white man, landed, September 30, 1621. In commemoration commemora-tion ot thlt nvent a calm has boon erected on the highest part of a atone bridge, which on the east dipt to tha tea and on the west declines to "Mas-achunotts "Mas-achunotts Hummock" and Itt meadows. mead-ows. On Monday, September 30, the corner-stone wat laid In the presence ot a large assemblage. Charles Francis Fran-cis Adams, Jr., dollvercd an addreit, In which be described tho voyaging ot Miles Standlsh and his men from Plymouth, Ply-mouth, and paid a tribute to flquanto for whom Squantum was named. |