Name/Title
Transcribed story of Goodwill Notes Mar 1966 by Margaret Moon pg6Entry/Object ID
001740Tags
Sarah Wells, Chistopher DenneScope and Content
This is a transcription and summary pages 6-10 of the provided documents, which appear to be typed copies of a historical journal or narrative concerning the early settlement of Orange County, New York (specifically the Wawayanda/Goshen area) involving Sarah Wells and Christopher Denn.
Summary
These pages (numbered 6 through 10) detail the conclusion of a journey and the "First Day’s Work" of settlement in the wilderness of Wawayanda. The narrative highlights the arrival at a "spacious hut" or wigwam, the interactions between the white settlers (Christopher Denn, his wife Elizabeth, and their adopted daughter Sarah Wells) and the Native Americans who assisted them.
The text focuses heavily on a communal "Festive Board" or supper, where European provisions (tea, chocolate, ham, beef tongue) were shared alongside "Sarah’s new invented cooking" of bacon and greens. It concludes with reflections on the providential nature of their safe arrival, the distribution of gifts (knives, ribbons, trinkets) to the Native Americans, and the establishment of a peaceful co-existence as they prepared for their first night in their new home.
