Excerpt from Memoir of John CottonJ[the Indian name of Boston was Shawmut. By the Eng lish settlers, it was first called Tremount, or Trimountain, from its three hills. After the removal of Mr. Cotton, it received the name of Boston, from the place of his former residence in Eng land.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.