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Block House

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Block House.jpg Brewster's and Standish's SwordsThumbnailsRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansBrewster's and Standish's SwordsThumbnailsRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansBrewster's and Standish's SwordsThumbnailsRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansBrewster's and Standish's SwordsThumbnailsRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett IndiansBrewster's and Standish's SwordsThumbnailsRoger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett Indians

Near the meeting-house stood the block-house. This was a rude, strongly built structure, where the people of the village could take refuge in case of attack from Indians.