It_PNP would_VM0 take_VVI weeks_NN2 to_TO0 fully_AV0 savor_VVI all_DT0 of_PRF Rhode_NP0 Island_NP0 's_POS rich_AJ0 Native_AJ0 American_AJ0 history_NN1 ,_PUN heritage_NN1 and_CJC culture_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC a_AT0 one-day_AJ0 exploration_NN1 of_PRF prominent_AJ0 places_NN2 is_VBZ nonetheless_AV0 rewarding_AJ0 ._SENT And_CJC so_AV0 ,_PUN mindful_AJ0 of_PRF the_AT0 recommendations_NN2 of_PRF Indigenous_AJ0 leaders_NN2 and_CJC my_DPS own_DT0 reporting_NN1 over_PRP the_AT0 years_NN2 ,_PUN I_PNP set_VVD off_AVP recently_AV0 on_PRP a_AT0 day_NN1 trip_NN1 that_CJT anyone_PNI with_PRP a_AT0 vehicle_NN1 can_VM0 take_VVI ._SENT I_PNP started_VVD in_PRP Providence_NP0 ,_PUN where_AVQ the_AT0 rush-hour_NN1 commute_VVI was_VBD subsiding_AJ0 as_CJS I_PNP drove_VVD along_PRP Dyer_NP0 Street_NP0 ,_PUN across_PRP the_AT0 Providence_NP0 River_NP0 from_PRP College_NP0 Hill_NP0 ._SENT I_PNP turned_VVD off_AVP at_PRP Pine_NP0 Street_NP0 ,_PUN parked_VVD ,_PUN and_CJC gazed_VVD up_AVP at_PRP "_PUQ Still_AV0 Here_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ a_AT0 towering_AJ0 mural_NN1 on_PRP a_AT0 wall_NN1 of_PRF 32_CRD Custom_NN1 House_NN1 St._NP0 Commissioned_VVN by_PRP The_AT0 Avenue_NP0 Concept_NN1 and_CJC painted_VVN by_PRP Baltimore_NP0 artist_NN1 Gaia_NN1 in_PRP collaboration_NN1 with_PRP the_AT0 Tomaquag_NP0 Museum_NN1 in_PRP Exeter_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ Still_AV0 Here_AV0 "_PUQ depicts_VVZ Narragansett_NP0 Lynsea_NP0 Montanari_NP0 holding_VVG a_AT0 photograph_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 late_AJ0 Princess_NN1 Red_AJ0 Wing_NN1 (_PUL Narragansett_NP0 /_PUN Niantic_NP0 ,_PUN Pokanoket_NP0 )_PUR ,_PUN a_AT0 driving_AJ0 force_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 founding_NN1 of_PRF Tomaquag_NP0 ._SENT I_PNP recalled_VVD what_DTQ Tomaquag_NP0 Executive_NN1 Director_NN1 Lorén_NP0 Spears_NP0 (_PUL Narragansett_NP0 /_PUN Niantic_NP0 )_PUR had_VHD told_VVN me_PNP before_PRP my_DPS tour_NN1 :_PUN "_PUQ Keep_VVB in_PRP mind_NN1 every_AT0 place_NN1 is_VBZ our_DPS homeland_NN1 ,_PUN even_AV0 if_CJS the_AT0 urban_AJ0 sprawl_NN1 has_VHZ erased_VVN that_CJT from_PRP the_AT0 front_NN1 of_PRF people_NN0 's_POS minds_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ From_PRP Providence_NP0 ,_PUN I_PNP drove_VVD to_PRP Warren_NP0 ,_PUN where_AVQ I_PNP visited_VVD Burr_NP0 's_POS Hill_NP0 Royal_AJ0 Pokanoket_NN1 Burial_NN1 Site_NN1 ._SENT Here_AV0 ,_PUN remains_VVZ of_PRF Native_AJ0 Americans_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP the_AT0 great_AJ0 Sachem_NP0 Massasoit_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ died_VVD centuries_NN2 ago_AV0 ,_PUN lie_VVB beneath_PRP grass-covered_AJ0 mounds_NN2 ._SENT Sachem_NP0 Tracey_NP0 Dancing_NN1 Star_NN1 Brown_NP0 and_CJC Sagamore_NP0 William_NP0 Winds_NN2 of_PRF Thunder_NP0 Guy_NP0 (_PUL both_AV0 from_PRP Pokanoket_NN1 Tribe_NN1 /_PUN Pokanoket_NN1 Nation_NN1 )_PUR gave_VVD me_PNP some_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 history_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 site_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD desecrated_VVN in_PRP the_AT0 mid-1800s_NN2 to_TO0 build_VVI a_AT0 railroad_NN1 ._SENT A_AT0 sign_NN1 on_PRP Water_NN1 Street_NP0 summarizes_VVZ the_AT0 history_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 site_NN1 ._SENT Route_NN1 114_CRD South_NP0 brought_VVD me_PNP to_PRP Newport_NP0 and_CJC Miantanomi_NP0 Memorial_NN1 Park_NN1 ._SENT A_AT0 steep_AJ0 walk_NN1 up_PRP a_AT0 hill_NN1 brought_VVD me_PNP to_PRP a_AT0 clearing_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 World_NN1 War_NN1 I_PNP memorial_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 1600s_CRD ,_PUN the_AT0 hill_NN1 was_VBD the_AT0 seat_NN1 of_PRF power_NN1 for_PRP Miantanomi_NP0 (_PUL also_AV0 sometimes_AV0 spelled_VVN Miantonomo_NP0 or_CJC Miantonomah_NP0 )_PUR ,_PUN a_AT0 Narragansett_NN1 Indian_AJ0 sachem_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP his_DPS time_NN1 ,_PUN Narraganset_NN1 Bay_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 Atlantic_NP0 Ocean_NP0 were_VBD visible_AJ0 from_PRP the_AT0 hilltop_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC trees_NN2 have_VHB since_AV0 obscured_VVN the_AT0 view_NN1 ._SENT A_AT0 sea_NN1 breeze_NN1 cools_VVZ the_AT0 spot_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC benches_NN2 provide_VVB opportunity_NN1 for_PRP quiet_AJ0 reflection_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP descended_VVD the_AT0 hill_NN1 ,_PUN drove_VVD across_PRP the_AT0 Pell_NP0 and_CJC Jamestown_NP0 bridges_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC followed_VVD Route_NN1 1_CRD South_NN1 to_PRP 138_CRD West_NN1 past_PRP the_AT0 University_NN1 of_PRF Rhode_NP0 Island_NP0 to_PRP South_NP0 County_NN1 Trail_NN1 ,_PUN Route_NN1 2._CRD I_PNP headed_VVD south_NN1 and_CJC about_PRP two_CRD miles_NN2 later_AV0 took_VVD a_AT0 left_NN1 onto_PRP Great_AJ0 Swamp_NN1 Monument_NP0 Road_NP0 ._SENT 
