O’er yonder distant brow
Smokes in the vale Neponset’s peopled town.
Neponset is the name of a river in Massachusetts. On the banks of this river there seem to have been several Indian towns or villages, at the time of Williams’ banishment.
And by the lock he held a trunkless head.
“Timequassin, to cut off, or behead, which they are most skillful to do in fight.”—Williams’ Key.