European colonists laid claim to 350-yr-old Rock

In yesterday's Washington Post, there is a brief story on a 350-year-old 7,000-ton Cochegan Rock, to which "European colonists laid claim." Exactly how these colonists claimed title to it is not mentioned, as the story merrily does a "Fast-forward a few centuries" and makes the Boys Scouts of America of East Hartford the Rock's owner. Now, the Scouts offer it to the Mohegan Tribe for $50,000 -- the Rock sits on a "sacred site"; buying the Rock "allows the tribe to recover" that sacred site as well. What a story. What a good deal.
Posted 8:12 pm, Monday, January 2, 2006