From Matthies's book: " "This ancient cedar, known as the 'Old Hunting Tree,' stood in the north front yard of the Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, Windsor, Connecticut, about halfway between the house and the highway. it was locally reputed to be the oldest tree in Connecticut and was known by the Indians as their Council Tree from time immemorial. After the whites came, respect for Indian tradition inspired its continued use as a gathering place for the more important conferences of the white settlers and Indians. In later years its more familiar name was acquired from its use as an assembly point for hunting parties. A pair of deer antlers were fixed high up in its branches until a few years before the tree fell, November, 1877." (Quoted, with the permission of the Historical Society of Windsor, from one of its publications. The picture is a copy of a scarce print, dated August 1968.) The cedar had a girth of seven feet."