CONTENTS.

EDITOR'S PREFACE

Original and

AUTHOR'S PREFACE. - Pilgrim History., Books.

Secondary Authorities. Tertiary and Unreliable Writers. Brad-

ford the Supreme Authority. Misadventures of his Mms.

"Mourt's Relation" and Winslow's Writings. "Young's Chroni-

cles." Winslow's Relation. Plymouth Records and Laws.

Hunter's "Founders of New Plymouth." Morton's "Memo-

rial." Hubbard's History. Winthrop's Journal. Prince's An-

nals. Palfrey's New England. Baylies' Memoir. Freeman's

"History of Cape Cod." Dr. Dexter. Bases of this Work.

New Style and Old Style. Sources of Information of and

Chronological Arrangement of this Work. Importance of Ply-

mouth's Settlement. Autograph of Author.

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CHAPTER I.

General Ignorance concerning the Pilgrims. Pilgrims not Puritans.

Facts concerning Pilgrims and their Ways frequently misstated.

Capital Crimes. Pilgrims' Creed. Liberality. Ignorance of

the Period. Torturing. Beheading. Burning, etc. Narrow-

ness and Religious Bigotry.

CHAPTER II. (1564-1606.)

English Conformists, Nonconformists, and Separatists. Puritans,

Religious and Political. The Puritans were Episcopalians.

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Divine Right. Puritans' Characteristics. General Fanaticism.

Prevalent Error in Misuse of term "Puritan." The Separatists.

Their Church and its Customs. Martyrs. Persecution. Puri-

tan Advantages. Differences between Puritans and Separatists.

Robert Brown, his Operations and Persecution. Brownists.

Copping and Thacker. Persecution of "Brownists" or Separa-

tists. The Separatists Dispersed. Gainsborough. Scrooby. 7-16

CHAPTER III. (1566-1608.)

Roman Roads in England. The Northern Road. Posting Service.

Duties of the "Post." Charges. Mode of Travel. Basset

Lawe. Scrooby. Wm. Brewster and his Family. Brewster in

Holland. Davison's Persecution. Brewster as "Post." Trav-

elling Expenses. The old Bishop's Palace at Scrooby. Scrooby

Post-office. Bawtry. Brewster's religious work at Scrooby.

Austerfield. William Bradford. His Life and Training. The

Carpenters. Ecclesiastical Persecution, its Fruits. Gainsbo-

rough and Scrooby Congregations. John Robinson. Flight to

Holland. Boston. Fines and Exactions. Grimsby Common.

Bradford in Holland. Amsterdam. Clifton, Robinson, Brews-

ter. The Pilgrims all in Holland
: 17-29

CHAPTER IV. (1609-20.)

Getting acclimated to Dutch Ways and Occupations. Amsterdam

Congregations. Separatist Churches and their Officials. Pastor

John Smith. Removal to Leyden. Occupations of the Pilgrims.

Brewster's Calling. His English Grammar. Books printed by

him. His Anglo-Dutch Persecution. Robinson's Church. Dea-

cons, etc. Dutch Toleration. The Pilgrim's Church-estate and

Building. Robinson's Ability and its General Recognition. Pil-

grim Honesty. The "Walloons." Edward Winslow. Robinson's

Toleration. Independency. Marriages. Poverty. Discontent.

Discussing Sites for Emigration. Guiana. Dread of Spain.

Leyden's Danger. Jamestown. The Virginia Companies. A

"Charter." The Seven Articles. Reasons for Emigration.

Sandys' Doubts. Efforts to procure a Charter. The Virginia

(Wincob) Patent. Zealand. Manhattan. Weston. "The Ad-

venturers." The Emigrating Body. Weston and Cushman

making trouble. The Ships "Mayflower" and "Speedwell."

The Farewell Fast, Feasting, and Services. Robinson's Lib-

eral Council. Delfthaven. Parting Salutations, etc.

CHAPTER V. (1620.)

The Departure from Delfthaven. The "Speedwell" joins the

"Mayflower" at Southampton. Financial Troubles. Weston

and Cushman's Disobedience. Articles of Agreement. Disagree-

ment with Weston

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CHAPTER VI. (1620.)

The First Start. Delays. Return of the "Speedwell." Cush-

man's Weakness. The "Speedwell's " Condition. Reynolds's

and Jones's Trickery. The "Mayflower" at Plymouth. Third,

and Final Departure. Mid-ocean Storms. John Howland. First

Death (William Button). "Servant" defined. First Birth (Ocea-

nus Hopkins). Cape Cod. Jones, his Villiany and Bribery by

the Dutch. Abandoning the Virginia Company's Territory.

Cape Cod Shoals. The Compact and its Signers. John Carver

confirmed Governor. Adams on the Compact. Provincetown.

Length of Voyage.

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CHAPTER VII. (1620.)

Landing on the Cape. Trees and Soil. Sandiness of the Cape.

First Sunday. The Shallop. Difficulty of Landing. Washing.

Cod-fish. First Cape Cod Exploration. Myles Standish. Ste-

phen Hopkins. Map of First Two Explorations. Indians.

The Indian Grave and Corn (Maize). Pamet River Region.

Return to the Ship. The Second Exploration. Hard Weather.

East Harbor. The Pamet. The European's Grave and its Con-

tents. The French Wreck on the Cape. Indian Wigwams and

their Contents. Return. Birth of Peregrine White. Peregrine

White. The Pamet Region. New England Harbors. Mano-

met. John Billington and his Sons. The Third Exploration.

Deaths. The Exploring Company. Edward Tilley. Map of

Third Exploration (Cape Cod Section). Indian Attack. Fire-

arms. Fight with the Nausets. Indian Arrows. Coming into

Plymouth Harbor. Clark's Island. Pulpit Rock. Plymouth's

Name. First Sunday. Landing of the Pilgrims.

Rock and its Identity. The Blaskowitz Map

CHAPTER VIII. (1620.)

Plymouth

Return to the "Mayflower." Death of Mrs. Bradford and James
Chilton. The " Mayflower" enters Plymouth Harbor. Map of
the Harbor. The Gurnet. Saquish. "Brown's Island." Ply-
mouth Beach. The "Mayflower's" Arrival. Champlain's Map.
Examining Local Fauna and Flora. Storms and Discomfort.
End of the Year. Difference between Old and New Reckoning

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CHAPTER IX. (1621.)

Christmas Observances.

Indian Alarm.

Building Operations.

Division into Families. Village Streets and Lots assigned.

Map of first Laying-Out of Plymouth. Death of Martin. Bill-

ington Sea. The First Building. Thatched Roofs. Bradford's

Illness. Religious Belief in "Means." Browne and Goodman

lost. Snows. Common House on Fire. The Pilgrim Church

Building. Cole's Hill Burials. Sickness and Death. Indian

Appearances and Alarms. Cannon mounted. Nursing the Sick.

Cole's Hill sown with Grain. Spring Vegetables sown. Samo-

set, his Origin, Name, and History. The Indian “a.” Return

of Samoset with other Indians. Their Costumes (?) and Habits. '

Tobacco. "Nocake." 'Mayflower's" Passengers all landed.

Samoset and Tisquantum. Tisquantum and Dermer. Massa-

soit's Coming. Quadequina. The Pilgrim's Treaty with the In-

dians. Its Importance and Strength. Massasoit's Personale.

Indian Matters. Laws and Ordinances. Amelioration of the

Colony's Circumstances

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CHAPTER X. (1600-21.)

The Aborigines of New England. Indian Characteristics. Indian

Women. Their Treatment, Character, etc. Indian Knowledge

and Religion. Disappearance of the Natives. The Abenakis,

Tarrantines, Nipmucks, Connecticut Indians, Mohawks. The

Five Confederacies. The Grand Sachem. The Pequod Nation

and their Character. The Mohegans. Uncas. The Narragan-

set Nation. Canonicus. Roger Williams' Land. The Paw-

tucket Confederacy. Passaconaway. The Wamesits, Naum-

keags, Agawams, Penacooks, Piscataways and Accomintas

(Sacos ?). Wamesit. The Tarrantine Foray. John Eliot. The

Great Plague. The Great Plague and its Effects. The Massa-

chusetts Confederacy. Massasoit's Authority. The Massa-

chusetts, Nashuas, Nashobas, Nonantums, Punkapoags, and

Sowams.

The Pokanoket Confederacy.

Neponsets.

Wampanoags, Pocassets, Saconets, Namaskets, Agawaywams,

Manomets, Sakatuckets, Mattakees, Nobsquassets, Monamoys,

and Nausets. The Patuxets. Freaks of the Plague. Indian

Population.

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CHAPTER XI. (986-1621.)

Early Explorers of New England. The Norsemen - Bjorne, Leif,

Eric. Vineland, — Thorwald, his Explorations and Death.

"Krossaness," the Gurnet. Thorfin Karlsefne, Gudrid, and

Snorre. Freydis. Bishop Eric. Prince Madoc. Adam of

Bremen. The Sagas. Dighton Rock and its Inscription.

“Great Ireland." The Maine Rock. Newport Tower. The

Skeleton in Armor. Norse suffixes. Columbus. The Cabots.

"Norumbega." The Newfoundland Fisheries. Gosnold and

Gilbert's Exploration. Gosnold's Fort. His Status and Rights.

Cobham. Gosnold's Return. Pring and Browne. Pring's

Explorations and Notes. Pring at Plymouth. DeMonts and

Champlain. Port Royal. Champlain's Map of Plymouth

Harbor. The Archangel. Weymouth. His captured Indians.

Gorges and Popham. Their Colony. Gilbert. Gorges's

Attempts. Hudson. Blok. New Netherlands. Smith and

his Expeditions. Smith's Map of New England. Smith's local

Names. His Departure. Hunt and his Seizure of Natives.

Brawnde. Gorges. Dermer and Rocroft. Dermer's Expedi-

tion with Tisquantum. Dermer's Remarks on Plymouth. His

Attacks, Capture, and Death. Gorges. The Plymouth Com-

pany. The Council for New England, and its Grant. Ply-

mouth's Vigor
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CHAPTER XII. (1621.)

The "Mayflower" goes home. Roughness of her Crew. The

"Mayflower's" Subsequent History. Her Name. The Slaver.

Isolation of Plymouth. Spring.

Fish. Carver's Efforts and Death.

Hill. William Bradford, Governor.

The Council and Court. Laws.

punished. Dotey and Lister's Duel. Corn, Planting and Ferti-

lizing. Tisquantum's Character and Value

Planting and Cultivation.

Bones Exposed on Cole's

Isaac Allerton, Assistant.

Town-meeting. Billington

CHAPTER XIII. (1621.)

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Winslow's Four Narratives. A Visit to Massasoit by Winslow,
Hopkins, and Tisquantum. Namasket (Middleborough). Mon-
taup and Sowams. Food. Winslow and Hopkins' Reception.