The Pilgrim Republic

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

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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CONTENTS.

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.

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

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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.