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INDEX.

A.

Abdas, an Indian, 440.

Acadie, controversy respecting, 431.
Accord Pond, 371.

Acerbecest, sagamore of Wessaguscus, 131.
Acoughcouss, 373.

Adventurers. See Merchant-Adventurers.
Ainsworth, Henry, teacher in the church
at Amsterdam, 17.
Albany, Fort Orange, 234.

Alden, John, undertaker, 227. Assistant,
306, 315, 327, 343, 351, 362, 367. Ar-
rested in Massachusetts, 318. Set at
liberty, 319. Party to a contract, 382,
384. Settlement with, 400, 402. His
family, 449, 452, 454.
Alden, Robert, 213.

As-

Alderton, or Allerton, John, seaman on
board the Mayflower, 83, 449, 454.
Allerton, Bartholomew, 448, 451.
Allerton, Isaac, 51, 226, 448, 451.
sistant, 101. 306. Mission of, to com-
promise with the adventurers, 210,
212, 280-282, 373. His return, 211.
Second mission of, 221 - 238. Agent,
231. His accounts, 232, 248, 288,
299, 304, 308, 310, 316, 362. En-
gages in trade, 243, 261, 270, 271, 276,
291. Third mission of, 244, 245. His
conduct, 248, 250, 252, 261, 271, 274,
280, 299; as to enlarging and confirming
the patent, 250. Brings over Morton,
250, 252. Violates instructions, 255-257.
His wives, 256, 300, 448, 451. His fourth
voyage to England, 262. His conduct
as to the Friendship, 268, 275, 281–290,
299, 402. Winslow sent to England on
account of his conduct, 268. His con-
duct as to the White Angel, 269–272,
274, 276, 280, 283, 284, 287-289,
292, 300, 305, 308, 331, 402. Return
of, 271. Goes to England again, 275.
Comes back, 276. Discharged, 276,
279, 299. Remarks on the commission
to, 280-282, 286. Disciplined by the

church, 292. Disregards his bonds, 298,
301. Further notices of, 299, 308. His
troubles, 302, 308, 327. Efforts to re-
cover from, on account of the White
Angel, 331. Vessel of, wrecked, 337.
Cattle of, sold, 365, 379. His family,
448, 451, 454.

Allerton, Mary, 256, 448, 451, 455.
Allerton, Remember, 448, 451.
Alltham, Emanuel, 213.

Ammunition and arms, Indians supplied
with, 235, 238, 275, 337.
Amsterdam, English church at, 9, 16, 38.
Contention of the churches there, 16, 38.
Anabaptistry, 387.

Andrews, Richard, adventurer, 213. Un-
dertaker, 227, 229, 232, 246, 258, 280,
287, 331. Beaver sent to, 361, 362, 365.
Declines giving aid, 345. Complaints
by, 346, 361, 365. Takes land at Scit-
uate, 368. Settlement with, 379, 400
- 407.

Andrews, Thomas, adventurer, 213.
Anne, arrival and departure of the, 142,
147, 157, 179.

Antinomian controversy, 387.
Aquidnett Island, 364. Complaints against
the people of, 386.
Indian neutrality
with, 432.

Argall, Sir Samuel, 37.
Arminian controversy in the Low Coun-
tries, 20.

Arnold, Benedict, 432. Interpreter, 441.
Arrows, 86, 235. Sent as a challenge, 110.
Ashley, Edward, 255, 257. His patent
and business, 257-262, 267. His char-
acter, 259. At Penobscot, 259, 267, 274,
275. Aided at Plymouth, 260, 267. His
conduct, 261, 267. Supplies to, from
England, 267. His death, 275.
Assistants at Plymouth, 101, 156, 306, 315,
327, 343, 351, 362, 367, 377, 384, 408,
425, 431.
Atwood, John, Assistant, 362. Agent for
Sherley, 377-382. Sherley's letter to,
400, 401. His death, 425.

Augusta, Maine, trading-house at, 233.
Aulney, Monsieur d', captures Penobscot,
332. Death of, 431.

Aumsequen, or Awasequen, Niantick dep-
uty, 436, 440.

Austerfield, England, xvi, xvii.

B.

Babson, John J., cited, 247.

Baker, master of the Charity, 157, 169.
Bangs, Edward, settler at Nauset, 426.
Baptism, differences respecting, 382, 384,

387.

Barnstable, 372.

Barry, John S., hints from, respecting
Bradford's History, v. Referred to, 21.
Bass, Edward, 213.
Bass, fishing for, 267-271, 273, 280, 282,
286. See Fishing.
Beauchamp, John, 115, 117, 213, 227, 229
-232, 246, 280, 287, 331. Patent in his
name, 258. Declines giving aid, 345.
Complaints by, 349, 361, 365. Beaver
sent to, 361, 362, 365. Takes land at
Scituate, 368. Freeman's brother-in-
law, 378. Settlement with, 400 – 407.
Beaver, obtained at Massachusetts, 105,
108, 127; at Plymouth, by Weston, 134.
Sent home, 147, 304, 315. Taken by
the Turks, 203. Bought at Kennebeck,
204. Payments with, 221, 261. Sent
home by Ashley, 267; by Winslow and
others, 289, 323, 331, 344-347. Lost,
306. Disinclination to send, 344, 346.
Prices of, 346. Sent to Andrews and
Beauchamp, 361, 362, 365. Hints and
laws as to the trade in, 387.
Bellingham, Richard, Deputy-Governor

of Massachusetts, 335. Sends a letter
and questions to Governor Bradford,

386.

Bestiality, 388-398.

Billerica. See Billirike.

Billirike, Pilgrims from, 56.
Billington, Elen, 449.

Billington, Francis, 102, 449, 453.
Billington, John, 181, 449. Tried and exe-
cuted for murder, 276, 365, 453.
Billington, John, Jr., 102, 449, 453.
Billington Sea, 102.

Birchover Lane, 106.

Bishops, downfall of, 6.

Blackston, William, 240.

Blackwell, Sir Francis, voyage of, to Vir-
ginia, 37. Conduct of, 37 – 40, 42.
Block Island, 350, 353.
Blossom, Thomas, 314.
Boat-making, 159, 160, 170, 204, 211, 258.
Boston, Pilgrims visit the harbor of, 104,
209. Meeting appointed at, respecting
the Hocking affair, 322. Meeting of
commissioners at, in 1645, 431.
Bound Brook, 370.

Bradford, Alice, mother of Governor
Bradford, xviii.

Bradford, Alice, wife of Governor Brad-
ford, x, xix, 71, 142. Verses on, x, 460.
Bradford, Dorothy, xix, 448, 451.
Bradford, John, Major, viii, x, xi.
Bradford, Mercy, daughter of Governor
Bradford, x.

Bradford, Robert, xviii.
Bradford, Samuel, x.

Bradford, Thomas, xviii.

Bradford, William, grandfather of Gov-
ernor Bradford, xviii.

Bradford, William, father of Governor
Bradford, xviii.

Bradford, William, iii, 8, 51, 226, 227, 448,
451. Editorial Preface to his History of
Plymouth Plantation, iii. His Letter-
Book, iv. Morton's copy of a portion
of his History, iv, 80. Rediscovery of
the History, v. His knowledge of the
Hebrew language, x, xiv, xviii. Mor-
ton's use of the History, xiv. His family,
xviii, 448, 451, 461. His death, xviii,
461. Fac-simile of his handwriting, xx.
His list of passengers in the Mayflower,
74, 77, 447. His Pocket-Book, 76, 91.
His list of deaths, 76, 91, 450. Proba-
bly author of part of Mourt's Relation,
76, 90. Accompanies an exploring
party, 81, 83. His sickness, 92, 101,
Chosen Governor, 101, 156, 307, 327,
351. His reply to Weston, 108; to the
challenge of the Narragansets, 111. Con-
ceals letters from Weston and Beau-
champ, 117. Weston writes again to,
118. In expeditions to buy corn, 128,
129. Marries Alice Southworth, 142,
448, 461. Councillor to Gorges, 149.
Intercedes for Weston, 150, 152. Inter-
cepts letters by Lyford, 173. Trades for
goods at Monhegan, 208. Appoints
agents, 230. Disapproves fishing, 262.
Endicott's application to, for a physician,
264. Ceases to be Governor, 306, 307.
Assistant, 306, 315, 343, 362, 425. Com-
plains respecting the settlement at Wind-
sor, 341. Commissioner for settling the
boundary with Massachusetts, 370. Re-
plies to Bellingham's letter, 388. Set-
tlement of partners with, 400, 402, 406.
Bradford, William, Jr., Deputy-Governor,
viii, x, xi, 189.

Bradstreet, Simon, commissioner, 430.
Brereton, William, 148.

Brewer, Thomas, an adventurer, 48, 49,

213.

Brewster, formerly Satuket, 97.
Brewster, Fear, 256.

Brewster, Jonathan, respecting settlers
from Dorchester on the Connecticut,
339.

Brewster, Love, 397, 448, 451.
Brewster, Mary, 447, 451.
Brewster, Patience, 189, 362.

272. Division of, 215, 373. Increased
value of, 302, 366. Sale of Allerton's,
365, 379. Prices of, in 1638, 366. Sud-
den depreciation of, 376, 379.
Cawsumsett Neck, 373.
Ceremonies. See Church of England.
Charity, arrives at Plymouth, 118, 122,
157, 158, 236. Its return, 128, 138, 173.
Charles, the ship, 301.
Charles I., Commission by, for regulating
Plantations, 320, 456.
Charles River, 368.

Brewster, William, Elder, xvi, 10, 38, 227, | Cattle, arrival of, 157, 158, 200, 201, 268,
231, 278, 447, 451. Goes to Holland, 16.
An assistant to John Robinson, 17.
Sent as agent to England, 30. Corre-
spondence of John Robinson and, with
Sir Edwin Sandys, 30; with Sir John
Wolstenholme, 33. Reasons for his go-
ing to America, 42, 59. His exertions
during the sickness at Plymouth, 91.
Letter to, from Mr. Robinson, 165.
Daughters of, 166. Not to administer
the sacraments, 167. His religious la-
bors, 187, 413. His family, 256, 447,
451. Settlement of partners with, 400
-402. His death; sketch of his life and
character, 408.

Brewster, Wrestle, 447, 451.

Bridges, master of the Little James, 142.
Britteridge, Richard, 449, 454.
Brodhead, J. Romeyn, 43, 99, 233.
Brook, Lord, 352.

Brown, John, Assistant, 343, 362, 367, 377,
384, 408. Commissioner, 430. Signs
a treaty, 440.
Brown's Island, 155.
Browne, Peter, 449.
Browning, Henry, 213.
Brownists, 197.

Butten, William, 76, 77, 448, 450, 451.

C.

Callicote, Sergante, 441.
Calvin, John, 4.

Canterbury, Archbishop of. See Laud.
Capawack, Martha's Vineyard, 97, 104.
Cape Ann, patent for, 160, 168. Settlers
at, 195. Trouble there, 196.
Cape Cod, fallen in with by the Pilgrims,
76. Pilgrims put into the harbor of,
77, 80. The name, 77. French ship
wrecked at, 98. See Provincetown.
Carleton, Sir Dudley, cited as to Brew-
ster, 412.

Carpenter, Mary, 460.
Carter, Robert, 448, 452.

Cartwright, Thomas, his Commentary on
the Proverbs of Solomon, printed by
Brewster, 412.

Carver, John, twice an agent to England,
30-32, 43. Deacon, 32. Sabine Stares-
more's letter to, 39. His agreement
with Weston, 43. Letter to, by Robin-
son, 47; by others, 49; by Cushman,
56. His complaints against Cushman,
56. At Southampton, 59, 60. Robin-
son's letter to, 63. Confidence in, 64.
His wife, 64, 447. In the exploring
party in Cape Cod Bay, 83. Chosen
Governor, 90, 99. Detains the May-
flower, 100. His death, 100, 109, 450,
455. His family, 100, 447, 450, 455.
Weston's letters of complaint to him,
107, 114, 117.
Carver, Kathrine, 447, 450.

Charlestown, 96. Sickness at, 277.
Chatham, 97.

Chauncey, Charles, invited to Plymouth,
382. Differs with Reyner, 382. Facts
as to, 384. Answers questions, 392.
Chickatabot, sagamore of Naponsett, 325.
Child, John, 443.

Child, Robert, complaints by, against
Massachusetts colony, 443.
Chilton, John, and family, 449, 453.
Chilton, Mary, 449, 454.
Chinnough, an Indian, 431.
Christmas, at Plymouth, 112.
Church covenant, entered into, 278.
Church discipline, 197, 198.

Church of England, contention about the
ceremonies and service-book of the, 3,
5, 7, 8. Overthrown, 6, 7. Conformity
to the, required, 8.
Clarke, pilot of the Mayflower, 55, 83.
Clarke's Island named from, 87.
Clarke, Richard, 449, 454.
Claudia, Block Island, 350, 353.
Clifton, Richard, Rev., xvii, 10.
Coddington, William, facts as to, 278.
Cohasset, or Conahasset, 370, 371.
Collier, Mary, 362.

Collier, William, 201, 213, 308, 362. As-
sistant, 308, 315, 327, 343, 351, 367,
377, 384, 408. Sherley's agent, 377
- 382. Confirms the confederation, 423.
Collins, 387.

Colonies of New England, union and con-
federation of the, 416.

Combes, 55.

Commissioners for the Plantations, 320,
456. Winslow's petition to the, 327.
Commissioners under the confederation of
1643, 418. Authorize the execution of
Miantonimo, 424. Meet at Boston in
1645, 431. Decision of, respecting the
Narragansets, 433. Powers of, doubt-

ed, 435.
Common house at Plymouth, building of
the, 88, 90. Burnt, 100.
Community of property, 135, 157, 214.
Compact of the Pilgrims, 89. Signers of
the, 90.

Conant, Roger, 169, 196. Not mentioned
by Bradford, 195.
Confederation of the Plantations, in 1643,

416.

Confession, on exacting, 390, 396.
Conformity. See Church of England.
Connecticut, trade on the; difficulty with
the Dutch, 311, 313. Norton and Stone's
excursion to the, 324. Mortality there,
325. Wreck of vessels bound to, 348.
Permission from Pequot Indians to
settle at, 349. Indian attack at, 351.
Confederation with, in 1643, 416. Sup-
ports Uncas, 433.

Cook, Josiah, settler at Nauset, 426.
Cooke, Francis, 449, 453, 455.
Cooke, John, 449, 453, 455.
Cooper, Humility, 449, 453.

Coppin, Robert, pilot and master-gunner
on board the Mayflower, 83. Deceived,

86.
Corbitant, hostile, 103. Takes Squanto,
103. Expedition against, 103.
peace, 104.

Corn. See Indian Corn.

Cotton, John, Rev., 279.

Coventry, Thomas, 213.

Makes

Cows, price of, in 1638, 366; in 1639-40,

376, 379. See Cattle.

Crabe, Rev. Mr., 58.
Crakston, John, 448, 452.
Crakston, John, Jr., 448, 452.

Cromwell, Thomas, Captain, and his
crew, 441.

Crose, Daniel, guilty of murder, 362.
Crowninshield, Edward A., 206.
Cudworth, James, 301.
Cushman, Mary, 455.

Cushman, Robert, twice an agent to Eng-
land, 30, 31, 43, 44, 47. Letters from, 36,
51, 54, 56, 143, 160. Character of his
negotiations, 45, 48, 50, 60, 62. An-
swers complaints, 51, 56, 60. Dis-
couraged, and disposed to remain, 54,
70, 72. His sermon at Plymouth, 55.
His letter to Southworth, 71. Assistant
in the Mayflower, 72. Passenger in
the Fortune, 105, 114. Returns in the
Fortune, 108, 122. Captured, 110, 122.
Condemns Weston's colonists, 122. Pa-
tent of Cape Ann in the name of, 168.
Writes to Bradford, 201. His death,
206. Facts as to, 206.
Cushman, Thomas, 201.
Cushnoc, trading-house at, 233.
Cutshamakin, a sagamore, 438, 440, 441.

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Deane, Charles, vi.
Deaths. See Mortality.
Deer, 105, 137.

Denison, William, 287. Sues Allerton, 302.
Dermer, Captain, 95. Cited, 96. Treat-
ment of, by Indians, 97.

D'Ewes, Sir Simonds, cited as to intro-
ducing Episcopacy into New England,

329.

Discovery, arrival of the, 127.
Doan, John, Assistant, 306.
Nauset, 426.

Settler at

Dorchester, migration from, to Windsor,
338, 342.

Dorchester fishing company, 169.

Dotey, or Dotte, Edward, 83, 448, 455.
In the exploring party along Cape Cod
Bay, 83.

Drake, Samuel G., 110, 132, 425.
Dudley, Thomas, Governor of Massachu-
setts, 278, 287. Enters into church cov-
enant, 278. His letters respecting Alden
and the Kennebec patent, 318. Signer
of the confederation in 1643, 423.
Dutch, difficulty with the, on Connecticut
River, 311, 328. See New York.
Duxbury, separated from Plymouth, 303,
372, 426.

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Elizabeth, Queen, xv, 4. Favors the An-
glican ritual, 5.

Ellis, George E., Rev., 387.
Ely, seaman in the Mayflower, 77, 450.
Embden, 3, 9, 38.

Endicott, John, arrival of, and of the pa-
tent of Massachusetts, 238. His action
as to Merry-Mount, 238, 253. His ap-
plication to Plymouth for a physician,
264. Boundary commissioner, 370.
English, Thomas, a seaman on board the
Mayflower, 83, 449, 454.

Episcopacy, plan for introducing into New
England, in 1635, 329. See Church of
England.

Episcopius, Simon, Arminian Professor at
Leyden, 21.

Essex, Pilgrims from, 56.
Executions, 276, 362, 365, 398.

F.

Falcon, the ship, 344.
Familism, 387.

Farrar, Sir George, 51.

Geneva Bible, used by the Puritans, 6.
Fast, before leaving Holland, 41. In a Gibbs, Mr., mate of the Sparrow, 131.

time of drought, 142.
Fells, Mr., 219, 220.

Felt, Joseph B., Rev., 132, 141, 169, 209.
Fenwick, George, signer of the confedera-
tion, 423; of a treaty, 440. Commis-
sioner, 430.

Fessenden, G. M., cited, 95.
Fire-arms and ammunition, Indians sup-
plied with, 235, 238, 275, 337.
Fish, caught, 100, 105, 137. Used for
manure, 100, 105, 142. Sent to Spain,
202, 299.

Fishing, at Damariscove Islands, 114, 115,
156. By gangs at Plymouth, 137. De-
bate in Parliament respecting, 141. Fa-
tal to Plymouth, 158, 168, 262. Of
Lyford's and Oldham's friends at Cape
Ann, 196. Of Allerton for bass, 267
-271, 273, 280, 282, 286.

Gibbs, Mr., 228.

Gilson, William, Assistant, 306.
Girling, expedition of, to recover Penob-
scot, 333.

Glover, Rev. Mr., 343.

Goats, 209, 215, 366, 376, 379.
Goffe, Thomas, 213, 228.
Goodman, John, 449, 454, 455.
Goodyeare, Steven, 440.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 95, 225. Cited,
148. Weston's abuse of, 150. Grant
from, 251. Project for making Gov-
ernor of New England, 328.
Gorges, John, 148.

Gorges, Robert, grant to, 148, 168. His
government, 149. Calls Weston to ac-
count, 150; arrests him, 152. Returns
to England, 154.

Gorton, Samuel, 425, 443, 444.

Fitcher, Lieutenant, at Merry-Mount, 236. Gosnold, Bartholomew, names Cape Cod,

Fletcher, Moses, 449, 454.

Fletcher, Thomas, 201, 202, 213.
Forefathers' Day, 88.

Fort Orange, now Albany, 234.

Fortune, arrival of the, 91, 105, 114, 142.
Its departure, 105, 108. Freight of the,
108, 110, 118. Captured, 110, 118, 122.
Arrives in England, 118, 122.
Fox, John, cited, 3.
Fox-skins, 344.
Frankfort, troubles at, 3.

Freeman, Edmund, Assistant, 367, 377,
384, 408. Brother-in-law of Beau-
champ, 378, 404. Witness to agree-
ment with Sherley, 382.
Freeman, Edmund, Jr., 404.
Freeman, James, Rev., 82.

Freeman, John, 404.

77.

Gott, Charles, 266.

Governors of Plymouth, 90, 99, 101, 156,
306, 307, 315, 327, 343, 351, 362, 367,
425, 431.

Granger, Thomas, 397.
Greene, Richard, 129.
Greene, William, 118-120.
Green's Harbor, lands granted at, 303.
Incorporated as Rexhame, and after-
ward called Marshfield, 303, 372, 426.
Gregson, Thomas, commissioner, 423, 430.
Gudburn, Peter, 213.

Guiana, proposition among the Pilgrims
to settle in, 27.

H.

French, supply Indians with fire-arms, 235, Hanson, Captain, 152.

238. See Indians.

French discipline, 197.

Fresh River, the Connecticut, 311.
Friendship, arrival of the, 268, 270, 275,
287. Sails, 271. Charged to the gen-
eral account, 280, 379, 402.
Fugitives, rendition of, 420.
Fulham Library, discovery there of Brad-
ford's History of Plymouth, v. Notice
of, vii.

Fuller, Edward, and family, 449, 454.
Fuller, Samuel, 51, 76, 448. Physician,
264, 278, 279, 306. His death, 314, 451.
His family, 449, 451, 454.

G.

Gainsborough, church at, 10, 411.
Galopp, John, 360.

Gardenar, Richard, 449, 454.

Gardiner, Sir Christopher, 294–297.
Gardner, Lieutenant, 356.

Geneva, 3, 9.

Gibbons, Major, commands troops 435.

Aid from,

Part-

Hanson, Alice, xviii.
Hartford, trade there, 313.
against Indians, 428.
Hatherly, Timothy, 151, 213, 227.
ner with the Plymouth colony, 246, 258,
268, 280, 282, 287. Arrives at Massa-
chusetts, 268, 271. His excuses and
conduct, 269, 271-276. Visits Kenne-
bec and Penobscot, 274, 275. Re-
turns to England, 275. Troubled about
the Friendship, 301. Settles at Scituate,
301, 368. His accounts, 302. Assist-
ant, 343, 351, 367, 377, 384, 408.
Hathorne, William, commissioner, 430.
Haynes, John, Governor of Massachusetts,
335.

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