Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement
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A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement
BY JAMES OTIS
NEW YORK -:- CINCINNATI -:- CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Copyright, 1910, by JAMES OTIS KALER Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
The purpose of this series of stories is to show the children, and even those who have already taken up the study of history, the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in their books. To this end every effort has been made to avoid anything savoring of romance, and to deal only with facts, so far as that is possible, while describing the daily life of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for conscience sake or for gain.
That the stories may appeal more directly to the children, they are told from the viewpoint of a child, and purport to have been related by a child. Should any criticism be made regarding the seeming neglect to mention important historical facts, the answer would be that these books are not sent out as histories,—although it is believed that they will awaken a desire to learn more of the building of the nation,—and only such incidents as would be particularly noted by a child are used.
Surely it is entertaining as well as instructive for young people to read of the toil and privations in the homes of those who came into a new world to build up a country for themselves, and such homely facts are not to be found in the real histories of our land.
James Otis.
James Otis
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MARY OF PLYMOUTH
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
WHY THIS STORY WAS WRITTEN
THE LEAKING "SPEEDWELL"
SEARCHING FOR A HOME
AFTER THE STORM
WASH DAY
FINDING THE CORN
ATTACKED BY THE SAVAGES
BUILDING HOUSES
MILES STANDISH
THE SICK PEOPLE
THE NEW HOME
MASTER WHITE AND THE WOLF
THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE
A CHIMNEY WITHOUT BRICKS
BUILDING THE FIRE
MASTER BRADFORD'S CHIMNEY
SCARCITY OF FOOD
A TIMELY GIFT
THE FIRST SAVAGE VISITOR
SQUANTO'S STORY
LIVING IN THE WILDERNESS
THE FRIENDLY INDIANS
GRINDING THE CORN
A VISIT FROM MASSASOIT
MASSASOIT'S PROMISE
MASSASOIT'S VISIT RETURNED
THE BIG HOUSE BURNED
THE "MAYFLOWER" LEAVES PORT
SETTING THE TABLE
WHAT AND HOW WE EAT
TABLE RULES
WHEN THE PILGRIM GOES ABROAD
MAKING A DUGOUT
GOVERNOR CARVER'S DEATH
WILLIAM BRADFORD CHOSEN GOVERNOR
FARMING IN PLYMOUTH
WAYS OF COOKING INDIAN CORN
THE WEDDING
MAKING MAPLE SUGAR
DECORATING THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE
TRAPPING WOLVES AND BAGGING PIGEONS
ELDER BREWSTER
THE VISIT TO MASSASOIT
KEEPING THE SABBATH HOLY
MAKING CLAPBOARDS
COOKING PUMPKINS
A NEW OVEN
MAKING SPOONS AND DISHES
THE FORT AND MEETING-HOUSE
THE HARVEST FESTIVAL
HOW TO PLAY STOOLBALL
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
WHEN THE "FORTUNE" ARRIVED
POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER FAMINE
ON SHORT ALLOWANCE
A THREATENING MESSAGE
PINE KNOTS AND CANDLES
TALLOW FROM BUSHES
WICKS FOR THE CANDLES
DIPPING THE CANDLES
WHEN JAMES RUNS AWAY
EVIL-MINDED INDIANS
LONG HOURS OF PREACHING
JOHN ALDEN'S TUBS
ENGLISH VISITORS
VISITING THE NEIGHBORS
WHY MORE FISH ARE NOT TAKEN
HOW WAMPUM IS MADE
MINISTERING TO MASSASOIT
THE PLOT THWARTED
THE CAPTAIN'S INDIAN
BALLOTS OF CORN
ARRIVAL OF THE "ANN"
THE "LITTLE JAMES" COMES TO PORT
THE NEW MEETING-HOUSE
THE CHURCH SERVICE
THE TITHINGMEN
MASTER WINSLOW BRINGS HOME COWS
A REAL OVEN
BUTTER AND CHEESE
THE SETTLEMENT AT WESSAGUSSETT
THE VILLAGE OF MERRY MOUNT
THE FIRST SCHOOL
TOO MUCH SMOKE
SCHOOL COMFORTS
HOW THE CHILDREN WERE PUNISHED
NEW VILLAGES
MAKING READY FOR A JOURNEY
CLOTHING FOR THE SALEM COMPANY
PREPARING FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY
BEFORE SAILING FOR SALEM
THE JOURNEY
THE ARRIVAL AT SALEM
SIGHT-SEEING IN SALEM
BACK TO PLYMOUTH
