CHARACTERS
| Mistress Delight Goodspeede. | ||
| Roger | } | Her children. |
| Myles | } | |
| Nathan | } | |
| Patience | } | |
| Prudence | } | |
| Eaglefeather, son of an Indian chief. | ||
| Elder Jonathan Hopkins | } | Colonists |
| Deacon William Porter | } | |
| Goodman John Turner | } | |
| Dominie Peter Cobb | } | |
| Gilbert Appleton, a hunter | } | |
| Mistress Submit Wells | } | |
| Mistress Praisever Porter | } | |
| Desire Porter | } | |
| } | and | |
| Reuben Turner | } | Children |
| Gershom Porter | } | |
| Jared Perkins | } | |
| Jane Porter | } | |
| Priscilla Wells | } | |
The action takes place in a small New England village, not far from Boston, in the early days of the colonies.
Prudence
Eaglefeather