CONTENTS

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Why This Story Was Written[9]
The Leaking "Speedwell"[10]
Searching for a Home[13]
After the Storm[15]
Wash Day[16]
Finding the Corn[17]
Attacked by the Savages[20]
Building Houses[22]
Miles Standish[24]
The Sick People[26]
The New Home[27]
Master White and the Wolf[29]
The Inside of the House[30]
A Chimney Without Bricks[32]
Building the Fire[33]
Master Bradford's Chimney[34]
Scarcity of Food[36]
A Timely Gift[38]
The First Savage Visitor[39]
Squanto's Story[41]
Living in the Wilderness[42]
The Friendly Indians[44]
Grinding the Corn[46]
A Visit From Massasoit[47]
Massasoit's Promise[50]
Massasoit's Visit Returned[52]
The Big House Burned[53]
The "Mayflower" Leaves Port[54]
Setting the Table[56]
What and How We Eat[58]
Table Rules[60]
When the Pilgrim Goes Abroad[62]
Making a Dugout[63]
Governor Carver's Death[65]
William Bradford Chosen Governor[67]
Farming in Plymouth[68]
Ways of Cooking Indian Corn[70]
The Wedding[72]
Making Maple Sugar[73]
Decorating the Inside of the House[74]
Trapping Wolves and Bagging Pigeons[76]
Elder Brewster[77]
The Visit to Massasoit[79]
Keeping the Sabbath Holy[80]
Making Clapboards[81]
Cooking Pumpkins[82]
A New Oven[83]
Making Spoons and Dishes[84]
The Fort and Meeting-House[86]
The Harvest Festival[89]
How to Play Stoolball[91]
On Christmas Day[93]
When the "Fortune" Arrived[94]
Possibility of Another Famine[96]
On Short Allowance[98]
A Threatening Message[99]
Pine Knots and Candles[101]
Tallow from Bushes[102]
Wicks for the Candles[103]
Dipping the Candles[105]
When James Runs Away[106]
Evil-Minded Indians[109]
Long Hours of Preaching[110]
John Alden's Tubs[112]
English Visitors[113]
Visiting the Neighbors[115]
Why More Fish Are Not Taken[116]
How Wampum is Made[118]
Ministering to Massasoit[119]
The Plot Thwarted[121]
The Captain's Indian[122]
Ballots of Corn[123]
Arrival of the "Ann"[123]
The "Little James" Comes to Port[125]
The New Meeting-House[125]
The Church Service[127]
The Tithingmen[129]
Master Winslow Brings Home Cows[130]
A Real Oven[131]
Butter and Cheese[132]
The Settlement at Wessagussett[133]
The Village of Merrymount[135]
The First School[136]
Too Much Smoke[138]
School Comforts[139]
How the Children Were Punished[140]
New Villages[142]
Clothing for the Salem Company[146]
Preparing Food For the Journey[147]
Before Sailing for Salem[148]
Beginning the Journey[150]
The Arrival at Salem[153]
Sight-Seeing in Salem[154]
Back to Plymouth[155]

MARY OF PLYMOUTH