CONTENTS

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A Proper Beginning[9]
On the Broad Ocean[11]
Making Ready for Battle[13]
The Rest of the Voyage[15]
The First View of America[17]
The Town of Salem[19]
Other Villages[21]
Visiting Salem[22]
Making Comparisons[25]
An Indian Guest and Other Visitors[27]
A Christening and a Dinner[30]
Deciding upon a Home[33]
A Sad Loss[35]
Rejoicing Turned into Mourning[36]
Thanksgiving Day in July[38]
Leaving Salem for Charlestown[39]
Our Neighbors[40]
Getting Settled[42]
The Great Sickness[44]
Moving the Town[46]
Master Graves Prohibits Swimming[48]
Anna Foster's Party[49]
The Town of Boston[51]
Guarding against Fires[53]
Our Own New Home[54]
The Fashion of the Day[56]
My Own Wardrobe[59]
Master Johnson's Death[60]
Many New Kinds of Food[61]
The Supply of Food[64]
The Sailing of the "Lyon"[66]
The Famine[67]
The Search for Food[69]
The Starvation Time[70]
A Day to Be Remembered[73]
The Coming of the "Lyon"[74]
Another Thanksgiving Day[75]
A Defense for the Town[78]
The Problem of Servants[79]
Chickatabut[80]
Building a Ship[82]
Household Conveniences[84]
How the Work is Divided[86]
Launching the Ship[88]
Master Winthrop's Mishap[90]
New Arrivals[92]
Another Famine[94]
Fine Clothing Forbidden[96]
Our First Church[97]
A Troublesome Person[100]
The Village of Merry Mount[101]
Punishing Thomas Morton[102]
Philip Ratcliff's Crime[105]
In the Pillory[107]
Stealing from the Indians[108]
The Passing of New Laws[110]
Master Pormont's School[112]
School Discipline[114]
Other Tools of Torture[116]
Difficult Lessons[118]
Other Schools[119]
Raising Flax[121]
Preparing Flax[123]
Spinning, Bleaching, and Weaving Flax[125]
What We Girls Do at Home[127]
Making Soap[129]
Soap from Bayberries[132]
Goose-picking[133]
A Change of Governors[135]
The Flight of Roger Williams[136]
Sir Harry Vane[138]
Making Sugar[140]
A "Sugaring Dinner"[143]
Training Day[146]
Shooting for a Prize[149]
Lecture Day[151]
Punishment for Evil-doers[152]
The Murder of John Oldham[154]
Savages on the War-path[156]
Pequot Indians[158]

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