"It was well enough for them to visit us, but we do not wish them to live here."
They had good reasons for not liking the strangers, for the white men did not treat them wisely.
I will tell you of one thing that happened to make the Indians angry. When the Englishmen were on an exploring expedition a silver cup was stolen.
"The Indians have taken it," they cried.
They were so angry they marched to an Indian town near by and burned it to the ground. The red people of the town fled into the woods, so no harm was done to them. They were very angry, however, because their homes were destroyed. They said to one another:
"Let us drive the white strangers from our land. They do us nothing but harm."
From this time the settlers were not safe. They never knew when the Indians might attack them. Many of them were sick and longed to go back to England.
When summer came and an English ship sailed into the harbor, most of them were glad to get on board and bid good-bye to America.