"As soon as the spring came Williams went to this place. He set to work at once to build himself a log house. Five of his friends came from Salem to be with him.
"They had not worked very long before they found they would be safer to move to the other side of the river. Then they would be sure of a place where the white men could not trouble them.
"They came to a wild and beautiful spot. The trees of the forest grew all about it. The river flowed close by.
"The axes were soon swinging merrily and the tall trees came falling to the earth. It was the beginning of the city of Providence.
"Roger Williams gave it that name. He said: 'God has provided a home in the wilderness for me.'
"Not long after this a little son was born to him. He, too, was named Providence. And when a baby daughter came to the happy family, she was called Mercy. In this way the good minister showed that he did not forget the loving care of his Heavenly Father.
"Do not forget Roger Williams," Uncle Sam ended as the children began to put on their rubber boots. "He dared to say what he thought was right when almost everyone was against him.
"Be sure to remember this, too: He had no trouble with the Indians, because he treated them fairly. They lived in America before the white people came, so he thought they had a better right to the land than anyone else."