The New English Canaan of Thomas Morton with Introductory Matter and Notes

by Thomas Morton

INDEX.

INDEX.

• A.
• Aberdecest, [130], n.
• Acomenticus:
• charter granted to, by Gorges, [81];
• Morton dies at, [91].
• Adams, John:
• on name of Merry-Mount, [14], n.;
• on fate of Wollaston, [15];
• on Thomas Morton, [95], n.;
• injuries to library of, [101], n.
• Adams, John Q., [101].
• Adders, [213].
• Ælianus, [345], n.
• Air of New England, [121], [137], [177], [190].
• Alcides, [292].
• Alecto, [275].
• Alexander, Sir William, quoted, [140], [167].
• Alder, the, [186].
• Allen, J. A., notes on wild animals of New England by, [199-215].
• Allerton, Isaac:
• his course toward Morton in England, [35], [303];
• his mission to England in 1629, [36];
• carries Morton back to Plymouth, [36];
• tries to obtain charter for Plymouth, [52];
• brings over goods, [289], n.
• Allize, [225].
• Alsatian Squire, the, [92].
• Amphitrite, [277], [281].
• Animals, wild of New England, chapter on, [199-215].
• Antinomian controversy, [81], [323], n.
• Antonomasia, [316].
• Anúnime, [123], n.
• Arbor-vitæ, [185], n.
• Archimedes, [291].
• Argus eyes, [303].
• Aristotle, cited, [117], [118].
• Armoniack, [219].
• Arms. (See [Fire-arms].)
• Arthur’s Table, King, [290].
• Arundel, Earl of, [60], [70].
• Ascowke, [213].
• Ash, the, [183].
• Aspinwall, William, [319], n.
• Audubon, John James, quoted, [131], n., [192], n.
• Auk, the great, formerly found in Boston Bay, [131], n.
• B.
• Bacchanal Triumph, poem, [290-4].
• Bagnall, Walter, [22], [206], n., [218], n.
• Baptism, [331], n.
• “Barren doe, the,” [94], [264-6], [272-7].
• Barrowe, Henry, on Common Prayer, [332], n.
• Bass, [222].
• Beach, the, [183].
• Bears: used by Indians, [142-4];
• value of skins of, [205];
• description of, [209];
• Indian methods of hunting, [210];
• flesh of, [210].
• Beaver: value of skins of, [22], [205], [295];
• gain in, [32], [282];
• regulation of trade in, [39], [306];
• virtues of tails of, [162], [205];
• description of, [204];
• muskrats passed for, [211];
• Dutch trade in, [239], n.;
• a theft compounded in, [269];
• plenty of, at Nipnet, [270];
• compared to Jason’s Fleece, [295].
• Bible, the, [94], [212], [260].
• Bibliography of New Canaan, [99].
• Billington, John, [217].
• Birch, the, [186].
• Birds, chapter on, [189-99].
• Black-lead, [219].
• Blackstone, William: moves from Wessagusset to Boston, [24];
• contributes to Morton’s arrest, [30];
• an Episcopalian, [94].
• Bluefish, [222].
• Bole Armoniack, [219].
• Book of Common Prayer, [22], [68], [82], [168], [260], [283], [311];
• an idol, [69], [332];
• Morton persecuted for using, [92-5].
• Book of Sports, [260], n.
• Boston Bay: savages about in 1625, [11];
• settlers about in 1628, [24];
• description of in 1630, [122];
• great auks seen in, [131], n.;
• French vessel wrecked in, [131], n.
• Bradford, John, on Common Prayer, [332], n.
• Bradford, Governor William: cited, [1], [6], [13], [18], [20], [22], [25], [27], [31], [35], [36], [37], [46], [49], [52], [79], [92], [133], n., [205], n., [217], n., [323], n., [325], n., [330], n., [332], n.;
• letters of, on arrest of Morton, [30];
• generally correct, [49];
• literary skill of, [96];
• absence of humor in, [97], [98];
• referred to as Rhadamant, [291], n.
• Brant, [189], [268].
• Breames, [227].
• Brereton, Sir William, grant to, from John Gorges, [34].
• Brewster, William, notes on birds by, [189-99], n., [226], n.
• Briareus, [288].
• Bridges, Robert, [90].
• Bright, Rev. Francis, [300], n., [325], n.
• Brimstone, [220].
• Bristol, [2].
• Brown, Peter, [214].
• Browne, Robert, [323], n.
• Brutus, supposed descent of Indians from, [126], [127], [129].
• Bubble, [266-8], [270-3].
• Buckingham, Duke of, [178], n.
• Burdet, Rev. George, corresponds with Laud, [83], [88].
• Burglary, [319], n.
• Burning undergrowth: Indian custom of, [172], [184], [186];
• protection against, [173].
• Bursley, John, at Wessagusset, [24], [31], [162], n.
• Buzzard’s Bay, [266].
• Butler, Samuel, [96], [98], [251], n.
• C.
• Caen, William and Emery de, [235], n.
• Caiaphas, [300], [302], n.
• Cain, [312].
• Campbell, Lord: on royal proclamations, [26];
• cited, [35].
• Canada: derivation of name, [235];
• first conquest of, [235], n.
• Canary Islands: as a market, [182], [222];
• Morton at, [342-3].
• Cane, [275].
• Caunoŭnicus, funeral rites of his son, [170], n.
• Cape Ann: Lyford moves to, [24];
• Morton at, [261].
• Cape Cod, [21], [23], [226];
• French vessel wrecked on, [131], n.
• Cape Verde Islands, [116], [117], n.
• Carheil, Father, cited, [17].
• Caribdis, [277], [280].
• Cattup Keen, [137], n.
• Carlisle, Earl of, [70].
• Casco Bay, [221];
• royalists about, [85].
• Cau-ompsk, [124], n.
• Cecrops, [293].
• Cedars: at Mount Wollaston, [10];
• where to be found large, [173];
• abundance and size of, [184];
• white, [185], n.
• Cerberus, [294].
• Chalk-stones, [216].
• Champlain, lake: protection for discovery of, [77];
• Morton on, [78];
• Josselyn’s expedition to discover, [79];
• when named, [234], n. (See [Erocoise].)
• Champlain: his Voyages quoted, [149], n., [150], n.;
• his map, [236], n.
• Charity of the Separatists, [320].
• Charity, the, comes to New England in June, 1622, [7], [130].
• Chauquaqock, [254], n.
• Charles I.: corruption of court of, [52];
• character and government of, [54];
• financial straits of, in 1635, [73];
• turning point in fortunes of, [78].
• Charlestown: settlement of, [34], [300], n.;
• deacons of church of, [319].
• Charon, [274].
• Charter party, [304], [316], [317]. (See [Cradock, Matthew].)
• Chastity, absence of, among Indians, [16], [17], [145], n.
• Chelsea, [229], [300].
• Cheshetue, [148].
• Chestnut, the, [183].
• Chickatawbut, dwelling-place of, [11];
• cunning of, [162], n.;
• his mother’s grave despoiled, [170], [247];
• speech of, [247-9];
• Weston’s men living with, [252].
• Chingachgook, [213], n.
• Christmas, [18], [97];
• “brave gambols,” [294].
• Church practices in New England, [69], [260], [262], [322-34].
• Church of England: Winthrop’s detestation of, [63];
• and Morton, [92];
• and Lyford, [263];
• dignity of, advanced in New England by Morton, [283];
• Ratcliff a member of, [317].
• Churching of women, [331], n.
• Cicero, quoted, [139], [181], [312].
• Cithyrea, [278].
• Clams, [227].
• Clarendon, Lord, cited, [52].
• Clayton’s Virginia, cited, [199], n., [208], n., [210], n., [214], n.
• Cleaves, George: Morton in employ of, [77];
• in employ of Rigby, [84];
• “a fire-brand of dissension,” [85].
• Clerk, Roger, [300], n.
• Cockles, [227].
• Coddington, Governor William, writes to Winthrop about Morton, [85].
• Cod-fish, [221];
• markets for, [222];
• superiority of New England, ib.
• Cod-liver oil, [222].
• Coins, old, found at Richmond Island, [218], n.
• Coke, Sir Edward, on proclamations, [26], [35].
• Colchos, [292].
• Commissions, system of, in favor at court of Charles I., [57].
• Conies, [204], [210], [211].
• Common Prayer: Book of, treatment of in Massachusetts, [69];
• trouble occasioned by in Scotland, [82];
• Morton’s use of, cause of his persecution, [92], [260], [283];
• reference to in New Canaan, [93], [169];
• an idol, [332], n.
• Connecticut, Blue Laws of, [252], n.
• Copper, [220].
• Cormorants, [226].
• Cos, [124], [217].
• Cottington, Lord, [60].
• Cotton, John, [98].
• Council for New England: efforts of to settle the Massachusetts, [2];
• grant to Robert Gorges, [3];
• secures proclamation about sale of fire-arms to Indians, [20];
• gives patent to Company of Massachusetts Bay, [31];
• quarrel of with Massachusetts Company, [33];
• unequal to the emergency in 1634, [59];
• plan for dividing territory of, [59];
• divides New England, [70];
• surrender of patent by, [72];
• records of quoted, [130], n., [196], n.;
• issues patent to Walter Bagnall, [219], n.
• Court: held at Salem, [306];
• at Boston, to try Morton, [311].
• Cradock, Governor Matthew, [298], n.;
• before Privy Council, [51], [56];
• “an imposterous knave,” [62];
• default of in quo warranto proceedings, [75];
• on Morton, [77];
• Master Charterparty [304], n., [316], [317].
• Cranes, [192].
• Cromwell, Oliver, [83].
• Crows, [195].
• Crow-blackbirds, [198].
• Cupid, [278].
• Cypress-trees, [185].
• Cynthius, [345].
• D.
• Dagon, [32], n.
• Davis, Captain John, [104], [118], n.
• Deaconess, [323].
• Deacons, [322].
• Deane, Charles: cited, [30], [56];
• accuracy of, [56].
• Decameron, [94].
• De Costa, B. F.: quoted, [92-4];
• referred to, [100].
• Deer: skins of, [135], [142-3], [202];
• killed by Indians, [162];
• followed by scent, [166];
• kinds of, [200-2];
• preyed on by wolves, [204], [208];
• and luzerans, [206].
• Deer-traps, [202].
• Deer Island, [155], n., [204], n.
• Delilah, [281].
• Demas, part of, [302], n.
• Demophoön, [273].
• Dermer, Captain Thomas: redeems captives, [131], n.;
• quoted concerning pestilence of 1616, [133], n.
• Devil, the: estimation of among Indians, [139], n., [150], n., [165], [167];
• rules the Powows, [178].
• Dexter, Rev. H. M., [244], n.
• Diogenes, [178];
• tub of, [286].
• Dodge, General, cited, [169], n., [174], n.
• “Doe, the barren,” [94], [264-6], [272-7].
• Dog-fish, [223], n.
• Don Quixote, [94], [272], [286].
• Dorchester, Lord, [53].
• Dorset, Earl of, [60].
• Dover, N. H., Hiltons at, [30].
• Downing, Emanuel: before Privy Council, [51];
• account of, [52];
• instructed to find evidence against Morton, [88];
• on humming-bird, [198], n.
• Drails, [223].
• Drunkenness, Indian tendency to, [174].
• Ducks: kinds of, [190];
• preyed on by luzeran, [206], n.
• Dudley, Governor Thomas, [43], [80], [90];
• cited, [4], [46].
• Duxbury, [84].
• E.
• Eacus, [288], [293], [294], [309].
• Eager, Pastor Master. (See [Skelton].)
• East Indies, [239].
• Edmunds, Sir Thomas, [60].
• Eels, [224].
• Egypt, [240].
• Elder-tree, the, [186].
• Elders of church, [313], [322].
• Elephants, their supposed religion, [141], n.
• Elias house, [310].
• Eliot, Dr. John, [326], n.
• Eliot, John, quoted, [124], [129], n.
• Elk, [200], n.
• Ellis, Rev. Dr. G. E., quoted, [145], n.
• Elm, the, [183].
• En animia, [123].
• Endicott, John: arrival of, at Salem, [31];
• visits Mt. Wollaston, [32];
• occupies the Gorges grant, [34];
• his instructions, [38], [40], [45];
• meets “old planters,” [39], [306];
• attempts to reärrest Morton, [43];
• derided by Morton, [45];
• mutilates royal standard, [66];
• issues warrant to arrest Morton, [86];
• governor, [88];
• libelled in New Canaan, [88], [304];
• called Littleworth, [220], [298-9], [304], [306], [308], [318];
• Morton’s animosity to, [220], n.;
• cured of a wife, [298], n.;
• sends settlers to Charlestown, [300], n.;
• at Salem, [303-7];
• and the charter case, [305];
• fraud imputed to, [308];
• punishes Ratcliff, [316];
• second marriage of, [330], n.
• Epictetus, [312], n.
• Episcopalians: take up Morton’s cause, [92];
• in early Massachusetts, [95], [218], n.
• Erocoise, lake of, [78], [234-7], [240], [241]. (See [Champlain].)
• Esculapius, [278].
• Executions. (See [Hanging].)
• Exercising in church, by lay members, [262], n., [322-30].
• F.
• Faircloath, Innocence (See [Ratcliff].)
• Fairfax, Lord, [83].
• Falcons and falconry, [6], [196].
• Falkland, Lord, [83].
• Falstaff, [278], n.
• Faustus, Dr., [319].
• Fire-arms: supplied to Indians, [20], [95];
• trade in forbidden, [21];
• in hands of Indians in 1628, [25].
• Firing the country. (See [Burning].)
• Fish, poisonous in the tropics, [116], n.;
• kinds of in New England, [221-8].
• Fisheries, vessels engaged in, [221].
• Fitcher: a partner of Wollaston, [4];
• left in charge at Mt. Wollaston and expelled by Morton, [13].
• Finch, Sir John, [35].
• Flora, patroness of May-day, [19], [281].
• Flounders, [226].
• Flowers in New England, [228].
• Footmen, running, [329].
• Force’s Tracts, [99].
• Foxes, [206-8].
• Fox-skins, value of, [205], n., [207], n.
• Franchise, the, in Massachusetts, [331], n.
• Freeles, [227].
• French authority, on Indians’ senses, [166].
• Frenchmen, captured, among Indians, [131], n.
• “Froth, Nick and,” [328], n.
• Fuller, Dr. Samuel: dies of pestilence, [133], n.;
• supposed to be alluded to as Eacus, [288], [291], n., [309];
• note on, [297];
• at Salem, [298].
• Furmety, [163], n.; [296].
• Furs: profit of trade in, [22], [32];
• regulation of trade in, [39];
• Indian use of, [141-4];
• prices of, [205], n., [207], n., [209]. (See [Beaver], [Deer], [Bear].)
• G.
• Galena, found in Woburn, [219], n.
• Ganymede, [279].
• Gardiner, Sir Christopher: before Privy Council, [50], [86];
• his prefatory verses to New English Canaan, [112];
• on descent of Indians, [128];
• intercedes for Ratcliff, [320];
• note on, [338];
• adventures of, [338-42];
• sonnet by, [341].
• Geese: descriptions of, [189-90];
• preyed on by luzeran, [206], n.
• Gellius, Aulus, quoted, [312], n.
• Gentry, created and degraded by Winthrop, [313].
• Gerard’s Herbal, referred to, [185].
• Ghent, [236].
• Gibbons, Major Edward, [90-1].
• Gifte, the, [44], [289].
• Gloucester, Morton at, [86].
• Golgotha, a new-found, [133].
• Goodman, John: adventure of, with a wolf, [208], n.;
• hears lions roar, [214], n.
• Gookin, Daniel, quoted, [160], [174].
• Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, [2], [3], [36], [47], [95];
• procures issues of proclamation on fire-arms, [21];
• his curiosity as to New England, [32];
• Morton ingratiates himself with, [36];
• in correspondence with Morton, [41], [47];
• intrigues against Massachusetts, [49];
• failure in, [53];
• works through Court influences, [54];
• renews complaints against Massachusetts, [56];
• shapes Laud’s policy to New England, [58];
• his plan, [58];
• to be governor-general, [59];
• his influence with Lords Commissioners, [60];
• represents “thorough” in New England, [60], [74];
• thought to be on the New England coast in 1635, [66];
• his plans in 1635, [67];
• circumvents Winslow, [68];
• grantee of Maine from Council for New England, [71];
• appointed by King, governor-general, [71];
• failure of, caused by want of money, [72];
• age of, [75], n.;
• death of Mason fatal to plans of, [76];
• publication of New Canaan not agreeable to, [80];
• pretends to be friendly to Massachusetts, [80];
• “casheers” Morton, [80];
• grants charter to Acomenticus, [81];
• career of, [119], n.;
• eulogized, [189];
• Sir C. Gardiner, an agent of, [338], n.
• Gorges, John: succeeds to R. Gorges’s grant, [33];
• deeds land to Brereton and Oldham, [34], [40].
• Gorges, Lord, [71].
• Gorges, Captain Robert, [2], [33], [143], [162];
• arrives in Boston Bay, [3];
• extent of his grant, [3];
• returns to England, [4];
• validity of grant to, denied, [34];
• arrests Weston, [257], n.
• Goshawks, [197].
• Gover, Anna, [298].
• Grant, John, [62].
• Grapes in New England, [186].
• Gray, Professor Asa, [182], [188].
• Greek, supposed resemblance of Indian words to, [123], [126].
• Greene, Charles, [99-101].
• Greene, Richard, in charge of Wessagusset settlement, [7].
• Greenland, excessive cold of, [118].
• Grouse in New England, [194], n.
• H.
• “Habbe or nabbe,” [335].
• Hacche, Roger atte, [300], n.
• Hake, [226].
• Hale, Robert, [319], n.
• Halibut, [225].
• Hame, [124].
• Hamilton, Marquis of, [70].
• Hampden, John, [83].
• Handmaid, the, Morton’s voyage in, [45], [342-5].
• Hanging: the Weymouth, [217], [249-52];
• early in Massachusetts, [217], n.;
• in Virginia, [342].
• Hannibal, [263].
• Hares, [204].
• Harris, Rev. Thaddeus Mason, [101], n.
• Harvard University: Library bulletin referred to, [99-100];
• students at, whipped, [319], n.
• Hawks and falcons in New England, [195-7].
• “Hawk and buzzard,” [336].
• Hawthorn-trees, [186].
• Heath-hen, [194], n.
• Hebrew tribes, [310];
• origin of Indians traced to, [129], n.
• Hedgehogs, [211].
• Hemlock-trees, [185], n.
• Hemp in New England, [187], [202], [231].
• Herbs of New England, [188], [228].
• Herons, [192].
• Herring, [224].
• Hickory, [183], n.
• Higginson, Rev. F., quoted, [213], n., [221], n., [232], n., [300], n.
• Higginson, T. W., quoted, [312], n.
• Hiltons, the: at Piscataqua, [23];
• contribute to Morton’s arrest, [30].
• “Hippeus pine-tree horse,” [284].
• Holbein, Hans, [253], n.
• Holland, [70], [288].
• Hollis, Sir William, [253], n.
• Horace, quoted, [119].
• Horeb, the calf of, [278].
• Horse-mackerel, [223], n.
• Howes, Edward, [317], n.
• Howes, Edward, Jr., [334], n.
• Hudibras, [96], [251], n., [339], n.
• Hudson, Hendrick, voyages and fate of, [118], n.
• Hudson, the, [236], n., [238].
• Hull, so called in 1628, [24], [337], n.
• Hume, David, on royal proclamations, [26].
• Humfrey, John: before Privy Council, [51];
• “an imposterous knave,” [62], [64];
• goes to New England, [64];
• Gorges refers to patience of, [80].
• Humming-bird, [102], n., [198].
• Hunt, Captain Thomas, [244], n.
• Hutchinson, Mrs. Ann, [81], [323], n.
• Hyde, Sir Nicholas, [35].
• Hydra, [286], [287], [292], [293].
• I.
• Indians: Morton’s popularity with, [10];
• number in Massachusetts, [11];
• modesty of women, [16];
• desire for guns and spirits, [20];
• fire-arms among, [20], [25];
• pestilence of 1616 among, [120], [133], n.;
• origin of, [123-9];
• language of, [123];
• descendants of Hebrew tribes, [129], n.;
• Frenchmen captives among, [131];
• their wigwams, [134-8];
• their eating, [137], n.;
• their hospitality, [137], n.;
• their games and removals, [138];
• their religion, [139-41], [167];
• their dress, [141-5];
• their trade, [141], [157-9];
• their modesty, [142];
• their children born white, [147], n.;
• their bodies well shaped, [147];
• color of their eyes, [148], [165];
• their respect to age, [148-50];
• their conjuring tricks, [150-3];
• their duels, [153-4];
• their money, [157-9];
• their manufactures, [159];
• their storehouses, [160];
• their baskets, [160];
• did not use salt, [161];
• their cunning, [161-5];
• acuteness of their senses, [165-6];
• distinguish French from Spanish by smell, [166];
• crimes among, [169];
• their funerals, [169-71];
• thievery among, [169];
• their custom of firing the country, [172];
• distant commerce of, [172], [220], n., [237];
• contented life of, [175];
• superiority to English beggars, [175-6];
• utensils and method of drinking, [177];
• deer-traps of, [202];
• method of hunting bears, [209-10];
• lobster-feasts of, [226];
• belied by Plymouth people, [256];
• compound theft at Wessagusset, [269];
• accompany Bubble to Nipnet, [270];
• return his property, [272];
• witness Morton’s punishment, [312];
• reprove punishment of Morton, [312]. (See [Massachusetts].)
• Indian women: absence of chastity among, [16], [17], [145];
• Morton’s relations with, [94];
• their dress, [144];
• their modesty, [145];
• their child-bearing, [145-8];
• their care of their infants, [147].
• Ireland, no venomous beasts in, [48].
• Irocoise, the great lake. (See [Champlain].)
• Iron-stones, [219].
• Iroquois, [234].
• Isles of Shoals, Morton at, [29], [296], [302].
• Israelites, [310];
• origin of Indians traced to, [129], n., [160], n.
• J.
• Jackals, [207], n., [214], n.
• James I., [16], [35];
• sends snake-stones to Virginia, [214], n.
• Jason, [292];
• Golden Fleece of, [295].
• Jeffreys, William: at Wessagusset, [24], [31], [162], n.;
• corresponds with Gorges, [60], n.;
• letters of Morton to, [61], [86];
• carries letters to Winthrop, [65];
• letters from quoted, [102].
• Jews, origin of Indians traced to, [129], n.
• Job, [281].
• Johnson, Edward, [250].
• Jonah, [103], [302], [327], [342-5].
• Jonson, Ben, [98];
• may have met Morton, [96];
• note on “poem,” [290], [312], n.;
• quoted, [335], n.
• Jordan, [310].
• Josselyn, Captain John, quoted, [16], n., [133], n., [136], n., [137], n., [147], n., [158], n., [160], n., [171], n., [182], n., [185], n., [189], n., [191], n., [198], n., [201], n., [205], n., [206], n., [210], n., [212], n., [214], n., [217], n., [221], n., [232], n., [235], n.
• Josselyn, Henry, [237];
• date of expedition of, to New Hampshire, [79], [238].
• “Jove, let, vouchsafe to thunder,” [62], [103], [113], [345].
• Jupiter, [279].
• K.
• Kantántowwit, [168], n.
• Kennebec: Morton follows Plymouth people to the, [23], [295];
• Plymouth grant on the, [36].
• Kennet, White, [99].
• Kytan, an Indian god, [139], n., [167], n., [168], [169].
• Killock, [262].
• King’s Bench, warrant did not run in Massachusetts, [47].
• Kirk, David, Louis and Thomas, conquest of Canada by, [235], n.
• Kodtup Kēn, [137], n.
• Koüs, [124], n.
• L.
• Laconia, [235], [238], n.
• Lannerets, [196], [198].
• Larks, [195].
• Latin, supposed similarity with Indian tongue, [123-6].
• Laud, Archbishop William: becomes Primate, [55];
• influence of, [57];
• head of Lords Commissioners, [58], [60], [93], [322];
• played upon by Gorges, [64];
• and Morton, [68], [93], [322-34];
• New England not to be suffered to languish, [71];
• supreme in England in 1635, [74];
• his fortunes turn, [78];
• corresponds with Burdet, [83];
• orders Common Prayer to be used, [333], n.
• Lazarus, [344].
• Lead ore, [219].
• Leadstones, [219].
• Learning, vilified in New England, [282].
• Leather, made by Indians, [142], [201].
• Lechford’s Plaine Dealing quoted, [147], [322-34].
• Lenox, Duke of, [70].
• Lerna, lake, [292].
• Lewis, Alonzo, quoted, [129].
• Libertines, New England will not brook, [48].
• Lime, [215].
• Limestone in Weymouth, [216], n.
• Lions in New England, [214].
• Littleworth. (See [Endicott].)
• Lobsters, [209], [226], [265].
• Lords Commissioners of Plantations: appointment of board of, [58], [100];
• who composed, [60];
• powers of, [60];
• news of appointment of, in Massachusetts, [65];
• last meeting of, [81];
• Morton’s dependence on, [93];
• dedication of New Canaan to, [109], [322].
• Louis XI., [326].
• Lowndes’s Manual, [100].
• Lucan, [141].
• Luscus, [263].
• Luzerans: description of, [206];
• value of furs of, [205], n.
• Lyford, Rev. John:
• at Hull, [24], [264];
• moves to Cape Ann, [24];
• at Plymouth, [262-4], [332], n.
• Lyman, Theodore, notes on fish, [221-8].
• M.
• Machiavelli, [339].
• Macháug, [237], n.
• Mackerel, [223].
• Mackerel-shark, [223], n.
• Maine: trading-stations in, [23], [218], [221];
• royalists in, [85].
• Maja, [281].
• Manchester, Earl of, [60].
• Manittóoes, [207], n.
• Maple, [186].
• Marble in New England, [215].
• Marblehead, quality of stone at, [215], n.
• Ma-re-Mount, [14]. (See [Merry Mount].)
• Marlins, [198].
• Marriage in Massachusetts, a civil contract, [69], [330].
• Mars, [292].
• Martens: value of furs of, [205], n.;
• described, [206].
• Mary & John, arrival of at Hull, [42].
• Maske, the North Star, [125].
• Mason, Captain John: hostile to Massachusetts, [49];
• grantee of New Hampshire from Council of New England, [71];
• builds ships to take governor-general to New England, [73];
• financial needs of, [74];
• death of, and note on, [76], [238].
• Massachusetts: latent spirit of rebellion in, in 1632, [51], [66];
• emigration to, in 1634, [55];
• panic in, in 1635, [66], [71];
• preparations against, in 1635, [67];
• church practices in, [69], [322-34];
• complaints against, in 1638, [81];
• appeals to king a misdemeanor in, [87];
• location and advantages of, [112];
• elk seen in, [200], n.;
• population of, in 1632-7, [230];
• baptism limited to franchise in, [331], n.;
• description of community in, [334], n.;
• justice in, [334-6].
• Massachusetts Charter: attack on in Privy Council, in 1632, [49];
• obtained by influence, [52];
• sent for by Privy Council, [56];
• second attack on, [58], [61];
• not returned to England, [64];
• plan for vacating, [67];
• quo warranto proceedings to set aside, [75];
• demand for return of, in 1638, [82].
• Massachusetts Company: grant to, [31];
• difficulty of, with Council of New England, [33];
• procures charter, [34];
• “old planters,” jealousy of, [38];
• instructions of, to Endicott, [38], [40], [45];
• policy of, to, [39];
• regulates trade in furs, [39];
• complaints against, [50];
• treasurer of, [305];
• patent-case of, [305].
• Massachusetts Indians: number of, [11];
• Weston’s men killed by, [252], n.;
• humanity of, [256].
• Massasoit: a night in his lodge, [136], n.;
• detains Samoset, [244], n.
• Mather, Cotton, quoted, [129], n., [132], n., [150], n., [152], n., [160], n., [175], n., [331], n.
• Matta, [237].
• Mattapan, [12], [124].
• Maverick, Rev. John, [325], n.
• Maverick, Samuel: says that Morton had a patent, [8];
• moves from Wessagusset to Noddle’s Island, [24];
• in connection with Morton’s arrest, [30];
• his assessment for charge of Morton’s arrest, [30];
• cited, [46];
• refers to Morton’s arraignment at Boston, [88];
• an Episcopalian, [94].
• May, Thomas, quoted, [141], n.
• Mayberry, S. P., on Walter Bagnall, [218], n.
• May-day festivities: immorality of, [18];
• at Mount Wollaston, [18], [276-82].
• May-pole, the: of Merry-Mount, [17], [270], [295];
• custom of erecting, [17];
• cut down by Endicott, [32].
• Medusa, [292].
• Meechin, [137].
• Melpomene, [275].
• Menhaden, [225], n., [226], n.
• Mephistopheles, [319].
• Mermaid, the, [97].
• Merriam, Mr., identifies simpes as woodcock, [191], n.
• Merry-Mount: fountain at, [276];
• Mayday at, [276-84];
• to be made a woeful mount, [278];
• monster at, [282]. (See [Mt. Wollaston].)
• Metawna, [194], n.
• Mice, [214].
• Milo, [270].
• Milton, John, quoted, [129].
• Minerals of New England, [215-21].
• Ministers: ordination of, at Plymouth, [262];
• at Salem, [300], n., [306];
• use of notes by, [322], n.;
• ordination of, in New England, [324];
• superior to magistrates in New England, ib.;
• first in New England, [325], n.;
• absent-mindedness of a, ib.;
• did not marry in New England, [330].
• Ministers’ sons, whipped, [319], n.
• Minos, [275], [293], [294], [309].
• Mint and Cummin, tithes of, [102], [111], [280], [333].
• Mittànnug, [193], n.
• Mona, [124].
• Monatoquit, [9], [28], [285];
• limestone near to, [216].
• Money, Indian. (See Wampum.)
• Monsall, Ralph, [319], n.
• Monthly Anthology, [101], [320].
• Moose, description and uses of, [142], [200].
• Morell, Rev. William, quoted, [143], n.
• Morton, Nathaniel, cited, [5].
• Morton, Thomas: comes to Massachusetts with Wollaston, [1];
• suspected of murder, [2], [15], [46];
• his previous life, [4-5];
• his acquaintance with classics, [4], [345], n.;
• his first coming to New England, [6];
• his silence about Wollaston, [13];
• inaccuracy of, [14], [63], [96], [123], n., [335], n.;
• his fondness for field sports, [15];
• his treatment of Indians, [16], [256];
• relations of, with Indian women, [16];
• his verses, [19];
• supplies Indians with guns, [20];
• silence of, on subject, [21];
• trades in Maine, [23];
• visits Wessagusset, [24];
• number of his neighbors, [25];
• remonstrated with for sale of fire-arms, [25];
• on proclamations, [26];
• arrest of, by Standish, [27], [282-6];
• escape of, [28], [283];
• taken to Plymouth, [29], [296];
• sent to England, [29], [289];
• cost of arrest of, [30], [302];
• reaches England, [31];
• not proceeded against, [35], [303];
• could have been proceeded against in Star Chamber, [35];
• ingratiates himself with Gorges, [36];
• and Allerton, [36], [325];
• good results of, [37];
• returns to Plymouth, [37], [304];
• to Mount Wollaston, [38];
• refuses to sign agreement, [39], [307];
• disregards trade regulations, [40], [308];
• an agent of Gorges, [41];
• profits of, [41], [308];
• attempt to re-arrest, [41], [308];
• re-arrest of, [43];
• trial and sentence of, [44];
• sent back to England, [45];
• charges against him, [46];
• punishment of, [46-8], [311], [312];
• a warrant for his arrest from King’s Bench, [47], [311];
• a “libertine,” [48];
• driven away from Massachusetts, [49], [336-7];
• in Exeter jail, [49];
• allies himself to enemies of Massachusetts Charter, [50];
• makes complaint before Privy Council, [50];
• gives reason of failure of complaint, [54];
• forwards more complaints, [56];
• elation of, in 1634, [60];
• his letters to William Jeffreys, [61];
• crying as Jonas, [61], [103], [344];
• plays on Laud’s foibles, [64], [93], [322-34], n., n.;
• has Winslow put in Fleet prison, [69];
• Solicitor of Council for New England, [72];
• promptness of, in legal proceedings, [75];
• on Captain John Mason, [76];
• Cradock on, [77];
• in pay of Cleaves, [77];
• in disgrace with Gorges, [80];
• witnesses Acomenticus charter, [81];
• starved out of England, [83];
• at Plymouth in 1643, [84];
• pretends to be a Commonwealth’s man, [85];
• goes to Maine, [85];
• to Rhode Island, [85];
• to Boston, [86];
• arraigned, [86];
• extraordinary proceedings against, [87];
• petition of, [88-90];
• imprisonment, release and death of, [91];
• a man out of place, [92];
• Episcopalian defenders of, [92];
• “his faults,” [93];
• oppressively dealt with in Massachusetts, [94];
• small literary merit of, [95];
• may have met Butler and Jonson, [96];
• sense of humor of, [97];
• style of, [103];
• at Richmond Island, [218];
• uses Common Prayer, [260], [311];
• at Cape Ann, [261];
• at Nut Island, [268];
• date of arrest, [295];
• references of, to Winthrop, [310], n., [321];
• gets game for settlers, [321];
• at Salem, [325], n.;
• at Canary Islands, [342];
• his voyage to England, [342-5].
• Mount Dagon, [32], [278].
• Mount Wollaston: why so called, [1];
• character and number of settlers at, [8], [286], [294];
• description and sketch of, [9-10];
• view from, [12];
• location of, [15];
• morals at, [17];
• May-day festivities at, [18];
• a refuge of runaways, [22], [23];
• within grant to Massachusetts Company, [31];
• destruction of house at, [45];
• Common Prayer at, [94], [283];
• fountain at, [229];
• monster at, [282].
• Muskrats, [204];
• value of skins of, [205], n.;
• description of, [210].
• Muscles, [227].
• Munnoh, [124], n.
• N.
• Nan weeteo, [148], n.
• Nantasket, [24], [25], [30], [325], n., [337], n.
• Nanepashemet, [155].
• Naumkeag, [25], [30].
• Nebuchadnezzar, [116].
• Necut, [193], n.
• Neent, [194], n.
• Neptune, [277].
• Netherlands, [293].
• New Canaan: political significance of, [68];
• as a political pamphlet, [68], [322], n.;
• reference to Lake Irocoise in, [78];
• where written, [78], [233], n.;
• referred to by Bradford, [79];
• latest revision of, [79];
• no copies of, get to New England, [79], [88];
• publication of, not agreeable to Gorges, [80];
• referred to by Winthrop, [86];
• references to Book of Common Prayer in, [93];
• ribaldry of, [94];
• criticism of, [95-6];
• referred to in Hudibras, [96];
• humor in, [97];
• a connecting link, [98];
• bibliography of, [99-101];
• titlepages of, [100];
• printing of, [102];
• cause of errors in, [103];
• rules for present edition of, [104].
• New England: emigration to, in 1634, [55];
• royal policy towards, [57];
• church practices in, [69];
• division of, in 1635, [70];
• commission for governing, in 1637, [77];
• location and temperature of, [120-1];
• winds not violent in, [122], [232];
• plenty of, [175];
• air of, [177];
• beauty of, [180];
• motives of settlers in, [181];
• no boggy ground in, [228];
• perfumed air of, [228], [231-2];
• superiority of, to Virginia, [228], [229], [233], [265];
• natural waters of, [229];
• population of, [230];
• fertility of, [231];
• people of, never have colds, [232];
• rainfall of, [233];
• coast and harbors of, ib.;
• fecundity of women in, [265];
• universities vilified in, [282]. (See [Council for New England].)
• New English Canaan. (See [New Canaan].)
• New Hampshire, population of, in 1634, [230], n.
• Newburyport: galena found in, [219], n.;
• silver ore, [220], n.
• Newcomein, John, [216-7].
• Niagara Falls, [236].
• “Nick and Froth,” [328], n.
• Nilus, [240].
• Niobe, [277], [281].
• Nipnets, [240], [270].
• Nneesnneánna, [193], n.
• Noddy, Doctor, [309].
• Nokehick, [175], n.
• North Star, the Indian name of, [125], n.
• Northwest passage, interest in the, in 1632, [118], n., [239].
• “Noses out of joint,” [94], [281].
• Notes used in preaching, [322].
• Nourse, H. S., on Elk in South Lancaster, Mass., [200], n.
• Nowell, Increase, [305], n.
• Nut Island, [268].
• Nuttall’s Ornithology, cited, [194], n.
• O.
• Oaks in New England, [182].
• Oates, Jack, [253], n.
• Œdipus, [277], [280].
• Oil, cod-liver, [222].
• “Old Planters,” jealousy of Massachusetts Company, [38].
• Oldham, John, [40];
• at Hull, [24];
• takes Morton to England, [29-32];
• his promises of gain in New England, [32];
• his scheme for trading, [33];
• does not press matters against Morton, [33], [36];
• receives grant from John Gorges, [34];
• tries to organize expedition, [34];
• “a jack in his mood,” [40];
• his treatment at Plymouth, [262-4].
• Oliver le Daim, [326].
• Om, [124], n.
• Ordination. (See [Ministers].)
• Otters, value of furs of, [205], n., [206].
• Ounce, the, [206], n.
• Ovid, quoted, [217], [273].
• Owls, [195].
• Oysters, [227].
• P.
• Palfrey, J. G., quoted, [140], n., [148], n.
• “Pan the Shepherds’ God,” [124].
• Papasiquineo. (See [Pasconaway].)
• Parkman, Francis, quoted, [16], [17], [136], n., [140], n., [145], n., [158], n., [166], n., [168], n., [234], n.
• Partridges, [194].
• Pasconaway, the sachem, [150], n.;
• his tricks and incantations, [151];
• his daughter’s marriage, [154-5].
• Pascopan, [124].
• Paskanontam, [124], n.
• Passonagessit: description of, [9];
• signification of name, [14], [276];
• grave at, desecrated, [247];
• Master Bubble at, [267];
• revels at, [276-82];
• mine host, sachem of, [289]. (See [Mt. Wollaston].)
• Pastors. (See [Ministers].)
• Patent of Massachusetts: granted, [31];
• brought over by Endicott, [305];
• its case, ib., n.
• Paul’s Walk, [298], n.
• Pawtucket, [124].
• Peabody, W. B. O., referred to, [189], [192].
• Peddock, Leonard, [130], n.
• Peddock’s Island, [130], n.
• Pemaquid, [244].
• Penelope, [281].
• Pennacook, the Bridal of, [155], n.
• Pestilence among Indians in 1616-7, [11], [120], [130-4];
• nature of, [133], n.;
• Squanto’s fraud about, [245].
• Phaethon, [293].
• Phaos box, [280], [297];
• explained, [345], n.
• Pharsalia, May’s continuation of, quoted, [141], n.
• Pheasants, [194].
• Phillips, Rev. George, [326].
• Phillips Creek, Weymouth, site of Wessagusset settlement, [3].
• Phlegethon, [314].
• Phœbus, [293].
• Phyllis [273].
• Pike, [227].
• Pilchers, [226].
• Pillory and whetstone, [300], n.
• Pine-trees, [184].
• Pipe-staves as merchandise, [182].
• Piscataqua, [30];
• Hiltons and Thomson at, [22], [25], [255], n.
• Plague. (See [Pestilence].)
• Plaice, [226].
• Plantations, Foreign, board of Lords Commissioners of. (See [Lords Commissioners].)
• Plato, Indians practise Commonwealth of, [177].
• “Plough patent” in Maine, [85].
• Plymouth, [30];
• settlers at, in 1628, [25];
• Morton carried to, [29];
• Indians about destroyed by pestilence, [133], n.;
• Billington hanged at, [217], n.;
• population of, in 1634, [230], n.;
• Samoset’s appearance at, [244];
• treatment of Weston at, [245-6], [255-7];
• people of, at Passonagessit [247], n.;
• Morton visits, [259];
• cattle at, [260];
• Lyford and Oldham at, [262-4];
• reordination of ministers at, [262];
• no vessel arrives at, in June 1628, [289], n.;
• Christmas at, [294], n.;
• Morton arrives again at, [304];
• ministers at, [325], n.;
• Book of Common Prayer at, [332], n.
• Pocahontas, “a well-featured but wanton young girl,” [145], n.
• Porcupines, [211].
• Portland, Earl of, [60].
• Portland Harbor, [221], n.
• Potomac, the, [236], [239].
• Powahs, Indian, [139], n., [150], n., [152], n.
• Pratt, Phineas, cited, [131], n., [132], n.
• Praying, manner of, [334].
• Priapus, [94], [205], [281].
• Privy Council: petition to, against Massachusetts Company, [51];
• order of, stopping emigration to New England, [56], [333], n.
• Proclamations, royal: about fire-arms, [20];
• not law, [26];
• violation of, punishable in Star Chamber, [35].
• Procrustes, [335].
• Proteus, [94], [281].
• Purchase, Mr., cures himself of sciatica, [207], n.
• Purification of women, [331].
• Putnam, F. W., [131], n., [227], n.
• Pygmalion, [315].
• Pythagoras, [329], n.
• Q.
• Quacksalver, punishment of, [299].
• Quail, in New England, [194].
• Quebec, capture of, by Kirk, [235], n.
• Quincy: seal of town of, [10];
• slate in, [216], n.
• Quo warranto proceedings to set aside Massachusetts Charter, [74], [77], [82], [86].
• R.
• Rabbits, [204], [211].
• Rabelais, [94].
• Raccoon, [207].
• Rasdall: a partner of Wollaston, [1];
• follows him to Virginia, [13];
• disappears, [15].
• Ratcliff, Philip: before Privy Council, [50];
• thought a lunatic, [56];
• promised cropping of Winthrop’s ears, [62], [64];
• called Faircloath, [316], [340];
• punishment of, [316-8].
• Rattlesnakes, [213];
• antidotes to poison of, [213], [214], n.
• Rats, [214].
• Razor-shell, [227].
• Readings, conjectural, [105].
• Red-lead, [219].
• Reordination. (See [Ministers].)
• Reproductions, slavishness of, [104].
• Reynolds, Dr. John, [331], n.
• Rhadamanthus, [293], [294], [309].
• Rhode Island, Morton in, [86].
• Richmond Island: Walter Bagnall at, [200], n., [218], n.;
• coins found on, ib.;
• whetstones at, [217];
• vessels at, [221].
• Rigby, Alexander, [84].
• Ring, use of, in marriage, [331].
• Rogers, Mr., preacher at Plymouth, [325], n.
• Running footmen, [329], n.
• Rupert, Prince, [83].
• S.
• Sables, value of, [205], n.
• Sal, Isle of, [116], n., [117], n., [343], n.
• Salem: suffering at, in 1629-30, [42];
• a doctor made at, [298];
• Dr. Fuller at, [299];
• Endicott holds a court at, [306];
• ordination of ministers at, [306];
• Morton at, [306], [325], n.;
• church of, abused by Ratcliff, [317], n.;
• church of, vilified, [317-8];
• use of Common Prayer at, [332], n.
• Salmon, [224].
• Salt: abundance of, in tropics, [117];
• use of, unknown among Indians, [161], [175], n.;
• given to them by Morton, [161].
• Saltonstall, Sir Richard, [43];
• before Privy Council, [51], [61].
• Samoset, [244], n.
• Samson, [281].
• Sanaconquam, an Indian god, [167].
• Sanderling, [191].
• Sandpiper, [191].
• Sargent, Professor C. S., [182], n.
• Savage, James, cited, [30], n.
• Scallops, [227].
• Scent, acuteness of Indian, [166].
• Sciatica, cured by raccoon grease, [207].
• Scogan, John, [278];
• choice of, [281].
• Scotland: policy of Charles I. breaks down in, [78];
• troubles of 1638 in, [82].
• Scylla, [278], [280].
• Sea-sickness, [298].
• Sequestration, in New Canaan, [308].
• Serat, [204].
• Sesick, [213].
• Shackles: possibly Aspinwall, [319];
• whips Faircloath, [320];
• fed by Morton, [321];
• burns Morton’s house, [337].
• Shad, [225].
• Shakespeare, William, [98].
• Shawmut, [12].
• Shaler, Professor N. S., notes by, [215-20].
• Shell-heaps: at Cotuit, [131], n.;
• origin of, [226], n.
• Ships, number of engaged in fisheries, [221].
• Shoals, Isles of, [29], [289], [296], [302].
• Shrimpe, Captaine. (See [Standish].)
• Silver in New England, [220], n.
• Simpes, [191].
• Skelton, Rev. Samuel, [39], [300], n., [325], n.;
• called Eager, [306].
• Slafter, Rev. E. F., quoted, [234], n.
• Slate: in Quincy and Weymouth, [216], n.;
• at Richmond Island, [217], n.
• Smart, Captain, brings over falcons to the king, [196], n.
• Smelts, [225].
• Smith, John, [95];
• quoted, [1], n., [136], n., [144], n., [147], n., [150], n.
• Smith, Ralfe, [325], n.
• Snakes, [212].
• Snipes, [191].
• Socrates, quoted, [327].
• Solomon: sayings of, quoted, [119], [127], [228];
• referred to, [184].
• Sommers, Will, [253].
• South Lancaster, Mass., elks in, [200], n.
• South Sea, [239].
• “Sparke,” [160].
• Sparrow-hawks, [198].
• Spruce-trees, [185].
• Squanto, [271], n.;
• made use of by Chickatawbut, [164];
• kidnapped, [244], n.
• Squanto’s Chappel: chalkstones at, [216];
• fountain at, [229].
• Squantum, [12], [216], [229];
• slate at, [216], n.
• Squidraket, Sagamore, [218], n.
• Squirrels, [212].
• St. Michaels, [343].
• St. Paul’s Church, [298].
• Stam, Jacob Frederick, [100].
• Standish, Miles: kills Indians at Wessagusset, [11];
• sent to arrest Morton, [27];
• threatens to shoot him, [29], [296];
• takes offence at Morton, in 1643, [84];
• at Wessagusset, [247], n.;
• Captain Shrimpe, [285-7], [291], n., [296];
• a quondam drummer, [286];
• called Minos, [291], n.
• Star Chamber, court of, [35].
• Stenography, [266].
• Sterling, Earl of, [70].
• Stones, chapter on, [215-20].
• Strachey, Edward, quoted, [145], n., [147], n., [208], n., [210], n., [215], n.
• Strafford, Earl of, [60], [74].
• Stubbs, his Anatomy of Abuses cited, [18].
• Students of Harvard College, whipped, [319], n.
• Sturgeon, [223].
• Styx, [293], [314].
• Swan, the, Weston’s vessel, [257], n.
• Swans, [189].
• Swift, Lindsay, quoted, [328], n., [335], n., [345], n.
• T.
• Tantoquineo, [152].
• Tartars, supposed descent of Indians from, [125].
• Tassell gentles, [196-7].
• Teal, kinds of, in New England, [190].
• Temperwell, Joshua. (See [Winthrop, John].)
• Thomson, David: at Piscataqua, [24];
• moves to Boston Bay, [24];
• on origin of Indians, [128];
• authorities concerning, [128].
• “Thorough,” Gorges policy, the New England branch of, [60], [74].
• Tin, in New England, [220].
• Titta, [148].
• Tithes, [333].
• Tornadoes, [217].
• Trade with Indians, liquor the life of, [20], [174]. (See [Fire-arms].)
• Trade: profits of in New England, [32];
• regulations of Massachusetts Company, [39];
• disregarded by Morton, [40], [306], [308].
• Trade-winds, effect of, [118].
• Traps, to take deer, [202].
• Trees: effect of burning underbrush on, [172];
• where to look for large, [172];
• of New England, [182-7].
• Triton, [281].
• Trojans, supposed descent of Indians from the, [126-7], [129].
• Trout, [227].
• Trumbull, J. Hammond: on name of Passonagessit, [14];
• notes by, on Indian words, [123], [124], [137], [148], [160], [167], [229];
• his notes to Plaine Dealing referred to, [322-34].
• Turbot, [225].
• Turkeys: garments made of feathers of, [142], [144], n.;
• hunted by Indians, [162];
• wild, in New England, [192].
• Turtledoves, [180].
• Tuttle, C. W., [238], n.
• U.
• Universities, vilified in New England, [281-2].
• Uttaquatock, [216].
• V.
• Venice, [281].
• Venus, [265], [315], [345].
• Vermilion, [219].
• Virgil, quoted, [217], [260], [345].
• Virginia: prices of furs in, in 1650, [205], n.;
• wolves in, [208], n.;
• corn not planted in, [225];
• inferiority of, to New England, [228], [229], n., [233], [265];
• the “barren doe” of, [264], [276];
• population of, [265];
• execution in, [342].
• W.
• Walnut, the, [183].
• Wampum, [157-9], [301].
• Wampumpeack. (See [Wampum].)
• Warham, Rev. John, [322], n., [325], n.
• Warwick, Earl of, had no influence at Court, [52].
• Washburne, John, [305], n.
• Walford, Thomas: moves from Wessagusset to Mishawum, [24];
• an Episcopalian, [94].
• Wessagusset: plantations at, [2], [246];
• Robert Gorges at, [3];
• dispersion of his settlement, [4];
• Indians killed at, by Standish, [11], [247], n.;
• locality of, [12];
• separation of settlers at, in 1628, [24];
• Morton arrested at, [27], [282], [290], n.;
• Episcopalians, [95];
• those dwelling at, [162], n.;
• muscle-bank at, [227];
• skirmish at, [247];
• the hanging at, [249-51];
• settlers killed at, [253-4];
• Lyford at, [264];
• Morton at, in winter, [268];
• Indians compound theft at, [269];
• bring Bubble’s things to, [271]. (See [Weymouth].)
• Weston, Andrew: comes to New England in Charity, [7];
• takes an Indian boy back to England, [130], n.;
• date of his voyage, [130], n.
• Weston, Thomas: establishes a plantation at Wessagusset, [2];
• account of, [245-6];
• his men killed by Indians, [252];
• comes to New England, [255-7];
• treatment of, [257-9], [261].
• Wethercock, Mr., [337], [342-3].
• Weymouth, [2];
• slate and limestone in, [216], n. (See [Wessagusset].)
• Whetstones, [124], [216];
• at Richmond Island, [217];
• punishment of pillory and, [299], n. (See [Cos].)
• Whipping-post, [274], [319], n.
• White, William and Susannah, [330], n.
• Whitney, Professor J. D., on Isle of Sal and poisonous fish, [116].
• Whitney, George, quoted, [101].
• Whittier, J. G., [155], n.
• Widgeon, [191].
• Widow, the, [323]. (See [Deaconess].)
• Wiggin, Thomas: cited in regard to Morton, [5];
• before Privy Council, [52];
• quoted, [320], n.
• Wigwams, described, [134-8].
• Wildrake, [92].
• Williams, Edward, quoted, [182], n.
• Williams, Roger, quoted, [16], [17], [124], n., [125], n., [136], n., [137], n., [146], n., [149], n., [158], n., [159], n., [168], n., [171], n., [194], n., [202], n., [207], n., [221], n., [232], n.
• Willis, William, [218], n.
• Wilson, Rev. John, [325], n.
• Winnisimmet, [25], [30], n., [300], n., [301];
• origin of name of, [229], n.;
• fountain at, [229], [265].
• Winnepurkitt, the marriage of, [155].
• Winslow, Governor Edward, [95];
• quoted, [16], [125], n., [140], n., [145], n., [149], n.;
• sent to England in 1634, [64];
• sails, [65];
• reaches London, [67];
• petitions Lords Commissioners, [68];
• put in Fleet prison, [69], [322], n.;
• describes Morton at Plymouth in 1648, [84];
• goes on mission to Massasoit, [136], n.;
• marriage of, [330], n.
• Winsor, Justin, [99].
• Winthrop, Governor John, [43], [81], [95];
• arrival of, in New England, [42], [310];
• imposes sentence on Morton, [44], [311];
• has warrant for Morton’s arrest, [47], [311];
• criticism of, on complaint to Privy Council, [50];
• rejoices over failure of complaint, [53];
• “King Winthrop,” [63];
• receives letter of Morton to Jeffreys, [65];
• Gorges refers to patience of, [80];
• excuses not sending out charter in 1638, [83];
• on arrest of Morton in 1644, [86];
• quoted, [91], [150], n., [218], n., [230], n.;
• absence of humor in, [98];
• course towards Bagnall, [218], n.;
• called Joshua, [301];
• referred to as Temperwell, [302], [310], [314], [318], [320], [335], [340];
• degrades gentry, [313];
• has Ratcliff whipped, [320];
• responsible for wants of settlement, [321];
• upon civil marriages, [330], n.;
• on Book of Common Prayer, [332], n.;
• methods of, as judge, [334-6];
• course towards Sir C. Gardiner, [340].
• “Without, them that are,” [316], [321], [332].
• Woburn: galena found in, [219];
• silver ore, [220], n.
• Wollaston, facts concerning name of, [1], n. (See [Mount Wollaston].)
• Wollaston, Captain: settles at Massachusetts, [1];
• composition of his company, [4];
• leaves Massachusetts, [12];
• sells his servants in Virginia, [13];
• tradition as to death of, [15].
• Wolves: deer persecuted by, [203];
• black, value of furs of, [207], n., [209];
• description of, [208-9].
• Wonder-Working Providence, quoted, [94], [300], n.
• Wood, William, [217].
• Woodcock, [191], n.
• Woodman, “Auld,” [216].
• Wood’s Prospect: quoted, [16], [95], [129], [137], n., [138], n., [139], n., [140], n., [143], n., [150], n., [160], n., [168], n., [184], n., [186], n., [189], n., [191], n., [192], n., [198], n., [200], n., [206], n., [208], n., [210], n., [213], n., [223], n., [224], n., [230], n., [238], n.;
• referred to, [139], [141], [154], [172], [182], n., [184], n., [200], n., [217], [221], n., [233];
• when written, [233].
• Worcester: black-lead found in, [219], n.;
• country of Nipnets, [240], n.
• Wotawquenauge, [254].
• Wrentham, black-lead found in, [219], n.
• Wrington, Samuel Fuller born in, [298].
• Wunanumau, [123].
• Y.
• York, Archbishop of, [60].
• York, Maine. (See [Acomenticus].)
• Z.
• Zones, the: New England, how placed in, [115-22];
• Aristotle’s theory of, [117].

Council of the Prince Society.
1883.

• EDMUND F. SLAFTER.
• JOHN WARD DEAN.
• WILLIAM B. TRASK.
• CHARLES H. BELL.
• JOHN MARSHALL BROWN.
• HENRY W. FOOTE.
• DAVID GREENE HASKINS, Jr.
• ELBRIDGE H. GOSS.