Death at Sea. His Ancestors, Family, Descendants, and Gover-

norships. Myles Standish. His Early Incidents. His House

in Duxbury. Captain's Hill. His Expedition against the Dutch.

His Death and Burial. His Grave. His Family. His Officers

and Avocations. Alexander Standish marries Sarah Alden.

Standish's Library and other Effects. The Standish Family

and Myles' descent. His Character. William Bradford. His

Death, Offices, History and Writings, Decline in Liberality,

etc.

442-59

CHAPTER LVI. (1624-61.)

Governor Bradford's Widow. Her Death. The Carpenters,-
Alexander, Mary, Agnes (or Anna), Juliana, and Priscilla.
Constant Southworth. Captain Thomas Southworth. The
Southworth Family. Faunces. The Bradford Children, -
John, William, Mercy, and Joseph. Major William Bradford.
His Head-stone. Thomas and Mary Cushman and their Family.
Elder Faunce. Ephraim Spooner. Secretary Morton. His
"Memorial." Captain William Peirce and his Career. Massa-
soit. His Names and Children. Alexander and Philip. Death
of the last "Mayflower" Passengers, — Cooke, Soule, Dotey, et
als. Litigation
460-76

-

CHAPTER LVII. (1661-64.)

Thomas Prence. His Family. The Kennebec. "Plymouth Com-

Endeavors to suppress Quaker Intrusions and Dis-

pany."

turbances. Henry and Arthur Howland

CHAPTER LVIII. (Circ. 1600-1700.)

477-90

Witchcraft. A General Belief in it. Comparative Moderation in

New England. The Two Plymouth Cases, - Mrs. Holmes

and Mary Woodworth. Public Education,

King's Commissioners and Letters

Schools, etc. The

491-500

CHAPTER LIX. (Circ. 1623-1723.)

Timothy Hatherly. Christopher Winter. James Cudworth, - his

Military Services. Isaac Robinson. John Howland, and the

Howland Family. .

501-509

CHAPTER LX. (Circ. 1635-85.)

William Blackstone. His Migration and Family. Samuel New-

man. John Brown and his Troubles. James Brown. Thomas

Willet. Hezekiah Willet. John Myles. Richard Williams.

Elizabeth Pool. The Leonards, and Old Colony Iron Work-

ing

510-29

CHAPTER LXI. (1628-62.)

Clergymen of Plymouth Colony: John Cotton, Jr.; Ralph Part-

ridge; John Holmes; Ichabod Wiswall; Thomas Walley; Jon-

athan Russell: William Leveredge; Captain Tupper; Richard

Bourne; John Smith; George Shove; Samuel Danforth; Mar-

maduke Matthews; John Miller; Thomas Thornton; Richard

Blinman; Edward Bulkley; Samuel Arnold; James Keith;

Theodore Edson; Samuel Treat; John Mayo; Thomas Crosby;

John Sassamon (" Martyr "). The Mayhews: Thomas, Thomas,

Jr., John, Experience, and Zachariah. Hiacomes .

CHAPTER LXII. (1670-76.)

530-39

Josiah Winslow. His Governorship and Refinement. The Char-

Winslow's Death. Sachem Alexander and his Sudden

ter.

Death

540-43

CHAPTER LXIII. (1632-1732.)

Sachem Philip's War. Peaceable Policy of the Whites, and their
just Treatment of the Indians. Philip's Pettiness and Igno-
rance; his Character is generally Misconceived. His Poverty
of Resources. General Carelessness of the Whites (Swansea;
Deerfield; Springfield; Medfield; Groton; Lancaster; Clarke's
Garrison, etc.). Swansea. Pocasset Swamp. Newman and
the Mohegans' Attack. The Nipmucks join Philip's Wampa-
noags. Church's Counsel disregarded. Losses of the Whites.
Church recalled, and his Successes. Philip killed. Anawan
taken. Great Expense of the War. English Indifference. Aid
from Ireland. Struggle for Philip's Lands. Selling the Cap-
tives. The "Praying Indians." Statistics of Population 544-63

CONTENTS.

xli

CHAPTER LXIV. (Circ. 1620-92.)

Benjamin Church. His Parents. His Military Services and Dis-
honest Treatment by Massachusetts. His Death. John Alden
and His Family. Captain John Alden. Thomas Hinckley.
His Governorship and Position in Andros' Council. Andros'
Tyranny and Deposition. Debility of Plymouth Colony. Merg-
ing with the Bay into " Massachusetts "

Appendix.

564-74

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER. (Circ. 1620-1692 +.)

Earthquakes. Comets. Lightning. Aurora Borealis. Climate.

Buildings, Houses, etc. Food. Cotton, Wool, and Crops.

Ship-building. Clothing. Pewter vs. Earthen. Funeral Mat-

ters. Verdict of a Coroner's Jury. Indian Warrant. Win-

throp's Supernaturalism. Wolves and other Wild Animals.

Small-Pox. Marriage Celebrations. Divorces. Matrimonial

Impediments. Delayed Marriages. Capital Cases. Treason.

Various Court-Cases. Card-Playing. Church Items. Church

Troubles. Formation of Counties. Variations of Spelling.

The Pilgrim Society; its Hall and Monuments .

577-615

INDEX

617

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Seal of Plymouth Colony

The "Mayflower at Plymouth (from Halsall's painting)
Forefathers' Rock and Cole's Hill

.

Front Cover
Frontispiece

• Opposite page |

Map, Routes of First and Second Explorations on Cape Cod. .

Map, Route of Third Exploration (Cape Cod portion)

Map, Mouth of Plymouth Harbor (from Champlain's)
View of Model of the "Mayflower"

Bradford's Plan of First Settlement of Plymouth

71

84

96

Map of First Settlement of Plymouth (amplified from Bradford)
Map of New England, Southern portion (from Capt. John Smith's)
Map of New England in 1634 (Wood's)

Gravestone of Major William Bradford

Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth .

Autographs.

Opposite page 362

x, xxiii, 349, 375, 430, 442, 446, 454, 470, 477, 540