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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
. Old Planters' Narrative, 17. When the first difficulties had been surmounted, the stream of emigration flowed with a full current; Godly people in England began to apprehend a special hand of Providence in raising this plantation, and their hearts 1634. were generally stirred to come over. New settlements were, therefore, formed. A little band, toiling 1635. through thickets of ragged bushes, and clambering over crossed trees, made its way along Indian paths to the green meadows of Concord. The suffering settlers burrowed for their first shelter under a hill-side. Tearing up roots and bushes from the ground, they subdued the stubborn soil with the hoe, glad to gain even a lean crop from the wearisome and imperfect culture. The cattle sickened on the wild fodder: sheep and swine were destroyed by wolves; there was no flesh but game. The long rains poured through the insufficient roofs of their smoky cottages, and troubled even the time for sleep. Yet the men labored willi