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Taunton (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
r and strength of the nearer people, especially of the Wampanoags, a tribe destined to become memorable in the history of New England. After some little negotiation, in which an Indian, who had been Chap VIII.} 1621 carried away by Hunt, had learned English in England, and had, in an earlier expedition, returned to his native land, acted as an interpreter, Massasoit himself, the sachem of the tribe possessing the country north of Narragansett Bay, and between the rivers of Providence and Taunton, came to visit the Pil- Mar 22. grims, who, with their wives and children, now amounted to no more than fifty. The chieftain of a race as yet so new to the Pilgrims, was received with all the ceremonies which the condition of the colony permitted. A treaty of friendship was soon completed in few and unequivocal terms. The par ties promised to abstain from mutual injuries, and to deliver up offenders; the colonists were to receive assistance, if attacked; to render it, if Massasoit shoul
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
e displayed persevering vigor, for his honor was interested in the success of the company which his influence had contributed to establish; Gorges, The name of Gorges occurs in Hume, c. XLIV.; Lingard, VIII. 449. Compare Belknap's Biography, i. 347—354. Gorges was ever a sincere royalist. the companion and friend of Raleigh, was still reluctant to surrender his sanguine hopes of fortune and domains in America, Chap VIII.} 1607. and, in the next year, two ships were despatched to Northern Virginia, commanded by Raleigh Gilbert, and bearing emigrants for a plantation under the presidency of George Popham. Gorges, c. VI. VIII. IX. Purchas, IV. 1828. Smith, II. 173—175. Belknap, i. 350—354. i. Mass. Hist. Coll. i. 251, 252. Williamson's History of Maine, i. 197—203. Prince, 116, 117, 118, 119. Hubbard's N. E. 36, 37. After a tedious voyage, the adventurers reached the coast of America near the Aug. 8. mouth of the Kennebec, and, offering public thanks to God for their s
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
d to be shed, grew out of a quarrel, in which the inhabitants of Plymouth were involved by another colony. For who will define the limits to the graspings of 1623. Mar. avarice? The opportunity of gain by the fur-trade had been envied the planters of New Plymouth; and Weston, who had been active among the London adventurers in establishing the Plymouth colony, now desired to engross the profits which he already deemed secure. A patent for land near Weymouth, the first plantation in Boston harbor, was easily obtained; 1622 and a company of sixty men were sent over. Helpless at their arrival, they intruded themselves for most of the summer, upon the unrequited hospitality of the people of Plymouth. In their plantation, they were soon reduced to necessity by their want of thrift, their injustice towards the Indians provoked hostility; and a plot was formed for the entire destruction of the Chap. VIII.} 1623 English. But the grateful Massassoit revealed the design to his allie
Plymouth (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 12
tion, c. IV. Prince's N. E. Chronology, 113,114. u. Mass. Hist. Coll. IX. 3, 4. which Nov 10 Popham, the chief justice of England, and Gorges, the governor of Plymouth, had, with some others, equipped for discovery. But a second and almost simultaneous expedition from Bristol encountered no disasters; and the voyagers, on thei} Prince Charles confirmed. The French could boast, with truth, that New France had been colonized before New England obtained a name; Port Royal was older than Plymouth, Quebec than Boston. Yet the voyage was not free from crime. After Smith had departed for England, Thomas Hunt, the master of the second ship, kidnapped a largmerican annals, and even in the history of the world, has but one parallel. The adventurers and their successors were incorporated as The Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and governing New England, in America. The territory conferred on the patentees in absolute property
Penobscot (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
le to discover wigwams, but no tenants. Yet a body of Indians Feb. 16. from abroad was soon discovered, hovering near the settlement, though disappearing when pursued. The colony, therefore, assumed a military organization; and 17. Standish, a man of the greatest courage, the devoted friend of the church, which he never joined, was appointed to the chief command. But dangers were not at hand. One day, Samoset, an Indian who had learned a Mar. 16. little English of the fishermen at Penobscot, boldly entered the town, and, passing to the rendezvous exclaimed, in English, Welcome, Englishmen. He was from the eastern coast, of which he gave them profitable information; he told also the names, number and strength of the nearer people, especially of the Wampanoags, a tribe destined to become memorable in the history of New England. After some little negotiation, in which an Indian, who had been Chap VIII.} 1621 carried away by Hunt, had learned English in England, and had, in a
Southampton (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 12
But we only, going aboard, gave them a volley of small shot and three pieces of ordnance; and so, lifting up our hands to each other, and our hearts for each other to the Lord our God, we departed. A prosperous wind soon wafts the vessel to Southampton, and, in a fortnight. 1620 Aug. 5. the Mayflower and the Speedwell, freighted with the first colony of New England, leave Southampton for America. But they had not gone far upon the Atlantic before the smaller vessel was found to need repaiSouthampton for America. But they had not gone far upon the Atlantic before the smaller vessel was found to need repairs; Chap. VIII.} 1620 and they entered the port of Dartmouth. After the lapse of eight precious days, they again weigh anchor; the coast of England recedes; already they are unfurling their sails on the broad ocean, when the captain of the Speedwell, with his company, dismayed at the dangers of the enterprise, once more pretends that his ship is too weak for the service. They put back to Plymouth, and agree to dismiss her, and those who are willing, return to London, though this was very gri
Lincolnshire (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 12
what Calvin planned, was in the next century carried into effect by a rural community of Englishmen. Towards the close of the reign of Elizabeth, a Chap. VIII.} poor people in the north of England, in towns and villages of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, and the borders of Yorkshire, became enlightened by the word of God; and, as presently they were both scoffed and scorned by the profane multitude, and their ministers urged with the yoke of subscription, they, by the increase of troubles, wer a month's arrest of the whole company, seven only of the principal men were detained a little longer in prison. The next spring the design was renewed. As if it 1608. had been a crime to escape from persecution, an unfrequented heath in Lincolnshire, near the mouth of the Humber, was the place of secret meeting. Just as a boat was bearing a part of the emigrants to their ship, a company of horsemen appeared in pursuit, and seized on the helpless women and children who had not yet adventu
Brazil (Brazil) (search for this): chapter 12
ted in the university with such power, that, as his friends assert, Chap. VIII.} 1617. the truth had a famous victory. The career of maritime discovery had, meantime, been pursued with intrepidity, and rewarded with success. The voyages of Gosnold, Smith, and Hudson: the enterprise of Raleigh, Delaware, and Gorges; the compilations of Eden, Willes, and Hakluyt,—had filled the commercial world with wonder; Calvinists of the French Church had sought, though vainly, to plant themselves in Brazil, in Carolina, and with De Monts, in Acadia; while weighty reasons, often and seriously discussed, inclined the Pilgrims to change their abode. They had been bred to the pursuits of husbandry, and in Holland they were compelled to learn mechanical trades; Brewster became a printer; Bradford, who had been educated as a farmer, learned the art of dyeing silk. The language of the Dutch never became pleasantly familiar, and their manners still less so. They lived but as men in exile. Many of t
Weymouth (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
fur-trade had been envied the planters of New Plymouth; and Weston, who had been active among the London adventurers in establishing the Plymouth colony, now desired to engross the profits which he already deemed secure. A patent for land near Weymouth, the first plantation in Boston harbor, was easily obtained; 1622 and a company of sixty men were sent over. Helpless at their arrival, they intruded themselves for most of the summer, upon the unrequited hospitality of the people of Plymouth.heir want of thrift, their injustice towards the Indians provoked hostility; and a plot was formed for the entire destruction of the Chap. VIII.} 1623 English. But the grateful Massassoit revealed the design to his allies; and the planters at Weymouth were saved by the wisdom of the older colony and the intrepid gallantry of Standish. It was his capital exploit. Some of the rescued men went to Plymouth; some sailed for England. One short year saw the beginning and end of the Weymouth plant
Hampton Court (Jamaica) (search for this): chapter 12
d the disappointed archbishop, the vipers are so many. But James was not as yet fully conscious of their strength. While he was in his progress to London, more than seven hundred of them presented the millenary petition for a redress of ecclesiastical grievances. He was never disposed to show them Chap. VIII.} favor; but a decent respect for the party to which he had belonged, joined to a desire of displaying his talents for theological debate, induced him to appoint a conference at Hampton Court. The conference, held in January, 1604, was dis- 1604. tinguished on the part of the king by a strenuous vindication of the church of England. Refusing to discuss the question of its power in things indifferent, he substituted authority for argument, and where he could not produce conviction, demanded obedience: I will have none of that liberty as to ceremonies; I will have one doctrine, one discipline, one religion in substance and in ceremony. Never speak more to that point, how
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