CHAPTER V.—Treats of the Early History of Massachusetts and Makes Mention of a Pilgrim Father or two, also Shows what a Good Memory the Author has for Dates 44 CHAPTER VI.—Connecticut—Indian Definition Extraordinary—What the Dutch Thought of the English, and what the English Thought of the Dutch—Story of the Charter Oak—Wooden Nutmegs Invented 50 CHAPTER VII.—Rhode Island—Roger Williams “Dealt” With—A Desperate Dissenter 56 CHAPTER VIII.—New Hampshire—Slim Picking—An Effective Indian Policy—John Smith again Comes out Strong 59 CHAPTER IX.—Some Unreliable Statements Concerning the Early History of New York—Traces of a Great Undertaking—Advance in Real Estate—“Look Here upon this Picture and on This” 64 CHAPTER X.—A Flood of Historical Light is Let in upon New Jersey—Aborigines—The First Boarding House—Organ-Grinding as a Fine Art 69 CHAPTER XI.—Pennsylvania Seen Through a Glass Darkly—Wm. Penn Stands Treat—A Striking Resemblance—How to Preserve the Hair 74 CHAPTER XII.—Maryland Settled—What’s in a Name?—Peculiar Monetary System 77 CHAPTER XIII.—Two Birds Killed with One Stone—A Colored Citizen Declares his Intentions—In Settling North and South Carolina the Author is Himself Unsettled 80 CHAPTER XIV.—Georgia Slavery—A Dark Subject 84 CHAPTER XV.—English _vs._ French—Pursuit of Bull-Frogs under Difficulties—Truth Stranger than Fiction 85 CHAPTER XVI.—The Navigation Acts—Illicit Toothpicks—A Cargo of Tea Unloaded—Pork and Beans as a Beverage—Rumors of War 90 CHAPTER XVII.—Revolutionary—A Row at Concord—A Masterly Retreat—The British Count Noses 96 CHAPTER XVIII.—Full Account of the Battle of Bunker Hill—False Teeth and Heroism—Are Republics Ungrateful? 99 CHAPTER XIX.—Still Revolutionary—The First Fourth of July Takes Place—Declaration of Independence—An Able Document—Parliament is Much Moved and Gets out Yellow Handbills 103 CHAPTER XX.—Revolutionary as Before—“Place None but Americans on Guard To-night”—Christmas Festivities—Almost a Victory—A Britisher Shows Washington Great Disrespect—Washington Crossing the Delaware 108 CHAPTER XXI.—More Revolutionary than Ever—Lively Times at a Watering Place—The Stars and Stripes Invented 114