A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Mourt's Relation: A Relation or Journal of the English Plantation settled at Plymouth in New England, by Certain English adventurers both merchants and others
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A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Mourt's Relation: A Relation or Journal of the English Plantation settled at Plymouth in New England, by Certain English adventurers both merchants and others
Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691; Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Early works to 1800
We then directed our course along the sea sands, to the place where we
first saw the Indians. When we were there, we saw it was also a grampus
which they were cutting up; they cut it into long rands or pieces, about
an ell[44] long, and two handfull broad. We found here and there a piece
scattered by the way, as it seemed, for haste. This place the most were
minded we should call the Grampus Bay, because we found so many of them
there. We followed the track of the Indians’ bare feet a good way on the
sands; at length we saw where they struck into the woods by the side of
a pond. As we went to view the place, one said he thought he saw an
Indian house among the trees, so went up to see. And here we and the
shallop lost sight one of another till night, it being now about nine or
ten o’clock.
So we light on a path, but saw no house, and followed a great way into
the woods. At length we found where corn had been set, but not that
year. Anon we found a great burying place, one part whereof was
encompassed with a large palisade, like a churchyard, with young
spires[45] four or five yards long, set as close one by another as they
could, two or three feet in the ground. Within it was full of graves,
some bigger and some less; some were also paled about, and others had
like an Indian house made over them, but not matted. Those graves were
more sumptuous than those at Cornhill, yet we digged none of them up,
but only viewed them, and went our way. Without the palisade were graves
also, but not so costly. From this place we went and found more
corn-ground, but not of this year. As we ranged we light on four or five
Indian houses, which had been lately dwelt in, but they were uncovered,
and had no mats about them, else they were like those we found at
Cornhill but had not been so lately dwelt in. There was nothing left but
two or three pieces of old mats, and a little sedge. Also, a little
further we found two baskets full of parched acorns hid in the ground,
which we supposed had been corn when we began to dig the same; we cast
earth thereon again and went our way. All this while we saw no people.
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