Disputes between Williams and the authorities of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 4 Removal of Williams to Plymouth, 4 Williams makes friendship with Massasoit and Miantonomi, 5 Learns the Indian language, 5 Williams returns to Salem, 5 1635. He is persecuted and finally banished, 6 Articles of banishment, 6 CHAPTER II. SUFFERINGS OF ROGER WILLIAMS IN THE WILDERNESS.--FOUNDS A SETTLEMENT ON THE SEEKONK RIVER.--IS ADVISED TO DEPART.--SEEKS OUT A NEW PLACE WHICH HE CALLS PROVIDENCE. Attempt to send Williams to England, 7 His flight, 8 He is fed by the Indians, 8 He is given land on the Seekonk River by Massasoit and starts a settlement, 8 He receives a friendly letter from the Governor of Plymouth asking him to remove, 9 He starts with five companions in a canoe to find a place for a settlement, and finally lands at Providence, 9 CHAPTER III. WILLIAMS OBTAINS A GRANT OF LAND AND FOUNDS A COLONY.--FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONY.--WILLIAMS GOES TO ENGLAND TO OBTAIN A ROYAL CHARTER. Early inhabitants of Rhode Island, 11 Williams makes peace between Canonicus and Massasoit, 12 He receives a grant of land from Canonicus and begins a settlement, 12 Compact of the colonists at Providence, 13 Experiment of separation of church from state tried in the new Colony, 13 The right of suffrage not regarded as a natural right. Illustrated by Joshua Verin and his wife, 14 1639. The first church founded in Providence, 15 Five select men appointed to govern the Colony, subject to the action of the Monthly Town Meeting, 15 Massachusetts Colony applied for a new charter to cover the land occupied by Providence, 15 1643. Providence in connection with Aquidneck and Warwick sent Williams to England to obtain a Royal charter, 15 1644. Williams returns in 1644 successful, and is received with exultation, 16 CHAPTER IV. SETTLEMENT OF AQUIDNECK AND WARWICK.--PEQUOT WAR.--DEATH OF MIANTONOMI.