Miles Standish, the Puritan CaptainAbbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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Miles Standish, the Puritan Captain
Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Standish, Myles, 1584?-1656
Two Savages on the Hill.--The Return of Samoset with Squantum.--
The Story of Squantum.--The Visit of Massasoit and His
Warriors.--Etiquette of the Barbarian and Pilgrim Courts.--
The Treaty.--Return of the Mayflower to England.--A View
of Plymouth.--Brighter Days.--Visit of Messrs. Winslow and
Hopkins to the Seat of Massasoit.--Incidents of the Journey.
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CHAPTER VII.
The Lost Boy.--The Expedition to Nauset.--Interesting
Adventures.--The Mother of the Kidnapped Indians.--
Tyanough.--Payment for the Corn.--Aspinet, the Chief.--
The Boy Recovered.--Alarming Intelligence.--Hostility
of Corbitant.--The Friendship of Hobbomak.--Heroic
Achievement of Miles Standish.--The Midnight Attack.--
Picturesque Spectacle.--Results of the Adventure.--Visit
to Massachusetts.--The Squaw Sachem.--An Indian Fort.--
Charming Country.--Glowing Reports. 145
CHAPTER VIII.
Arrival of the Fortune.--Object of the Pilgrims in their
Emigration.--Character of the New-Comers.--Mr. Winslow’s
Letter.--The First Thanksgiving.--Advice to Emigrants.--
Christmas Anecdote.--Alarming Rumor.--The Narragansets.--
Curious Declaration of War.--The Defiance.--Fortifying
the Village.--The Meeting in Council and the Result.--The
Alarm.--The Shallop Recalled. 164
CHAPTER IX.
The Double-Dealing of Squantum.--False Alarm.--Voyage to
Massachusetts.--Massasoit Demands Squantum.--The Arrival
of the Boat.--The Virginia Massacre.--Preparations for
Defense.--Arrival of the Charity and the Swan.--Vile
Character of the Weymouth Colonists.--Arrival of the
Discovery.--Starvation at Weymouth.--Danger of the Plymouth
Colony.--Expeditions for Food.--Death of Squantum.--Voyage
to Massachusetts and the Cape. 187
CHAPTER X.
Search for Corn.--Trip to Buzzard’s Bay.--Interesting
Incident.--Energy and Sagacity of Captain Standish.--
Hostile Indications.--Insolence of Witeewamat.--The Plot
Defeated.--Sickness of Massasoit.--The Visit.--Gratitude
of the Chief.--Visit to Corbitant.--Condition of the
Weymouth Colony.--The Widespread Coalition.--Military
Expedition of Captain Standish.--His Heroic Adventures.--
End of the Weymouth Colony. 209
CHAPTER XI.
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