Produced by Barbara Tozier, Chris Curnow, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration] Some Three Hundred Years Ago BY EDITH GILMAN BREWSTER The W. B. Ranney Company, Printers, Concord, New Hampshire Copyright 1922, by Edith Gilman Brewster To the children of Portsmouth this book is dedicated. DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS: Because so little is told of the children who lived on our shores when forests were cleared for home-making, I have tried to picture here what they might have done in the midst of the true and thrilling happenings you will some day read of in our history. I hope these tales will help you to love the more our Granite State. Yours with much affection, EDITH GILMAN BREWSTER. CONTENTS STORIES PERIOD 1 NONOWIT'S HOME 1603 2 THE NEW WORLD 1605 3 VISITORS FROM ENGLAND 1614 4 THE SETTLEMENT 1623 5 DANGER FOR THE COLONISTS 1628 6 [A]STRAWBERRY BANK 1631 7 THE BOYS' CATCH 1632 8 THE FOREST GARDEN 1633 9 THE FUR TRADE 1634 10 COATS, SHIRTS, AND KETTLES 1638 11 WINNICUNNET 1638 12 THE CRYSTAL HILLS 1642 13 THE DENMARK CATTLE 1643 14 THE CUT OF THE HAIR 1649 15 [A]CYNTHIA'S BEAR 1653 16 THE WITCHES OF 1656 1656 17 THE WOLVES OF PORTSMOUTH 1662 18 THE KING'S FORT 1666 19 [A]LITTLE JANE'S GENTIANS 1671 20 THE CHURCH LAW 1675 21 PEACE OR WARFARE 1675 22 SUSANNA'S RESCUE 1675 23 TO THE GARRISON HOUSE! 1675 24 MY NEW HAMPSHIRE 1680 25 THE BOWL OF BROTH 1689 26 THOMAS TOOGOOD OUTWITS AN INDIAN 1690 27 THE ESCAPE 1694 28 THE DEFENSE AT OYSTER RIVER 1694 29 [A]THE ATTACK AT THE PLAINS 1696 30 THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS OF EXETER 1697 [Footnote A: Courtesy of W. A. Wilde Company] NONOWIT'S HOME