[569] Mr. Gookin says: “Wampum is made chiefly by the Narragansett Block Island Indians. Upon the sandy flats and shores of those coasts the wilk shell are found.” Hist. Col., vol. 1, p. 152. [570] Bradford, p. 234. [571] Mr. Brodhead, who obtained this valuable letter, only summarized in the text, from the archives at the Hague, gives it in full in the New York Hist. Col., sec. series, vol. 2, p. 343, et seq. [572] Prince, vol. 1, p. 160. Deane’s Scituate, p. 332. “Mrs. Robinson, widow of Rev. John Robinson, came over with the latter company, with her son Isaac, and perhaps with another son.” Editorial note in Bradford, p. 247. “There was an Abraham Robinson early at Gloucester, who is surmised to have been a son of the Leyden minister.” Ibid. It has been thought that Mrs. Robinson did not remain in Plymouth, but went to Salem, “where was a Mrs. Robinson very early.” MS. Letters of J. J. Babson, Esq., of Gloucester, Mass. [573] Bradford, pp. 247, 248. [574] Bradford, pp. 247, 248. [575] Ibid., p. 249. [576] Bradford’s Letter-Book, in Mass. Hist. Col., vol. 3, pp. 69, 70. [577] Palfrey, vol. 1, p. 233. [578] Bradford, p. 236. [579] Morton’s Memorial, pp. 137, 138. [580] Bradford, Morton’s Memorial, etc. [581] Vide Harris’ Life of Charles I., p. 278. [582] Bradford’s Letter-book. [583] “’Tis not known when Conant came over. Nothing appears in any of the Plymouth documents to confirm Hubbard’s statement, that Conant was one of Lyford’s party at Plymouth. Though historians have adopted that _ipse dixit_, it rests on his word alone. But since Hubbard and Conant were afterwards neighbors and friends, he is likely to have been well informed.” Palfrey, vol. 1, p. 255, note. [584] Elliot. Hubbard’s Hist. of New England, chap. 18. [585] Hubbard, chap. 9. Palfrey, Elliot. [586] Palfrey, vol. 1, p. 286. [587] Elliott, vol. 1, p. 139. [588] Hubbard, chap. 17. [589] Conant’s petition of May 28, 1671, in Mass. Hist. Archives. [590] Palfrey, vol. 1, p. 287. [591] Planters’ Plea, chap. 9. [592] Cited in Bradford, p. 251. [593] Elliot, vol. 1, pp. 139, 140. [594] Planters’ Plea, chap. 9. Johnson’s Wonder-working Providence. Belknap’s Biography, p. 249. Hubbard’s Hist. [595] Ibid. [596] Mather’s Magnalia, vol. 1, pp. 67, 68. [597] Charlestown Records, Palfrey, Elliot, Everett’s Address. [598] Wilson’s Pilgrim Fathers, p. 483. [599] Palfrey, vol. 1, p. 290. [600] Colony Records. Cradock’s Letter in Young’s Chronicles. [601] Prince; Hazard. Hubbard’s Hist. Memoir of J. Endicott, Salem, 1847. [602] Bancroft, vol. 1, p. 342. [603] This is filed in the State-House in Boston, and is printed in Colony Laws, in Hutchinson’s Call, and in Hazard. Bancroft. [604] Palfrey, Wilson. [605] Bancroft, vol. 1, pp. 342, 343. [606] Palfrey, vol. 1, p. 291. [607] Young’s Chronicles, Prince, Mass. Hist. Coll. [608] Bacon’s Works, vol. 2. [609] Bancroft, vol. 1, p. 346. [610] Prince’s Chronicles, p. 247. [611] Ibid.