. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. STANDISH HOUSE, DUXBURY. February, captain of their military force, and soon after mountedthe great guns from The Mayflower on Burial Hill. On the 16thof March (0. S.) they were surprised by the sudden appearance ofJSamoset, a friendly Indian, who, stalking in amongst them, cried out, Welcome, Englishmen ! which was the first word coming to them 48 GAZETTE Ell OF MASSACHUSETTS. from a native since arriving on the coast. Through the influence ofthis Indian, and Squanto, who had learned a little of our languagewhile a cap
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. STANDISH HOUSE, DUXBURY. February, captain of their military force, and soon after mountedthe great guns from The Mayflower on Burial Hill. On the 16thof March (0. S.) they were surprised by the sudden appearance ofJSamoset, a friendly Indian, who, stalking in amongst them, cried out, Welcome, Englishmen ! which was the first word coming to them 48 GAZETTE Ell OF MASSACHUSETTS. from a native since arriving on the coast. Through the influence ofthis Indian, and Squanto, who had learned a little of our languagewhile a captive in England, the colony, on the 22d of March, enteredinto a treaty of peace with Massasoit, the father of King Philip,which remained in force for half a century. On the 5th of AprilThe Mayflower left for England. Gov. Carver died, WilliamBradford was chosen governor in his place, and Issac Allerton assis-tant ; and on the 12th of May following, Edward Winslow and White were married, which was the first marriage in the. FIREPLACE, STANDISJI HOUSE. colony. The spring, says Gov. Bradford, now approaching, itpleased God the mortalitie begane to cease amongst them, and yesick and lame recovered apace, which put, as it were, new life intothem, though they had borne their sadd afflictions with as much pa-tience & contentedness as I thinke any people could doe. Purchasing the interests of the London merchants in 1627, thePlymouth colonists became the sole proprieters of the land, and con-tinued a distinct government until 1691, when, b}^ the charter ofWilliam and Mary, it was united with the Colony of Massachusettsand Maine. THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 4;I The civil basis of the other settlements of the State was a patent,signed by King James, Nov. 3, 1620, incorporating the Duke ofLenox and others as the Council of Plymouth, and granting to itthat part of America which lies between the fortieth and forty-eighthdegrees of north latitude. Two years afterwards a settlemen
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