. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . 38 MAKING SUGAR . ... 140 A SUGARING DINNER 143 TRAINING DAY . . 146 SHOOTING FOR A PRIZE . 149 LECTURE DAY . . 151 PUNISHMENT FOR EVIL-DOERS . . 152 THE MURDER OF JOHN- OLDHAM . .154 SAVAGES ON THE WTAR-PATH . . . 156 PEQUOT INDIANS . .158 RUTH OF BOSTON A PROPER BEGINNING Truly it seems a great undertaking to journey fromLondon into the land of America, yet I have done so, and because of there beingvery few girls only twelveyears of age wrho are likely tomake such a voyage, it seemsto me well if I set down thosethings which I saw an
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . 38 MAKING SUGAR . ... 140 A SUGARING DINNER 143 TRAINING DAY . . 146 SHOOTING FOR A PRIZE . 149 LECTURE DAY . . 151 PUNISHMENT FOR EVIL-DOERS . . 152 THE MURDER OF JOHN- OLDHAM . .154 SAVAGES ON THE WTAR-PATH . . . 156 PEQUOT INDIANS . .158 RUTH OF BOSTON A PROPER BEGINNING Truly it seems a great undertaking to journey fromLondon into the land of America, yet I have done so, and because of there beingvery few girls only twelveyears of age wrho are likely tomake such a voyage, it seemsto me well if I set down thosethings which I saw and didthat might be interesting tomyself in the future, when Ishall have grown to be an oldlady, if God permits, or toany other who may come uponthis diary. Of course I must first setdown who I am, in case strangers should some daychance to find this book, and, growing interested init—for who can say that I may not be able to tell astory which shall be entertaining, because of there beingin it much which the people of England have never 9. io RUTH OF BOSTON seen—give me credit for having written a diary without * a proper beginning. You must know, then, that my name is Ruth. In theyear of our Lord, 1630, when, as I have said, I was buttwelve years of age, my father joined that company ledby Master John Winthrop, whose intent it was to go intoAmerica to spread the gospel, and there also build up atown wherein should live only those who were one withthem in the worship of God. This company was made up of four classes of there were those who paid a sum of money fortheir passage to America, and, because of having doneso, were to be given a certain number of acres of landin the New World. In the second class were those who, not havingenough money to pay the full price for their passage,agreed to perform a sufficient amount of work, afterarriving in America, to make up for the same. In the third class were those called indentured ser-vants, which is much the same as i
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