. Colonial children . hing in sight that they could devour save theboy, so they tried their utmost to catch him, and wereslowly gaining on him when he remembered the blue-berries which his sister had given him. These he tookfrom his pouch, and threw them into the air, scatter-ing them far and wide, and said, When you fall tothe ground there shall lie blueberries growing every-where ; these will delieer me. When the berries 130 Indians [No. 44 fell, surely enough there instantly appeared blueberrybushes laden with fruit, which caused the bears tostop. They were so eager to eat that they entirel
. Colonial children . hing in sight that they could devour save theboy, so they tried their utmost to catch him, and wereslowly gaining on him when he remembered the blue-berries which his sister had given him. These he tookfrom his pouch, and threw them into the air, scatter-ing them far and wide, and said, When you fall tothe ground there shall lie blueberries growing every-where ; these will delieer me. When the berries 130 Indians [No. 44 fell, surely enough there instantly appeared blueberrybushes laden with fruit, which caused the bears tostop. They were so eager to eat that they entirelyforgot the boy until they could eat no more ; theythen remembered what they had contemplated doingwhen they first set out. One old bear, observing dis-satisfaction among his friends, said, My brothers, wehad better give up the chase; the boy is merely a mys-tery. Let us stop and live here, for here we shallhave sufficient food without digging for it. To thisthe rest of the bears assented; so here they madetheir PART V HOW THE COLONIES GREW 45. The First Landing at Plymouth By Governor William Bradford (1620) Omitting other things, I will tell you that after The May-Ions, beating- about at sea they came to Cape Cod /owerand 1 1 i- 1 • r 1 -it • 1 • 1 ts passen- and they were not a little joy ml. Having thus arrived gers, carry-in a good harbor and having been brought safe to in§ Englishland, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God hadbeen °of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and living latelyfurious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils m and miseries of the sea. Even now they had nofriends to welcome them, nor inns to entertain orrefresh their weather-beaten bodies ; no houses andmuch less towns in which to seek for succor. It was in the winter season, and those who know New Eng-about the winters of that country know them to be landwnters - 1 • 1 seemed verv sharp and violent, with cruel and fierce storms, which severe tomake it dangero
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