. Colonial children . s who went aboard a ship when was in this place, to trade with him, and he car-ried them away as captives into Spain. So the old woman had lost the comfort of her sonsin her old age. We told them we were sorry thatany English man should do them that wrong. Wesaid that Hunt was a bad man, and that all the Eng-lish people who heard of the deed would say thesame. But for us, we would not do them any harm,even if it would gain us all the skins in the we gave her some small presents, which quietedher anger somewhat. After dinner we took boat for Nauset. Iyan
. Colonial children . s who went aboard a ship when was in this place, to trade with him, and he car-ried them away as captives into Spain. So the old woman had lost the comfort of her sonsin her old age. We told them we were sorry thatany English man should do them that wrong. Wesaid that Hunt was a bad man, and that all the Eng-lish people who heard of the deed would say thesame. But for us, we would not do them any harm,even if it would gain us all the skins in the we gave her some small presents, which quietedher anger somewhat. After dinner we took boat for Nauset. Iyanoughand two of his men went with us. We sent Tisquan-tum to tell Aspinet, the sachem, at Nauset why wecame. The savages here came very thick about we had little cause to trust them, as they had No. 61] Puritan Children *79 some time before made an attack upon us in thatplace. When our boat was aground they gatheredon the shore, but we stood upon our guard, not allow-ing any of them to enter the boat except AN OLD TOY. After sunset, Aspinet came with a great companyof Indians, and brought the boy with him. One Ind-ian carried the boy through the water. He had wan-dered five days, living on berries. Then he saw thelights of an Indian village which proved to be that ofthese people who first attacked us. Aspinet, when he brought the boy to us, had notless than a hundred Indians with him. Half of themcame with him to our boats side unarmed. The othersstood at some distance with their bows and arrows. There he gave over to us the boy, hung with beads,and then made peace with us. We presented himwith a knife. We gave one also to another Indianwho had cared for the boy at his home and broughthim here. Then they went away from us. i8o Little Folks [No. 62 62. Puritan Children By Governor William Bradford (1622) The Puritans who went to Holland had hard workto support their families in a strange land where thechief industry was cloth-making. The children suf-fered, too, by t
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