A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . 52 CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH. for the Pilgrims, since otherwise they would have had tochop down trees to clear a field. The Pilgrims landed on the 21st day of December, inour way of counting, or, as some say, the 22d. Theybuilt some rough houses, using paper dipped in oil in-stead of window glass. But the bad food and lack ofwarm houses or clothing brought on a terrible sickness,so that here, as at Jamestown, one half of the people died in the first year. Cap-tain Standish lost his wife,but he him
A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans . 52 CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH. for the Pilgrims, since otherwise they would have had tochop down trees to clear a field. The Pilgrims landed on the 21st day of December, inour way of counting, or, as some say, the 22d. Theybuilt some rough houses, using paper dipped in oil in-stead of window glass. But the bad food and lack ofwarm houses or clothing brought on a terrible sickness,so that here, as at Jamestown, one half of the people died in the first year. Cap-tain Standish lost his wife,but he himself was wellenough to be a kind nurseto the sick. Though hewas born of a high family,he did not neglect to dothe hardest and most dis-agreeable work for hissick and dying neighbors. As there were not manyliouses, the people in Plym-outh were divided intonineteen families, and men had to live withone or another of theselamilies. A young mannamed John Alden [awl-ilen] was assigned to live inCaptain Standishs time after Standishs. A PURITAN MAIDEN. CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH. 53 wife died the captain thought he would Hke to marry ayoung woman named Priscilla Mullins. But as Standishwas much older than Priscilla, and a rough-spoken soldierin his ways, he asked his young friend Alden to go to theMullins house and try to secure Priscilla for him. It seems that John Alden loved Priscilla, and she didnot dislike him. But Standish did not know this, and poorAlden felt bound to do as the captain requested. In thatday the father of the young lady was asked first. So Aldenwent to Mr. Mullins and told him what a brave man Cap-tain Standish was. Then he asked if Captain Standishmight marry Priscilla. I have no objection to Captain Standish, said Pris-cillas father, but this is a matter she must decide. So he called in his daughter, and told her in Aldenspresence that the young man had come to ask her handin marriage with the brave Captain Standish. Priscillahad no notion o
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