Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . great deal of interest in his project. Congress votedfifty thousand dollars for it; and in June of 1871 the Polaris left NewYork with a party of able, scientific men and a good crew, placed by theGovernment under the command of Mr. Hall. By the end of Augustthey had reached a point further north than any white man had ever yetbeen, and in a few months they set out on a sledge-journey toward thePole, finding the country warmer than they had expected, and aboundingin game. It was
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . great deal of interest in his project. Congress votedfifty thousand dollars for it; and in June of 1871 the Polaris left NewYork with a party of able, scientific men and a good crew, placed by theGovernment under the command of Mr. Hall. By the end of Augustthey had reached a point further north than any white man had ever yetbeen, and in a few months they set out on a sledge-journey toward thePole, finding the country warmer than they had expected, and aboundingin game. It was too near winter to press all the way on, but they returned to ^the Polaris well satisfied with their survey, and much surer than beforethat they should finally succeed; but the night they returned to the ves-sel. Captain Hall was taken with an attack of apoplexy, and in two weeks ^he died. ? Charles F. Hall was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, some time ]in the year 1821. He died on the steam-tug Polaris, in Newmans Bay,on the west coast of Greenland, November 8, 1871. < t EOGER WILLIAMS AED THE ^^^^^ OOD-MORNING, Uncle Frank, said the young folks,as they came bounding out on the lawn and seatedthemselves under the big elm tree. You may well call this a good morning, wasUncle Franks reply. I have been listening to thebirds since 6 oclock, and it is very sweet shall we talk about to-day ? The old Puritans, said James. Tell us about thePilgrims, and how the people lived in the early daysof New England. The girls were eager to hear the same story and UncleFrank cleared his throat and began. The most important colony that settled in New England was a bandof Pilgrims, who, driven from their native land on account of their reli-gion, first sojourned in Holland, and then embarked for America. Theylanded at the place which John Smith had already named Plymouth onthe 2ist of December, 1620. FAMOUS LEADERS OF THE PILGRIMS. The leaders were the courageous, energe
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