. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . t, yokhegg, suquatash, and manyother Indian dishes, the making of which shall be ex-plained as soon as I have learned the methods. It was a most enjoyable feast, and the good peopleof Salem were so friendly that when we went on boardship that night, Susan and I were emboldened to say DECIDING UPON A HOME 33 to my father, that we should be rejoiced when the timearrived for our company to build houses. DECIDING UPON A HOME Then we learned for the first time that it had notbeen the plan of our people to settle in this pleasantplace. It w
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . t, yokhegg, suquatash, and manyother Indian dishes, the making of which shall be ex-plained as soon as I have learned the methods. It was a most enjoyable feast, and the good peopleof Salem were so friendly that when we went on boardship that night, Susan and I were emboldened to say DECIDING UPON A HOME 33 to my father, that we should be rejoiced when the timearrived for our company to build houses. DECIDING UPON A HOME Then we learned for the first time that it had notbeen the plan of our people to settle in this pleasantplace. It was not to the mind of Governor Winthrop,nor yet in accord with the belief of our people in Eng-land, that all of us who were to form what would beknown as the Massa-chusetts Bay Colony,should build ourhomes in one spot. Therefore it wasthat our people,meaning the eldersamong the men, setoff through the forestto search for a spotwhere should be madea newx town, and wechildren were allowedto roam around thevillage of Salem atwill, many of us,among whom were. RUTH OF BOSTON 34 RUTH OF BOSTON Susan and I, often spending the night in the housesof those people who were so well off in this worldsgoods as to have more than one bed. Lady Arabella Johnson and her husband had gone onshore to live the second day after we arrived, for mylady was far from well when she left England, and thevoyage across the ocean had not been of benefit toher. Our fathers were not absent above three days in thesearch for a place to make our homes, and then Sarahand I were told that it had been decided we shouldlive at Charlestown, where, as I have already told you,a year before our coming, Master Endicott had senta company of fifty to build houses. It pleased me to know that we were not going directlyinto the wilderness, as both Susan and I had feared;but that we should be able to find shelter with the peoplewho had already settled there, until our own housescould be built. It appeared that all the men of ou
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