. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts; . nto the interior. Finding clear springs, a running brook, and someland where corn had been planted, they judged it a place suitable for asettlement, and, the next day, returned with a favorable report to Prov-incetown. On the 16th of December (N. S. 26th) The Mayflower anchored in Plymouth Bay, and four days afterwards the Pilgrimsdecided to settle near what is now denominated the Town Brook. Theysoon began to build cabins underneath the cliff, on the left bank of theTown Brook; a common house for storage, worship, and defence: andon the 28th of J
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts; . nto the interior. Finding clear springs, a running brook, and someland where corn had been planted, they judged it a place suitable for asettlement, and, the next day, returned with a favorable report to Prov-incetown. On the 16th of December (N. S. 26th) The Mayflower anchored in Plymouth Bay, and four days afterwards the Pilgrimsdecided to settle near what is now denominated the Town Brook. Theysoon began to build cabins underneath the cliff, on the left bank of theTown Brook; a common house for storage, worship, and defence: andon the 28th of January, 1620, the whole company was divided into 36 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. nineteen families, to each of which a lot of land was given. On the21st of the same month, they spent the day, it being the sabbath, inworshipping on shore; and called the name of the place Plymouth, inmemory of the English town from which they last set sail. Here,then, was the first town permanently founded by Europeans, not only inthis State, but in New -- * m p i STAN DISH HOUSE, DLXBURY. The sufferings of the Pilgrims, from exposures by sea and land, weresuch, that one-half the number died before the full opening of thespring. Not unfrequently the hands and feet of the men, while fishingin the bay or hunting iu the woods, were frozen; and it is said that thewhole company was once reduced to a single pint of corn. Of thiseach person had five kernels, which were parched and eaten. The THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 37 ruling elder, William Brewster, lived for months together withoutbread. Of so great labor it was to found New England. It wasfortunate for the colony that the natives of that region had, a few yearsprevious, been mostly swept away by a fatal disease, and thus the landwas left open for possession. Yet they by no means neglected to holdthemselves in readiness for defence. They chose the heroic MilesStandish, on the 17th of February, captain of their military force, andsoon after
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