An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 29th, thevessel was brought round; and they named it New Plymouth, tocommemorate hospitalities received at home. The erection ofhouses, however, was a hard task, amid severe weather, short days,and very frequent storms. By distributing the unmarried amongthe several families, they reduced the buildings wanted to nine-teen, and by the 20th of January, had completed die, twenty feet
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 29th, thevessel was brought round; and they named it New Plymouth, tocommemorate hospitalities received at home. The erection ofhouses, however, was a hard task, amid severe weather, short days,and very frequent storms. By distributing the unmarried amongthe several families, they reduced the buildings wanted to nine-teen, and by the 20th of January, had completed die, twenty feetsquare, for public meetings. The exposure, however, and wadingthrough the water in such inclement weather, brought on severe ill-ness, to uhich Carver, a governor highly esteemed, and manyothers, fell victims. But on the 13th of March, a south wina sprungup ; the weather became mild ; the birds sung in the woods mostpleasantly ; the invalids quickly recovered ; and many of them lived10 a good old age. In the autumn of 1621, the merchants sent out another vessewith thirty-five settlers ; but misled by prodigal reports of plentysent home by certain colonists, they supplied no provisions ; nay 244 THB TRBATT WITH M A. 8 8 A 8 S O I T tne crew required to be provided with a portion for their returnvoyage. The consequence was, that in the course of the winter,the colonists were reduced to a half allowance of corn daily, then tofive kernels a piece ; lastly, to entire want. Equally destitute oflive-stock, they depended wholly on wild animals. Till May, 1622,fowls abounded ; but there remained then merely fish, which theyhad not nets to catch ; and it was only by feeding on the shellspecies, collected among the rocks, that they were preserved fromabsolute starvation. Hitherto but few Indians had been seen ; but in the latter end ofMarch, a sachem, named Samoset, entered the village and exclaimedin broken Enghsh, Welcome, Englishmen ! This was followedby a treaty with K
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