. A brief history of the United States . trusting to God to shape their destinies. * The exact number of the pilgrims was 102. t The little shallop sent out to reconnoitre before landing, lost, in a furious storm,its rudder, mast, and sail. Late at night, the party sought shelter under the lee of asmall island. They spent the next day in cleaning their rusty weapons and dryingtheir wet garments. Every hour was precious, as the season was late and their com-panions in the Mayflower were waiting their return ; but being ye last day of y week,they prepared there to keepe ye Sabbath. No wonder tha
. A brief history of the United States . trusting to God to shape their destinies. * The exact number of the pilgrims was 102. t The little shallop sent out to reconnoitre before landing, lost, in a furious storm,its rudder, mast, and sail. Late at night, the party sought shelter under the lee of asmall island. They spent the next day in cleaning their rusty weapons and dryingtheir wet garments. Every hour was precious, as the season was late and their com-panions in the Mayflower were waiting their return ; but being ye last day of y week,they prepared there to keepe ye Sabbath. No wonder that, the influence of such apeople has been felt throughout the country, and that Forefathers Rock, on whichthey first stepped, is yet held in grateful remembrance. t This was Dec. 11, Old Style. In , eleven days were added to correct an errorin the calendar, thus making this date the 22d. Only 10 days, however, should havebeen allowed, and therefore the correct date ie the 2l8t, New Style. l62l.] DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH COLONIES. 55. WELCOME I—PLYMOUTH, 1621. whose chief, Mas-sa-s6it, soon after visited them. Thetreaty then made lasted for fifty years. Ca-non-i-cus, aNarraganset chief, once sent a bundle of arrows, wrapped ina rattlesnake skin, as a token of defiance. Governor Brad-ford returned the skin filled with powder and shot. Thissignificant hint was effectual. The Progress of the Colony was slow. Their har-vests were insufiicient to feed themselves and the the famine of 1623, the best dish they could setbefore their friends was a bit of fish and a cup of water. *After four years they numbered only 184. The plan ofworking in common having failed here as at Jamestown,land was assigned to each settler. Abundance ensued. The * As an illnstration of their pious content, it is said that Elder Brew«ter was wont,over a meal consistinjj only of clams, to return thanks to God, who had given themto euck the abundance of the seas, and of the treasures hid in
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