. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . en in while anchored forthe night. It was impossible to move the vessel until warmweather had come, and neither her master, nor any of NEWS OF THE FACTOR those on board, had any idea as to where we might be,or even if we had finished our voyage. Therefore it was that many of the passengers landedand made for themselves caves, much as we had done,save that they were pressed for time because of thefrosty weather, orset up rude huts,and in these make-shifts for homesthey spent thewinter, while a fewremained on board. As a matter offact, they w
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . en in while anchored forthe night. It was impossible to move the vessel until warmweather had come, and neither her master, nor any of NEWS OF THE FACTOR those on board, had any idea as to where we might be,or even if we had finished our voyage. Therefore it was that many of the passengers landedand made for themselves caves, much as we had done,save that they were pressed for time because of thefrosty weather, orset up rude huts,and in these make-shifts for homesthey spent thewinter, while a fewremained on board. As a matter offact, they were notso many milesaway but thatthe journey mighteasily have beencontinued by land, yet we were as ig-norant of their whereabouts as they were of ours, and thuswe remained apart when it would have been so muchpleasure to have spent the time in each others , the Indians finally brought us news ofthe ship which was imprisoned in the ice, and many ofus went down to visit her, Jethro and I among thenumber, as you shall hear very 42 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA First I must explain certain matters, lest you setme down as one who talks with a double tongue, asthe savages say. I have told you that we could not understand whatthe Indians meant by their odd-sounding words, andthat is true of the time wrhen we first landed; but manyof our people, my father among the others, at once setabout learning the language, to such effect that by thetime the brown men knew of the whereabouts of theFactor, we, meaning certain of our company, couldcontrive to carry on quite a lengthy conversation withthose who came among us to sell game or furs. ARRIVAL OF THE AMITY And now a word as to the second ship of our fleet,the Amity, which sailed from London on the same dayas did we. Not until spring had come again did we learn whatso-ever concerning her, and then she sailed up the river,to our great joy and relief of mind. She had been overtaken by a most violent tempestwhen about halfw
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