KING PHILIP'S WAR Introductory Chapter, Part I CONTAINING A
CONCISE HISTORY OF THE INDIANWARS OF NEW ENGLAND FROM 1620 TO
1677 THE first event in the Indian wars of New England, as
related to its settlement by our forefathers, occurred on the
8th of December, 1620, while a company of the Pilgrims were
coasting along the shores towards Plymouth Bay, in their
shallop. The story is briefly, but graphically, told by
Nathaniel Morton, for many years clerk of the Colony, and the
author of what he called "New England's Memorial." After
relating their experiences in Cape Cod Harbor, during the month
of November, he says: "On the 6th of December they concluded to
send out their shallop again on a third discovery. The names of
those who went upon this discovery were"Mr. John Carver Mr.
William Bradford, Mr. Edward Winslow, Capt. Miles Standish, Mr.
John Howland, Mr. Richard Warren, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, Mr.
Edward Tilly, Mr. John Tilly, Mr. Clark, Mr. Coppin, John
Allerton, Thomas English, and Edward Doten, with the mas