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     MARY OF PLYMOUTH

     A STORY OF THE PILGRIM SETTLEMENT

     BY
     JAMES OTIS


     NEW YORK -:- CINCINNATI -:- CHICAGO
     AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY




     COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
     JAMES OTIS KALER

     ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL, LONDON




FOREWORD


The purpose of this series of stories is to show the children, and
even those who have already taken up the study of history, the _home
life_ of the colonists with whom they meet in their books. To this end
every effort has been made to avoid anything savoring of romance, and
to deal only with facts, so far as that is possible, while describing
the daily life of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for
conscience sake or for gain.

That the stories may appeal more directly to the children, they are
told from the viewpoint of a child, and purport to have been related
by a child. Should any criticism be made regarding the seeming neglect
to mention important historical facts, the answer would be that these
books are not sent out as histories,--although it is believed that they
will awaken a desire to learn more of the building of the nation,--and
only such incidents as would be particularly noted by a child are used.


Surely it is entertaining as well as instructive for young people to
read of the toil and privations in the homes of those who came into a
new world to build up a country for themselves, and such homely facts
are not to be found in the real histories of our land.

                                                             JAMES OTIS.




CONTENTS


                                                     PAGE
  Why This Story Was Written                            9
  The Leaking "Speedwell"                              10
  Searching for a Home                                 13
  After the Storm                                      15
  Wash Day                                             16
  Finding the Corn                                     17
  Attacked by the Savages                              20
  Building Houses                                      22
  Miles Standish                                       24
  The Sick People                                      26
  The New Home                                         27
  Master White and the Wolf                            29
  The Inside of the House                              30
  A Chimney Without Bricks                             32
  Building the Fire                                    33
  Master Bradford's Chimney                            34
  Scarcity of Food                                     36
  A Timely Gift                                        38
  The First Savage Visitor                             39
  Squanto's Story                                      41
  Living in the Wilderness                             42
  The Friendly Indians                                 44
  Grinding the Corn                                    46
  A Visit From Massasoit                               47
  Massasoit's Promise                                  50
  Massasoit's Visit Returned                           52
  The Big House Burned                                 53
  The "Mayflower" Leaves Port                          54
  Setting the Table                                    56
  What and How We Eat                                  58
  Table Rules                                          60
  When the Pilgrim Goes Abroad                         62
  Making a Dugout                                      63
  Governor Carver's Death                              65
  William Bradford Chosen Governor                     67
  Farming in Plymouth                                  68
  Ways of Cooking Indian Corn                          70
  The Wedding                                          72
  Making Maple Sugar                                   73
  Decorating the Inside of the House                   74
  Trapping Wolves and Bagging Pigeons                  76
  Elder Brewster                                       77
  The Visit to Massasoit                               79
  Keeping the Sabbath Holy                             80
  Making Clapboards                                    