The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
ON HISTORIC GROUND
THE PILGRIMS FIRST LANDED AT
PROVENCETOWN, ON TIP of
CAPE COD
OF FIRST WHITE CHILD
Little Band Was Bound for vir-
ginia, but Missed Their Reclx-
oning = story of the
Landing.

again that at New Plymouth in New
England did our Pilgrim Fathers first see
land in this country, and that upon the
Rock did they first set foot in. the New
World. And indeed, mayhap, It Ilay be
that upon the rock did young Mistress
Chiffon first set her dainty feet. WfIiIe she
cried: I land first" But yet 1t NAV be
true that her mother and the other
matrons who, in the harbor. upon the
Cape's tip, did essay to wash their
clothes after the long voyage-it NAV be.
say. that as they washed, they employ
ed Mistress Mary and the other maidens
to spread the clothes upon the bushes
and in the sun to dry
Know, then, that the good ship May
flower, after much 'tTtbulation did SET
sail from Southampton in England on the
9th day of September. 1920 Gold style)
She had on board a party of English
Separatists, 102 in number who held a
patent from the king, which authorized
the making of a settlement in the north
ern parts of Virginia And so intended this
company of pilgrims to Settle and not
on the bleak and barren coast of New
England After long voyage of about
two months duration, in which theyawere
much troubled with violent storms and
We're greatly tossed about, they espied
l E4 winch they knew to be Cape Cod
Turning southwark, they headed their
good snip ''to find some place eaboi1t-
Hudsen's river for their habitation. b,,+
they were soon beset by shoals and surf
region which could have been none
@othef than Monomoy and its adjacent
shoais' now SO Wen surrounded by light
houses ana nghtsnlps, He must have
oeen 1eariuI pilot who communicating
Mayfiower, for could he not have rea chs
ed his yards, thrown down his helm and
Borne away TO the eastward and SO avoid s
ed the dangerous shoulds and roringt
oIedAetS WHICH Gov.fiBradferd record,
Gu as the cause ;of the vessNfs putting
ABOUT ana heading fertthe sgeodiy harborS
VI cape Coz .iif5 = zss.srs453ls
,.aa1S 81 sei,eY n1a, ana there did the
sooo snip --MayfieWer drop her, anchor
on the :!lth day OF November, 1920, and
ehufe aia tue ff1grlI1ss ma kesth eir land
laii. me story 9h tneir landing here and
" lieH stay ls7 qhettoT the most interest
ing III the Annals or our cQ1an tI.Y & and
yet, Scant notice. dothzif reeeiV eat the
ns OF then VINO. essay testelI tue hale
months had the voyagefs 6Seen Tossed
about in their endeay4srs sfs I.ea5sl, f,as
shores of the New World 5ssf, q 800
tabIisb bo,,, II VIZ =. 2. .
+ba+ 49,, en-
80, W tS,3r'fy t Heso2aly ar
10. ooi VI eSsape COZ Eeonpassedfs. abo ut TO
the very sea.SWith oaks pines mHaper s
were fafn to land to refresh the, 81,
and to searefer q 7,a5,st ys'
( But firgtSef ali hefara satai,, s ss,,o,
ny upol .aho sosFinh ana important pub
nc euty was perferned{ Some there
were among the partyr=ferS aHao ng them
all were some who We're servants and
some who were artisans and VIC mo
not so much to worshin>,Cod $50
gain for tbamselyos - 80 90 - -
who hoa 80 $3.50. soieie tnef eSs-eere'
80 " tn saiu among themselves; Be
hoio, tnere Is no governor among US
who is appointed to command us, and,
forsooth, we will each of US do as
seemeth to him good when. therefore
it appeared as if there would ha 70 Co.,
among +he,,, "ouiu ee iactlohs
+ha -; sas.ttane ~ * was uetefhlineo among
r rne "lsesL OF the company Tat com
which each and all should assent, bind
ing themselves with a prernise of all
due. subm ission and obedience unto s,jch
wholesome laws as the bo1i i-fG 5,6 SiHs
VI oeiA'
no SO II came that IN the cabin of
the On m: Ma ~ as she rode at anchor
ana slgnec, that compact of government
upon when nc, today IS based the constitu-
l llon 81 inc tinted States; ,f@+ wing
made it's landing upon. a small neck of
iand on this side tEe: bay and the far
TIER sade the sea, the ground, OF earth
Holland And hern tbey f fe u uune5 tbe IN
knees ara pleSsed We COO or heavens who
nad brought them over the fast and
1uTlous ocean. AND none doubts that
Tins small neck OF lana Is the same
narrow neck Whlch men now call Long
Pont, ana Whereon Standeth light.
1 i3aa S a.'u "a q Sea1tca 10. tne SAVING OF
NE troii ene pe[,is sb % 6 6ne sea;
iS, .iien t Mis luz 5ao iiSlilii iamulall;
no e of i,, ~ LIS uS , des tue sal
NJ u, " ' f, e> @ " ao liS Sat ~ III
ahida b,t for q fnII y,,ont I az ~,
rest in this GOOD harbor and 9 Iiaa s sa5t
b ieS. - 'li'' sooo ma ooi anu pieasaht
od 8,,+ NON, +ho,rs -o,;+,os b.,,,. ,oo,,
d IT. dt, oeen a!
a1+ u trse 70 49, - w. iiei d
ma al n1t, Mha. a sd TN enes Mouio
ba7sd W nr,o,a1s VS. saI,+ fnr4b Jay
ot,t the be IanS and to @ather Woo ~ e9 foy
that on hoard the shiD was ali snent.
i.,niner usbicb sme,IeI err sWen+ W. and
S4rnpe The dav vas Safur S% wv htln
fhe PiIeri11 fathers did 9irst Cast an
chor in tho barbor off Cane cad Tha
etot ~ AZ ne b,, ,,ai tbe Sahhatb +bou st1S
,1 6id ~ +,to,I P,,t No. X So
mornine heinp Monday. the isth daV Of
Novem6er fhey did begin the week with
fn,, s,,,oiI boat for eri1isino in bavs
apd sbsiin1r waters-from the Mace
where she had been slowed between
f been =, i 10 GOOD condition for She had
bean too lenoe for hestonsj hetweer
decIs o,d ~ had ,heen necessary to c,,t
beThS down a1io II Fiji three or foi,r DAYS
We, no Ssed in This labor and fSaantime
y "e forp 49, exnedition hv land was fitted
ont that the nurpose Of the reconnois-
oo,.oe oe +bo firef dav roiesh+ he fnl1v
earr,ed ont
nh 1,oJoer, roo set forth that tho cloth
Inc, of IN CIR "a miles did ereafiv stand in
n NE ~ Of f wasbing. and So thew were con
veved on shore. at a place where a. creek
Of fras Oh wafer did empty into the har.
bor. and go thew did set I'D the MONDAY