Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-15

There * an iconoclastic spirit abroad
which delights In destroying or multi
atlng our most cherished traditions. #
is In Just such spirit that the question
Is raised Did the Pilgrims come to
this country IN the Mayllower?
At FIRST thought such a question Is
shocking TO the patriotic as well as to
the historic sense. Such a question has
never before been raised, to raise II
seems almost a blasphemN And yet,
given as we are in the present day to
critical researches into details Of our
colonial history, it Is certainly not an
improperly TO discuss the question Of
the vehicle by which our Pilgrim Faith
crs reached these shores, and the
authority upon which we have set the
Mayi0Wer before us as an object OF
Neneratlon A little volume entitled
'Mayhower Essays" written by Rev.
@. G. Oakland at one time domestic
chaplain ~ the bishop Of London, and
az such custodian for some years Of the
original Bradford manuscript, contains
. brief note In which attention Is called
10 the remarkable fact that I'm no place
In his narrative does Gov Bradford
record the name of the vessel In which
the first party of Plymouth Colonists
made their voyage, An examination
of the history shows this statement to
be correct BradfOrd's description of
the two ships IN which the coonists
set sail Is exceedingly meager.
AT length, after much traveel and
these debates. all things we're got ready
aud provided, small ship, of some 60
tune was bought q fitted in Holland
which was intended as to serve to help
TO transport them so to stay In ye
oOutrie ana attend upon fishing ana
shuch other affairs az might be for yc
good & benefte OF We coonie when they
came Their Another was hired In Lon
don, of burden about . score. and all
ether things gott IN readiness. , O..
Thus hoysln8 SALE with 4 prospectus
Wnde they came In short time 10
S0uthamton, Wher they found the big
ger ship come from London lying
ready, with all the rest Of their CONE
pany All things being now
ready & every business dispatched, the
company was called Togeather. g.. o,
Then they ordered g. distributed their
company for either shIpe as they con-
ceiyed for ye best And chose GOV.
a or 3 assistants for each shipe 10
order ye people by We way and see to
We dispensing Of there provisions, and
shuch like affairs, All which was not
only with ye liking Of ye masters OF
ye ships, but according 70 their desires,
Which being done, they sett sayle from
thence aboute ye OF August .,
Being thus put to sea they had not gone
farr but Mr. Reinolds ye Mr. OF We
Lesser ship, complained that he found his
ship so leak as he burst not put farther
TO sea till she was mended. So We Mr.
of ye bigger ship (Caled Mr. Jonas) be-
Ing consulted with, they both resolved
TO put into Dartmouth & have her Their
searched q mended, which accordingly
was done. to their great charg g. losse
Of time and a faire winde."
The narrative proceeds with the
statement that the company again put
to sea, but when about 100 leagues
with out the Lands End" the master
Of we small ship" again complained
Of leaks and both ships came about and
vessel was pronounced unseaWorthy
ana abandoned a portion Of her COM
pnny and Of the provisions were placed
on board the larger vessel, and at
length a final departure was made Ia
all this narrative, detailed as II Is In
other particulars, the two vessels Of
the expedition are designated az the
smaller ship" and the bigger ship"
but nowhere is the name Of either
given, Indeed, in no place in his mar
ratve does Gov, Bradford record the
name Of the ship Maytlower, save In
single instance, and this is not in allu-
sion to the vessel In which the first
outward voyage was made. Il APP
pears in a letter from Mr.. Shirley to
Gov Bradford, which the latter inserts
in his narrative, and refers to a vessel
which conveyed party Of Massachu-
sets cOlonists in the year 1929, ning
years after the initial voyage, The
Of the names Of the two yes
sells in which the yoyagers first set sail, !
and especially Of that In which the |
voyage was actually made, Is the more |
from the fact that, else |
where in his narrative Gov, Bradford |
Is careful TO record the names Of veg |
sells employed by the colonists, We |
read OF the Anne, the Paragon, the |
Charity, the Fortune. the James the |
Mary ana Anne the sparrow; but, ex-
cept In the instance already cited, the |
name Of the Mayhower nowhere APP
pears IN the narrative.
There was, however another or the
first Pilgrim company who made a
record Of their adventures. This was
Edward Winslow -afterward Governor |
whose record under the name Of q.
Mourt, Is now known as Mounts Re-
alton" Careful critics do not attri-
butte this book I'm It's entirety TO Ed
ward Winslow The original dedica-
ion. to John Pierce In whose name the
original patent WIS is-uod " f. h'.
Ieved was the work OF Robert Cush-
nan. The brief address "To the
Reader" bears the signature, e.
dourt" which is believed 'o be the
Iom de plume OF George Nor
on Certain useful advertise
nents." which are next IN order
n the volume were doubtless written
" John Robinson The relations
,hich follow Is believed 10 have been
'ritten by William Bradford ana the
emaining portion OF the work which
omprises narratives Of various yoy-