The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-11
TODAY IN HISTORY
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER IL. 1910.
The MaYflowcr compact.

II was on November H. 1920 that the
famous Mayhower Compact was signed,
the first, of It's kind in the. New World.
days of the Mayflower landed that little
vessel, with It's hundred Pilgrims, In the
little harbor within Cape Cod. Two days
the vessel lay In the harbor. while diff
fcren, little exploring parties were sent
ashore 10 ascertain conditions. On the
nth, preparations were made TO land and
establish a settlement, but before this
was done the Pilgrims formed themselves
into a body polite by the following vol
untary compact:
t'In the name OF God, amen. we whose
names are underwritten, the loyal sub
having undertaken. for the glo"y OF God.
and advancement OF the Chr ian faith,
ana honor of our king and country.
voyage to plant the first colony In the
northern part OF Virginia. do. by these
presents solemnly and mutually, in the
presence OF God and one another, cove
nhnt and combine ourselves together into
a civil body polite for our better or
derinS and preservation and furtherance
OF the ends aforesaid. and, by virtue
thereof. TO enact. constitute and frame
such just and equal laws, ordinances,
acts, constitutions and Offices from time
TO time. as shall he thought most con-
venient for the general good OF tho col
ony' Unto which We r-onlise all due
submission and obedience"
The instrument was signed by the
whole body OF men, forty-one in num-
Der. who. with their families, constituted
the one hundred and two. the whole
colony. "the proper democracy" that ar
rived in New England. III the cabin OF
the Maynower humanity recovered Its
rights and instituted government on the
basis OF equal laws" enacted by, all the
people for 'thc general good John
Carver was Immediately and unanimous
ly chosen governor for the year,
Then they began 10 embark. but they
found that the water was shallow that
To
Ing weather, this sowed the seeds OF con-
sumption. The bitterness OF mortal dis
ease was their welcome TO the inhospi-
table shore.
1t is now generally asserted on good
grounds that the captain of the May
Hover had been bribcd by the Dutch
west India company to land the Pill
grims elsewhere than their original des-
tination, for Il certain Captain Dermcr,
who had explored the Cape Cod coast in
1917, speaks In letter TO William Brad
ford. dated June 30. 1920. OF the place
which in Captain Smiths map is called
Plimouth, and said. II would that the
first plantation might here be seated If
there come 10 the number OF fifty per-
sons or upward"
Immediately upon landing on this bIeal;
November day The settlers started To
build houses for their families and a
common store for their goods and provi-
sions. Thus began the Pilgrim colonial
tion OF New England.
Governor Carter, tho first executive OF
the colony. was a man OF rema rka BILE
ptety. humility and henevoence Bel.
knap says "that during the general sick
ness which befeil the colonists in tho
first trying winter OF their sojourn after
he himself recovered. he was assiduous
In attending the sick and performing the
most humi)iating services for them with
out distinction OF persons OF characters -
Governor Carter fell I'll again as spring
opened. and having slightly recovered,
was overcome by heat and died April
g. 1921 "TIe was buried with all the
honors which could he shown by a CRATE.
ful people, says Eliot THE men were
under arms, and fred several volleys over
his grave. His affectonate wife over
como by her loss, survived him but six
weeks"