The mirror., 1920-11-25

thought most meet and conTenient for the
general good of the colony, unto which
we promise all our submission and obed-
fence. In witness whereof we have here
unto subscribed our names at Cape Cod
the eleventh of November, in the year of
the reign of our sovereign, Lord King
James of England, France and Ireland,
the eighteenth and of Scotland the fifty
fourth, Ammo Domini, 1920"
Americans should understand and ap-
preciate the difference between the Pill
grims and the Puritans. The Pilgrims
were few; they were Separatists; they
withdrew from the established Church of
England; they came to America to secure
freedom of worship; they cared not how
other men worshiped; they did little col
onizing, their influence upon the nation
was small as compared with the Puritans.
The Puritans came over in thousands,
beginning with 1880; they retained their
membership in the Church of England;
they brought the church with them to re-
form it; they intended to worship as they
pleased and to make everyone else wor-
ship the same way; "they fell first upon
their knees and then upon the abrigines;"
they colonized widely and effectively;
from them the American people got what
is known as the Puritan conscience"
In the famous book entitled "Mourt's
Relation" one will find the following
quaint account of the landing of the Pill
grims at Provincetown
"wednesday, the sixth of September
(162O), the wind coming East North East,
fine small gale, we loosed from Plimouth,
having been kindly entertained and cour-
teously used by divers friends their
dwelling, and after many difficulties in
boysterius stormes, at length by Gods
providence upon the ninth of November
following, by breake of the day we espied
land which we esteemed to be Cape Cod,
and so it proved. And the appearance of
it much comforted us, especially on seeing
so goodly land, and wooded to the
brink of the sea, it caused us to rejoyce
together and praise God that He had
given it to us once againe to see land.
And thus we made our course South,
South West, purposing to 60 to River
ten Leagues to the South of the Cape, but
at nighte, the wind being contrary, we
put rounde againe for the Bay of Cape
Cod, and upon the II we came to an
anchor in the Bay, which is a good Har-
bour and pleasant Bay, circled round
except in the entrance, which is about four
miles over from land to land, compassed
about to the very Sea with Okes, Pines,
Juniper, Sassafras and other sweet wood;
it has harbour wherein one thousand
sale of ships may safely ride, there we
relieved ourselves with wood and water,
and refreshed our people, while our shall
lop was fitted to coast the Bay to search
for habitation, there was the greatest
store of fowle that ever we saw"
The Pilgrims had hard time the first
WI al iyuiOutAS Out AL Ao<A uCeSi0
mined to have period of recreation, COM
bined with thanksgiving for their many
'mel es." The governor thereupon sent
out four huntsmen who in one day secured
enough game for the purpose. Massasoit,
the Indian chief was invited to participate
in this first thanksgiving. He accepted
and brought go people with him. The
celebration lasted three days.
The first Thanksgiving day observed
by all the states of the Union was recon-
mended by proclamation of congress after
the surrender of Burgoyne in 1777 and
was fixed for Thursday, December IS.
Each year thereafter until 1884 congress
continued to recommend day for Thanks
giving, the several states accepting the
date. Then for time the observance
was left wholly to the states. The day