The Caldwell tribune., 1920-12-24
ESTHERHARE|S
W[NNEROF FINE
CONTEST MEDAL
High School Senior
Takes Down Prize Of
fered for Best Plymouth
Rock Essay.

nc american SONS OF the NeVOIu-
ton offered a prize for the best essay
in five or more in each high school of
Idaho" Many offers were of excep-
tional merit, but the committee of
award were unanimous in choosing
that of Esther Hare, winner of the
Caldwell high school contest. Miss
Hare is daughter Of the Rev and Mrs.
D. H. Hare and senior in the local
high school. At the Pilgrim Fathers
celebration at the high school Tues
day afternoon the essay was read by
the author. The bronze medal from
Tiffany Of New York had not arrived,
and the Rev. w. S. Hawkes., vice prcsi-
dent of the Sons" used in prescnta-
ton gold medal he received so years
ago as a member of the Pilgrim So
ciety, he having been at the two hun
dred fiftieth celebration at Plymouth
in 1870.
Miss Hare's essay follows:
Con stern and rock-bound
coast Who has not read. heard
and repeated that line and those which
follow? But it was a bleak, sandy
coast on which our Pilgrim Fathers
landed.
"The Brownists or Separatists had
fled from England to Holland to es-
cape the prosecutions inflicted upon
them by James l, king of England.
Being loyal English at heart these
people were not pleased to find their
children so readily assimilating the
customs and speech of the Dutch, and
wondered if they could find home
in America. They secured a patent
from the London company to settle in
New Jersey, and started from Leyden.
They reached England where, some
friends met them and they set sail
from England in two ships, the May
flower and the Speedwell The Speed
we'll, which had been purchased by the
Pilgrims was SO unseaworthy that it
was finally left behind, and the May
flower sailed alone, carrying about
one hundred men, women, and chill
dren. After trying voyage, land
was sighted, but it was no New Jersey
coast. The ship had been driven far
out of its course, and was hundreds
of miles north of New Jersey. Owing
to trouble with the captain of the
Mayflour, they knew that they must
settle here, although they had no grant
to settle outside of London company
territory. Wise leaders of the band,
finding that they would be without a
government, and knowing the folly of
such condition, drew up the May
flower compact. signed by all the men
on board ship.
The landing was finally made on
December 81, 1920. Mary Chiffon, a
girl of about Is years of age was the
first to step from Plymouth Rock to
the shore. Captain Standish soon had
fort built for the protection OF the
settlers. and had it we'll supplied with
arms and ammunition.
Not long after their landing, the
Pilgrims were greatly surprised and
somewhat frightened at the visit OF
an Indian and later by more red men,
To two of these, Squanto and Hobo
mok, the settlers were especially in
debted These showed them the ma
tive method of raising maize, Indian
corn. The red men were also invalu
able in finding and collecting infor
nation about the friendliness or hos
tility of Indian tribes.
"Squanto was the last remnant o
the tribe upon whose territory tn,
Pilgrims had landed. The entire trib,
had been carried off by plague tive
or three years before the Pilgrims
arrival Squanto had been carried t,
Europe by trader, and returned t.
find his tribe gone. He informed tn
Pilgrims that they were welcome t
the land, and thus they were singular
ly fortunate in having no dispute owe
occupation of the territory.
Everyone knows of the teribl
winter Although mild for New Eng
land, it was bitter and fatal to man
OF those people. By spring over
graves, half of their little number
had been made. Yet, when the May
flower returned to England, not on
Pilgrim was aboard.
Late in the year of 1921, the shi
Fortune arrived, with new settlers {