Samoset comes "boldly" into Plymouth settlement; woodcut designed by A.R. Waud and engraved by J.P. Davis (1876)
English: Identifier: popularhistoryof00brya (find matches) Title: A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders Year: 1876 (1870s) Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888 Subjects: Publisher: New York : Scribner, Armstrong, and Company Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: evious Visit to Plymouth.—Standishs Visit to Boston Harbor. — Pein-forcements from England. — The First Christmas at Plymouth. — HostileMessage from the Narragansetts. — Arrival of Westons Colonists. — TheirSettlement at Wessagusset.—An Indian Conspiracy. — Standishs Expedi-tion and the Plot defeated. — The Grief of Pastor Robinson. — Arrival ofRobert Gorges. — First Allotment of Land in Plymouth. — John PeircesPatent. — The Lyford and Oldham Conspiracy. — Their Banishment. —Breaking-up op the London Company. — The Pilgrims thrown on their ownResources.—The Fishing Station at Cape Ann. — Encounter between Cap-tain Standish and Mr. Hewes. — The Dorchester Settlement at Cape Ann.—Conants Charge of it, and his Removal to Naumkeag. — Settlementsabout Boston Harbor. — Morton of Merry-Mount,— Standishs Arrest opMorton. New events came with the spring to the colony at Plymouth, as.well as health and hope. In March a naked Indian stalked boldly in Text Appearing After Image: Visit of Samoset to the Colony. among them, and greeted them in a few English words, which he hadlearned from the fishermen and other voyagers on tlie coast of Maine, 1621.) FIRST INTERCOURSE WITH INDIANS. 401 his home being on the Pemaquid. This mans name was Samoset,but why he was so far from home is not clear. He may The visit ofhave been brought and left in the neighborhood by Captain inJian^!^Dermer, who had twice been upon this coast, making his s^n^^set.second voyage only the previous summer. On his first voyage hevisited the place, which, he said, in Captain Smiths map is calledPlimouth. And, he adds, I would that the first Plantation mighthere be seated, if there come to the number of Fifty persons, or up-wards. 1 From this Samoset they learned that the Indian name of the placethey had settled upon was Patuxet, and that about four years beforeall the inhabitants had been swept off by a plague.^ He told themwho were their nearest Indian neighbors — Massasoits people, theWamp Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.