History of King Philip, Sovereign Chief of the Wampanoags; Including the Early History of the Settlers of New England
History of King Philip, Sovereign Chief of the Wampanoags; Including the Early History of the Settlers of New England

Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9781230434100

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ... Prosperity of the colonies. Massachusetts Colony. Chapter IV. The Pequot Wae. rM3E energetic, yet just and conciliatory -*- measures adopted by the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in their intercourse with the Indians, were productive of the happiest results. For several years there was a period of peace and prosperity. The colony had now become firmly established, and every year emigrants, arriving from the mother country, extended along the coasts and into the interior the comforts and the refinements of civilization. In the year 1630, ten years after the landing of the Pilgrims, a company of gentlemen of fortune and of social distinction organized a colony, upon a much grander scale than the one at Plymouth, to emigrate to.Massachusetts Bay, under the name of the Massachusetts Colony. The leaders in this enterprise were men of decidedly a higher cast of character, intellectual and social, than their brethren at Plymouth. On the 12th of June this company landed at Salem, and before the close of the year their Settlement of Boston. Motives actuating the settlers. number amounted to seventeen hundred. The tide of emigration now began to flow very rapidly, and eight or ten towns were soon settled. Toward the close of this year a few families moved to the end of the peninsula now called Boston. The dense wilderness spread around them. They reared their log huts near the beach, at the north end, and by fishing, hunting, and raising Indian corn, obtained a frugal existence. In the five following years very great accessions were made to this important colony. Thriving settlements sprang up rapidly all along the coast. The colonists appear to have been conscientious in their dealings with the natives, purchasing their lands of them at a fair price....

History of King Philip, Sovereign Chief of the Wampanoags
History of King Philip, Sovereign Chief of the Wampanoags

Author: John S. C. Abbott

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-03

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9780267707805

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Excerpt from History of King Philip, Sovereign Chief of the Wampanoags: Including the Early History of the Settlers of New England The writer can not refrain, in this connection, from acknowledging the obligations he is under to his friend and neighbor, John m'keen, Esq., to whose extensive and accurate acquaintance with the early history of this country he is in debted for many of the materials which have aided him in the preparation of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

HIST OF KING PHILIP SOVEREIGN
HIST OF KING PHILIP SOVEREIGN

Author: John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-26

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9781362934806

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