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INDEX.
A.
Aberdecest, 130, n.
Acomenticus:
charter granted to, by Gorges, 81;
Morton dies at, 91.
Adams, John:
on name of Merry-Mount, 14, n.;
on fate of Wollaston, 15;
on Thomas Morton, 95, n.;
injuries to library of, 101, n.
Adams, John Q., 101.
Adders, 213.
Ælianus, 345, n.
Air of New England, 121, 137, 177, 190.
Alcides, 292.
Alecto, 275.
Alexander, Sir William, quoted, 140, 167.
Alder, the, 186.
Allen, J. A., notes on wild animals of New England by, 199-215.
Allerton, Isaac:
his course toward Morton in England, 35, 303;
his mission to England in 1629, 36;
carries Morton back to Plymouth, 36;
tries to obtain charter for Plymouth, 52;
brings over goods, 289, n.
Allize, 225.
Alsatian Squire, the, 92.
Amphitrite, 277, 281.
Animals, wild of New England, chapter on, 199-215.
Antinomian controversy, 81, 323, n.
Antonomasia, 316.
Anúnime, 123, n.
Arbor-vitæ, 185, n.
Archimedes, 291.
Argus eyes, 303.
Aristotle, cited, 117, 118.
Armoniack, 219.
Arms. (See Fire-arms.)
Arthur’s Table, King, 290.
Arundel, Earl of, 60, 70.
Ascowke, 213.
Ash, the, 183.
Aspinwall, William, 319, n.
Audubon, John James, quoted, 131, n., 192, n.
Auk, the great, formerly found in Boston Bay, 131, n.
B.
Bacchanal Triumph, poem, 290-4.
Bagnall, Walter, 22, 206, n., 218, n.
Baptism, 331, n.
“Barren doe, the,” 94, 264-6, 272-7.
Barrowe, Henry, on Common Prayer, 332, n.
Bass, 222.
Beach, the, 183.
Bears: used by Indians, 142-4;
value of skins of, 205;
description of, 209;
Indian methods of hunting, 210;
flesh of, 210.
Beaver: value of skins of, 22, 205, 295;
gain in, 32, 282;
regulation of trade in, 39, 306;
virtues of tails of, 162, 205;
description of, 204;
muskrats passed for, 211;
Dutch trade in, 239, n.;
a theft compounded in, 269;
plenty of, at Nipnet, 270;
compared to Jason’s Fleece, 295.
Bible, the, 94, 212, 260.
Bibliography of New Canaan, 99.
Billington, John, 217.
Birch, the, 186.
Birds, chapter on, 189-99.
Black-lead, 219.
Blackstone, William: moves from Wessagusset to Boston, 24;
contributes to Morton’s arrest, 30;
an Episcopalian, 94.
Bluefish, 222.
Bole Armoniack, 219.
Book of Common Prayer, 22, 68, 82, 168, 260, 283, 311;
an idol, 69, 332;
Morton persecuted for using, 92-5.
Book of Sports, 260, n.
Boston Bay: savages about in 1625, 11;
settlers about in 1628, 24;
description of in 1630, 122;
great auks seen in, 131, n.;
French vessel wrecked in, 131, n.
Bradford, John, on Common Prayer, 332, n.
Bradford, Governor William: cited, 1, 6, 13, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 31, 35, 36, 37, 46, 49, 52, 79, 92, 133, n., 205, n., 217, n., 323, n., 325, n., 330, n., 332, n.;
letters of, on arrest of Morton, 30;
generally correct, 49;
literary skill of, 96;
absence of humor in, 97, 98;
referred to as Rhadamant, 291, n.
Brant, 189, 268.
Breames, 227.
Brereton, Sir William, grant to, from John Gorges, 34.
Brewster, William, notes on birds by, 189-99, n., 226, n.
Briareus, 288.
Bridges, Robert, 90.
Bright, Rev. Francis, 300, n., 325, n.
Brimstone, 220.
Bristol, 2.
Brown, Peter, 214.
Browne, Robert, 323, n.
Brutus, supposed descent of Indians from, 126, 127, 129.
Bubble, 266-8, 270-3.
Buckingham, Duke of, 178, n.
Burdet, Rev. George, corresponds with Laud, 83, 88.
Burglary, 319, n.
Burning undergrowth: Indian custom of, 172, 184, 186;
protection against, 173.
Bursley, John, at Wessagusset, 24, 31, 162, n.
Buzzard’s Bay, 266.
Butler, Samuel, 96, 98, 251, n.
C.
Caen, William and Emery de, 235, n.
Caiaphas, 300, 302, n.
Cain, 312.
Campbell, Lord: on royal proclamations, 26;
cited, 35.
Canada: derivation of name, 235;
first conquest of, 235, n.
Canary Islands: as a market, 182, 222;
Morton at, 342-3.
Cane, 275.
Caunoŭnicus, funeral rites of his son, 170, n.
Cape Ann: Lyford moves to, 24;
Morton at, 261.
Cape Cod, 21, 23, 226;
French vessel wrecked on, 131, n.
Cape Verde Islands, 116, 117, n.
Carheil, Father, cited, 17.
Caribdis, 277, 280.
Cattup Keen, 137, n.
Carlisle, Earl of, 70.
Casco Bay, 221;
royalists about, 85.
Cau-ompsk, 124, n.
Cecrops, 293.
Cedars: at Mount Wollaston, 10;
where to be found large, 173;
abundance and size of, 184;
white, 185, n.
Cerberus, 294.
Chalk-stones, 216.
Champlain, lake: protection for discovery of, 77;
Morton on, 78;
Josselyn’s expedition to discover, 79;
when named, 234, n. (See Erocoise.)
Champlain: his Voyages quoted, 149, n., 150, n.;
his map, 236, n.
Charity of the Separatists, 320.
Charity, the, comes to New England in June, 1622, 7, 130.
Chauquaqock, 254, n.
Charles I.: corruption of court of, 52;
character and government of, 54;
financial straits of, in 1635, 73;
turning point in fortunes of, 78.
Charlestown: settlement of, 34, 300, n.;
deacons of church of, 319.
Charon, 274.
Charter party, 304, 316, 317. (See Cradock, Matthew.)
Chastity, absence of, among Indians, 16, 17, 145, n.
Chelsea, 229, 300.
Cheshetue, 148.
Chestnut, the, 183.
Chickatawbut, dwelling-place of, 11;
cunning of, 162, n.;
his mother’s grave despoiled, 170, 247;
speech of, 247-9;
Weston’s men living with, 252.
Chingachgook, 213, n.
Christmas, 18, 97;
“brave gambols,” 294.
Church practices in New England, 69, 260, 262, 322-34.
Church of England: Winthrop’s detestation of, 63;
and Morton, 92;
and Lyford, 263;
dignity of, advanced in New England by Morton, 283;
Ratcliff a member of, 317.
Churching of women, 331, n.
Cicero, quoted, 139, 181, 312.
Cithyrea, 278.
Clams, 227.
Clarendon, Lord, cited, 52.
Clayton’s Virginia, cited, 199, n., 208, n., 210, n., 214, n.
Cleaves, George: Morton in employ of, 77;
in employ of Rigby, 84;
“a fire-brand of dissension,” 85.
Clerk, Roger, 300, n.
Cockles, 227.
Coddington, Governor William, writes to Winthrop about Morton, 85.
Cod-fish, 221;
markets for, 222;
superiority of New England, ib.
Cod-liver oil, 222.
Coins, old, found at Richmond Island, 218, n.
Coke, Sir Edward, on proclamations, 26, 35.
Colchos, 292.
Commissions, system of, in favor at court of Charles I., 57.
Conies, 204, 210, 211.
Common Prayer: Book of, treatment of in Massachusetts, 69;
trouble occasioned by in Scotland, 82;
Morton’s use of, cause of his persecution, 92, 260, 283;
reference to in New Canaan, 93, 169;
an idol, 332, n.
Connecticut, Blue Laws of, 252, n.
Copper, 220.
Cormorants, 226.
Cos, 124, 217.
Cottington, Lord, 60.
Cotton, John, 98.
Council for New England: efforts of to settle the Massachusetts, 2;
grant to Robert Gorges, 3;
secures proclamation about sale of fire-arms to Indians, 20;
gives patent to Company of Massachusetts Bay, 31;
quarrel of with Massachusetts Company, 33;
unequal to the emergency in 1634, 59;
plan for dividing territory of, 59;
divides New England, 70;
surrender of patent by, 72;
records of quoted, 130, n., 196, n.;
issues patent to Walter Bagnall, 219, n.
Court: held at Salem, 306;
at Boston, to try Morton, 311.
Cradock, Governor Matthew, 298, n.;
before Privy Council, 51, 56;
“an imposterous knave,” 62;
default of in quo warranto proceedings, 75;
on Morton, 77;
Master Charterparty 304, n., 316, 317.
Cranes, 192.
Cromwell, Oliver, 83.
Crows, 195.
Crow-blackbirds, 198.
Cupid, 278.
Cypress-trees, 185.
Cynthius, 345.
D.
Dagon, 32, n.
Davis, Captain John, 104, 118, n.
Deaconess, 323.
Deacons, 322.
Deane, Charles: cited, 30, 56;
accuracy of, 56.
Decameron, 94.
De Costa, B. F.: quoted, 92-4;
referred to, 100.
Deer: skins of, 135, 142-3, 202;
killed by Indians, 162;
followed by scent, 166;
kinds of, 200-2;
preyed on by wolves, 204, 208;
and luzerans, 206.
Deer-traps, 202.
Deer Island, 155, n., 204, n.
Delilah, 281.
Demas, part of, 302, n.
Demophoön, 273.
Dermer, Captain Thomas: redeems captives, 131, n.;
quoted concerning pestilence of 1616, 133, n.
Devil, the: estimation of among Indians, 139, n., 150, n., 165, 167;
rules the Powows, 178.
Dexter, Rev. H. M., 244, n.
Diogenes, 178;
tub of, 286.
Dodge, General, cited, 169, n., 174, n.
“Doe, the barren,” 94, 264-6, 272-7.
Dog-fish, 223, n.
Don Quixote, 94, 272, 286.
Dorchester, Lord, 53.
Dorset, Earl of, 60.
Dover, N. H., Hiltons at, 30.
Downing, Emanuel: before Privy Council, 51;
account of, 52;
instructed to find evidence against Morton, 88;
on humming-bird, 198, n.
Drails, 223.
Drunkenness, Indian tendency to, 174.
Ducks: kinds of, 190;
preyed on by luzeran, 206, n.
Dudley, Governor Thomas, 43, 80, 90;
cited, 4, 46.
Duxbury, 84.
E.
Eacus, 288, 293, 294, 309.
Eager, Pastor Master. (See Skelton.)
East Indies, 239.
Edmunds, Sir Thomas, 60.
Eels, 224.
Egypt, 240.
Elder-tree, the, 186.
Elders of church, 313, 322.
Elephants, their supposed religion, 141, n.
Elias house, 310.
Eliot, Dr. John, 326, n.
Eliot, John, quoted, 124, 129, n.
Elk, 200, n.
Ellis, Rev. Dr. G. E., quoted, 145, n.
Elm, the, 183.
En animia, 123.
Endicott, John: arrival of, at Salem, 31;
visits Mt. Wollaston, 32;
occupies the Gorges grant, 34;
his instructions, 38, 40, 45;
meets “old planters,” 39, 306;
attempts to reärrest Morton, 43;
derided by Morton, 45;
mutilates royal standard, 66;
issues warrant to arrest Morton, 86;
governor, 88;
libelled in New Canaan, 88, 304;
called Littleworth, 220, 298-9, 304, 306, 308, 318;
Morton’s animosity to, 220, n.;
cured of a wife, 298, n.;
sends settlers to Charlestown, 300, n.;
at Salem, 303-7;
and the charter case, 305;
fraud imputed to, 308;
punishes Ratcliff, 316;
second marriage of, 330, n.
Epictetus, 312, n.
Episcopalians: take up Morton’s cause, 92;
in early Massachusetts, 95, 218, n.
Erocoise, lake of, 78, 234-7, 240, 241. (See Champlain.)
Esculapius, 278.
Executions. (See Hanging.)
Exercising in church, by lay members, 262, n., 322-30.
F.
Faircloath, Innocence (See Ratcliff.)
Fairfax, Lord, 83.
Falcons and falconry, 6, 196.
Falkland, Lord, 83.
Falstaff, 278, n.
Faustus, Dr., 319.
Fire-arms: supplied to Indians, 20, 95;
trade in forbidden, 21;
in hands of Indians in 1628, 25.
Firing the country. (See Burning.)
Fish, poisonous in the tropics, 116, n.;
kinds of in New England, 221-8.
Fisheries, vessels engaged in, 221.
Fitcher: a partner of Wollaston, 4;
left in charge at Mt. Wollaston and expelled by Morton, 13.
Finch, Sir John, 35.
Flora, patroness of May-day, 19, 281.
Flounders, 226.
Flowers in New England, 228.
Footmen, running, 329.
Force’s Tracts, 99.
Foxes, 206-8.
Fox-skins, value of, 205, n., 207, n.
Franchise, the, in Massachusetts, 331, n.
Freeles, 227.
French authority, on Indians’ senses, 166.
Frenchmen, captured, among Indians, 131, n.
“Froth, Nick and,” 328, n.
Fuller, Dr. Samuel: dies of pestilence, 133, n.;
supposed to be alluded to as Eacus, 288, 291, n., 309;
note on, 297;
at Salem, 298.
Furmety, 163, n.; 296.
Furs: profit of trade in, 22, 32;
regulation of trade in, 39;
Indian use of, 141-4;
prices of, 205, n., 207, n., 209. (See Beaver, Deer, Bear.)
G.
Galena, found in Woburn, 219, n.
Ganymede, 279.
Gardiner, Sir Christopher: before Privy Council, 50, 86;
his prefatory verses to New English Canaan, 112;
on descent of Indians, 128;
intercedes for Ratcliff, 320;
note on, 338;
adventures of, 338-42;
sonnet by, 341.
Geese: descriptions of, 189-90;
preyed on by luzeran, 206, n.
Gellius, Aulus, quoted, 312, n.
Gentry, created and degraded by Winthrop, 313.
Gerard’s Herbal, referred to, 185.
Ghent, 236.
Gibbons, Major Edward, 90-1.
Gifte, the, 44, 289.
Gloucester, Morton at, 86.
Golgotha, a new-found, 133.
Goodman, John: adventure of, with a wolf, 208, n.;
hears lions roar, 214, n.
Gookin, Daniel, quoted, 160, 174.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 2, 3, 36, 47, 95;
procures issues of proclamation on fire-arms, 21;
his curiosity as to New England, 32;
Morton ingratiates himself with, 36;
in correspondence with Morton, 41, 47;
intrigues against Massachusetts, 49;
failure in, 53;
works through Court influences, 54;
renews complaints against Massachusetts, 56;
shapes Laud’s policy to New England, 58;
his plan, 58;
to be governor-general, 59;
his influence with Lords Commissioners, 60;
represents “thorough” in New England, 60, 74;
thought to be on the New England coast in 1635, 66;
his plans in 1635, 67;
circumvents Winslow, 68;
grantee of Maine from Council for New England, 71;
appointed by King, governor-general, 71;
failure of, caused by want of money, 72;
age of, 75, n.;
death of Mason fatal to plans of, 76;
publication of New Canaan not agreeable to, 80;
pretends to be friendly to Massachusetts, 80;
“casheers” Morton, 80;
grants charter to Acomenticus, 81;
career of, 119, n.;
eulogized, 189;
Sir C. Gardiner, an agent of, 338, n.
Gorges, John: succeeds to R. Gorges’s grant, 33;
deeds land to Brereton and Oldham, 34, 40.
Gorges, Lord, 71.
Gorges, Captain Robert, 2, 33, 143, 162;
arrives in Boston Bay, 3;
extent of his grant, 3;
returns to England, 4;
validity of grant to, denied, 34;
arrests Weston, 257, n.
Goshawks, 197.
Gover, Anna, 298.
Grant, John, 62.
Grapes in New England, 186.
Gray, Professor Asa, 182, 188.
Greek, supposed resemblance of Indian words to, 123, 126.
Greene, Charles, 99-101.
Greene, Richard, in charge of Wessagusset settlement, 7.
Greenland, excessive cold of, 118.
Grouse in New England, 194, n.
H.
“Habbe or nabbe,” 335.
Hacche, Roger atte, 300, n.
Hake, 226.
Hale, Robert, 319, n.
Halibut, 225.
Hame, 124.
Hamilton, Marquis of, 70.
Hampden, John, 83.
Handmaid, the, Morton’s voyage in, 45, 342-5.
Hanging: the Weymouth, 217, 249-52;
early in Massachusetts, 217, n.;
in Virginia, 342.
Hannibal, 263.
Hares, 204.
Harris, Rev. Thaddeus Mason, 101, n.
Harvard University: Library bulletin referred to, 99-100;
students at, whipped, 319, n.
Hawks and falcons in New England, 195-7.
“Hawk and buzzard,” 336.
Hawthorn-trees, 186.
Heath-hen, 194, n.
Hebrew tribes, 310;
origin of Indians traced to, 129, n.
Hedgehogs, 211.
Hemlock-trees, 185, n.
Hemp in New England, 187, 202, 231.
Herbs of New England, 188, 228.
Herons, 192.
Herring, 224.
Hickory, 183, n.
Higginson, Rev. F., quoted, 213, n., 221, n., 232, n., 300, n.
Higginson, T. W., quoted, 312, n.
Hiltons, the: at Piscataqua, 23;
contribute to Morton’s arrest, 30.
“Hippeus pine-tree horse,” 284.
Holbein, Hans, 253, n.
Holland, 70, 288.
Hollis, Sir William, 253, n.
Horace, quoted, 119.
Horeb, the calf of, 278.
Horse-mackerel, 223, n.
Howes, Edward, 317, n.
Howes, Edward, Jr., 334, n.
Hudibras, 96, 251, n., 339, n.
Hudson, Hendrick, voyages and fate of, 118, n.
Hudson, the, 236, n., 238.
Hull, so called in 1628, 24, 337, n.
Hume, David, on royal proclamations, 26.
Humfrey, John: before Privy Council, 51;
“an imposterous knave,” 62, 64;
goes to New England, 64;
Gorges refers to patience of, 80.
Humming-bird, 102, n., 198.
Hunt, Captain Thomas, 244, n.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Ann, 81, 323, n.
Hyde, Sir Nicholas, 35.
Hydra, 286, 287, 292, 293.
I.
Indians: Morton’s popularity with, 10;
number in Massachusetts, 11;
modesty of women, 16;
desire for guns and spirits, 20;
fire-arms among, 20, 25;
pestilence of 1616 among, 120, 133, n.;
origin of, 123-9;
language of, 123;
descendants of Hebrew tribes, 129, n.;
Frenchmen captives among, 131;
their wigwams, 134-8;
their eating, 137, n.;
their hospitality, 137, n.;
their games and removals, 138;
their religion, 139-41, 167;
their dress, 141-5;
their trade, 141, 157-9;
their modesty, 142;
their children born white, 147, n.;
their bodies well shaped, 147;
color of their eyes, 148, 165;
their respect to age, 148-50;
their conjuring tricks, 150-3;
their duels, 153-4;
their money, 157-9;
their manufactures, 159;
their storehouses, 160;
their baskets, 160;
did not use salt, 161;
their cunning, 161-5;
acuteness of their senses, 165-6;
distinguish French from Spanish by smell, 166;
crimes among, 169;
their funerals, 169-71;
thievery among, 169;
their custom of firing the country, 172;
distant commerce of, 172, 220, n., 237;
contented life of, 175;
superiority to English beggars, 175-6;
utensils and method of drinking, 177;
deer-traps of, 202;
method of hunting bears, 209-10;
lobster-feasts of, 226;
belied by Plymouth people, 256;
compound theft at Wessagusset, 269;
accompany Bubble to Nipnet, 270;
return his property, 272;
witness Morton’s punishment, 312;
reprove punishment of Morton, 312. (See Massachusetts.)
Indian women: absence of chastity among, 16, 17, 145;
Morton’s relations with, 94;
their dress, 144;
their modesty, 145;
their child-bearing, 145-8;
their care of their infants, 147.
Ireland, no venomous beasts in, 48.
Irocoise, the great lake. (See Champlain.)
Iron-stones, 219.
Iroquois, 234.
Isles of Shoals, Morton at, 29, 296, 302.
Israelites, 310;
origin of Indians traced to, 129, n., 160, n.
J.
Jackals, 207, n., 214, n.
James I., 16, 35;
sends snake-stones to Virginia, 214, n.
Jason, 292;
Golden Fleece of, 295.
Jeffreys, William: at Wessagusset, 24, 31, 162, n.;
corresponds with Gorges, 60, n.;
letters of Morton to, 61, 86;
carries letters to Winthrop, 65;
letters from quoted, 102.
Jews, origin of Indians traced to, 129, n.
Job, 281.
Johnson, Edward, 250.
Jonah, 103, 302, 327, 342-5.
Jonson, Ben, 98;
may have met Morton, 96;
note on “poem,” 290, 312, n.;
quoted, 335, n.
Jordan, 310.
Josselyn, Captain John, quoted, 16, n., 133, n., 136, n., 137, n., 147, n., 158, n., 160, n., 171, n., 182, n., 185, n., 189, n., 191, n., 198, n., 201, n., 205, n., 206, n., 210, n., 212, n., 214, n., 217, n., 221, n., 232, n., 235, n.
Josselyn, Henry, 237;
date of expedition of, to New Hampshire, 79, 238.
“Jove, let, vouchsafe to thunder,” 62, 103, 113, 345.
Jupiter, 279.
K.
Kantántowwit, 168, n.
Kennebec: Morton follows Plymouth people to the, 23, 295;
Plymouth grant on the, 36.
Kennet, White, 99.
Kytan, an Indian god, 139, n., 167, n., 168, 169.
Killock, 262.
King’s Bench, warrant did not run in Massachusetts, 47.
Kirk, David, Louis and Thomas, conquest of Canada by, 235, n.
Kodtup Kēn, 137, n.
Koüs, 124, n.
L.
Laconia, 235, 238, n.
Lannerets, 196, 198.
Larks, 195.
Latin, supposed similarity with Indian tongue, 123-6.
Laud, Archbishop William: becomes Primate, 55;
influence of, 57;
head of Lords Commissioners, 58, 60, 93, 322;
played upon by Gorges, 64;
and Morton, 68, 93, 322-34;
New England not to be suffered to languish, 71;
supreme in England in 1635, 74;
his fortunes turn, 78;
corresponds with Burdet, 83;
orders Common Prayer to be used, 333, n.
Lazarus, 344.
Lead ore, 219.
Leadstones, 219.
Learning, vilified in New England, 282.
Leather, made by Indians, 142, 201.
Lechford’s Plaine Dealing quoted, 147, 322-34.
Lenox, Duke of, 70.
Lerna, lake, 292.
Lewis, Alonzo, quoted, 129.
Libertines, New England will not brook, 48.
Lime, 215.
Limestone in Weymouth, 216, n.
Lions in New England, 214.
Littleworth. (See Endicott.)
Lobsters, 209, 226, 265.
Lords Commissioners of Plantations: appointment of board of, 58, 100;
who composed, 60;
powers of, 60;
news of appointment of, in Massachusetts, 65;
last meeting of, 81;
Morton’s dependence on, 93;
dedication of New Canaan to, 109, 322.
Louis XI., 326.
Lowndes’s Manual, 100.
Lucan, 141.
Luscus, 263.
Luzerans: description of, 206;
value of furs of, 205, n.
Lyford, Rev. John:
at Hull, 24, 264;
moves to Cape Ann, 24;
at Plymouth, 262-4, 332, n.
Lyman, Theodore, notes on fish, 221-8.
M.
Machiavelli, 339.
Macháug, 237, n.
Mackerel, 223.
Mackerel-shark, 223, n.
Maine: trading-stations in, 23, 218, 221;
royalists in, 85.
Maja, 281.
Manchester, Earl of, 60.
Manittóoes, 207, n.
Maple, 186.
Marble in New England, 215.
Marblehead, quality of stone at, 215, n.
Ma-re-Mount, 14. (See Merry Mount.)
Marlins, 198.
Marriage in Massachusetts, a civil contract, 69, 330.
Mars, 292.
Martens: value of furs of, 205, n.;
described, 206.
Mary & John, arrival of at Hull, 42.
Maske, the North Star, 125.
Mason, Captain John: hostile to Massachusetts, 49;
grantee of New Hampshire from Council of New England, 71;
builds ships to take governor-general to New England, 73;
financial needs of, 74;
death of, and note on, 76, 238.
Massachusetts: latent spirit of rebellion in, in 1632, 51, 66;
emigration to, in 1634, 55;
panic in, in 1635, 66, 71;
preparations against, in 1635, 67;
church practices in, 69, 322-34;
complaints against, in 1638, 81;
appeals to king a misdemeanor in, 87;
location and advantages of, 112;
elk seen in, 200, n.;
population of, in 1632-7, 230;
baptism limited to franchise in, 331, n.;
description of community in, 334, n.;
justice in, 334-6.
Massachusetts Charter: attack on in Privy Council, in 1632, 49;
obtained by influence, 52;
sent for by Privy Council, 56;
second attack on, 58, 61;
not returned to England, 64;
plan for vacating, 67;
quo warranto proceedings to set aside, 75;
demand for return of, in 1638, 82.
Massachusetts Company: grant to, 31;
difficulty of, with Council of New England, 33;
procures charter, 34;
“old planters,” jealousy of, 38;
instructions of, to Endicott, 38, 40, 45;
policy of, to, 39;
regulates trade in furs, 39;
complaints against, 50;
treasurer of, 305;
patent-case of, 305.
Massachusetts Indians: number of, 11;
Weston’s men killed by, 252, n.;
humanity of, 256.
Massasoit: a night in his lodge, 136, n.;
detains Samoset, 244, n.
Mather, Cotton, quoted, 129, n., 132, n., 150, n., 152, n., 160, n., 175, n., 331, n.
Matta, 237.
Mattapan, 12, 124.
Maverick, Rev. John, 325, n.
Maverick, Samuel: says that Morton had a patent, 8;
moves from Wessagusset to Noddle’s Island, 24;
in connection with Morton’s arrest, 30;
his assessment for charge of Morton’s arrest, 30;
cited, 46;
refers to Morton’s arraignment at Boston, 88;
an Episcopalian, 94.
May, Thomas, quoted, 141, n.
Mayberry, S. P., on Walter Bagnall, 218, n.
May-day festivities: immorality of, 18;
at Mount Wollaston, 18, 276-82.
May-pole, the: of Merry-Mount, 17, 270, 295;
custom of erecting, 17;
cut down by Endicott, 32.
Medusa, 292.
Meechin, 137.
Melpomene, 275.
Menhaden, 225, n., 226, n.
Mephistopheles, 319.
Mermaid, the, 97.
Merriam, Mr., identifies simpes as woodcock, 191, n.
Merry-Mount: fountain at, 276;
Mayday at, 276-84;
to be made a woeful mount, 278;
monster at, 282. (See Mt. Wollaston.)
Metawna, 194, n.
Mice, 214.
Milo, 270.
Milton, John, quoted, 129.
Minerals of New England, 215-21.
Ministers: ordination of, at Plymouth, 262;
at Salem, 300, n., 306;
use of notes by, 322, n.;
ordination of, in New England, 324;
superior to magistrates in New England, ib.;
first in New England, 325, n.;
absent-mindedness of a, ib.;
did not marry in New England, 330.
Ministers’ sons, whipped, 319, n.
Minos, 275, 293, 294, 309.
Mint and Cummin, tithes of, 102, 111, 280, 333.
Mittànnug, 193, n.
Mona, 124.
Monatoquit, 9, 28, 285;
limestone near to, 216.
Money, Indian. (See Wampum.)
Monsall, Ralph, 319, n.
Monthly Anthology, 101, 320.
Moose, description and uses of, 142, 200.
Morell, Rev. William, quoted, 143, n.
Morton, Nathaniel, cited, 5.
Morton, Thomas: comes to Massachusetts with Wollaston, 1;
suspected of murder, 2, 15, 46;
his previous life, 4-5;
his acquaintance with classics, 4, 345, n.;
his first coming to New England, 6;
his silence about Wollaston, 13;
inaccuracy of, 14, 63, 96, 123, n., 335, n.;
his fondness for field sports, 15;
his treatment of Indians, 16, 256;
relations of, with Indian women, 16;
his verses, 19;
supplies Indians with guns, 20;
silence of, on subject, 21;
trades in Maine, 23;
visits Wessagusset, 24;
number of his neighbors, 25;
remonstrated with for sale of fire-arms, 25;
on proclamations, 26;
arrest of, by Standish, 27, 282-6;
escape of, 28, 283;
taken to Plymouth, 29, 296;
sent to England, 29, 289;
cost of arrest of, 30, 302;
reaches England, 31;
not proceeded against, 35, 303;
could have been proceeded against in Star Chamber, 35;
ingratiates himself with Gorges, 36;
and Allerton, 36, 325;
good results of, 37;
returns to Plymouth, 37, 304;
to Mount Wollaston, 38;
refuses to sign agreement, 39, 307;
disregards trade regulations, 40, 308;
an agent of Gorges, 41;
profits of, 41, 308;
attempt to re-arrest, 41, 308;
re-arrest of, 43;
trial and sentence of, 44;
sent back to England, 45;
charges against him, 46;
punishment of, 46-8, 311, 312;
a warrant for his arrest from King’s Bench, 47, 311;
a “libertine,” 48;
driven away from Massachusetts, 49, 336-7;
in Exeter jail, 49;
allies himself to enemies of Massachusetts Charter, 50;
makes complaint before Privy Council, 50;
gives reason of failure of complaint, 54;
forwards more complaints, 56;
elation of, in 1634, 60;
his letters to William Jeffreys, 61;
crying as Jonas, 61, 103, 344;
plays on Laud’s foibles, 64, 93, 322-34, n., n.;
has Winslow put in Fleet prison, 69;
Solicitor of Council for New England, 72;
promptness of, in legal proceedings, 75;
on Captain John Mason, 76;
Cradock on, 77;
in pay of Cleaves, 77;
in disgrace with Gorges, 80;
witnesses Acomenticus charter, 81;
starved out of England, 83;
at Plymouth in 1643, 84;
pretends to be a Commonwealth’s man, 85;
goes to Maine, 85;
to Rhode Island, 85;
to Boston, 86;
arraigned, 86;
extraordinary proceedings against, 87;
petition of, 88-90;
imprisonment, release and death of, 91;
a man out of place, 92;
Episcopalian defenders of, 92;
“his faults,” 93;
oppressively dealt with in Massachusetts, 94;
small literary merit of, 95;
may have met Butler and Jonson, 96;
sense of humor of, 97;
style of, 103;
at Richmond Island, 218;
uses Common Prayer, 260, 311;
at Cape Ann, 261;
at Nut Island, 268;
date of arrest, 295;
references of, to Winthrop, 310, n., 321;
gets game for settlers, 321;
at Salem, 325, n.;
at Canary Islands, 342;
his voyage to England, 342-5.
Mount Dagon, 32, 278.
Mount Wollaston: why so called, 1;
character and number of settlers at, 8, 286, 294;
description and sketch of, 9-10;
view from, 12;
location of, 15;
morals at, 17;
May-day festivities at, 18;
a refuge of runaways, 22, 23;
within grant to Massachusetts Company, 31;
destruction of house at, 45;
Common Prayer at, 94, 283;
fountain at, 229;
monster at, 282.
Muskrats, 204;
value of skins of, 205, n.;
description of, 210.
Muscles, 227.
Munnoh, 124, n.
N.
Nan weeteo, 148, n.
Nantasket, 24, 25, 30, 325, n., 337, n.
Nanepashemet, 155.
Naumkeag, 25, 30.
Nebuchadnezzar, 116.
Necut, 193, n.
Neent, 194, n.
Neptune, 277.
Netherlands, 293.
New Canaan: political significance of, 68;
as a political pamphlet, 68, 322, n.;
reference to Lake Irocoise in, 78;
where written, 78, 233, n.;
referred to by Bradford, 79;
latest revision of, 79;
no copies of, get to New England, 79, 88;
publication of, not agreeable to Gorges, 80;
referred to by Winthrop, 86;
references to Book of Common Prayer in, 93;
ribaldry of, 94;
criticism of, 95-6;
referred to in Hudibras, 96;
humor in, 97;
a connecting link, 98;
bibliography of, 99-101;
titlepages of, 100;
printing of, 102;
cause of errors in, 103;
rules for present edition of, 104.
New England: emigration to, in 1634, 55;
royal policy towards, 57;
church practices in, 69;
division of, in 1635, 70;
commission for governing, in 1637, 77;
location and temperature of, 120-1;
winds not violent in, 122, 232;
plenty of, 175;
air of, 177;
beauty of, 180;
motives of settlers in, 181;
no boggy ground in, 228;
perfumed air of, 228, 231-2;
superiority of, to Virginia, 228, 229, 233, 265;
natural waters of, 229;
population of, 230;
fertility of, 231;
people of, never have colds, 232;
rainfall of, 233;
coast and harbors of, ib.;
fecundity of women in, 265;
universities vilified in, 282. (See Council for New England.)
New English Canaan. (See New Canaan.)
New Hampshire, population of, in 1634, 230, n.
Newburyport: galena found in, 219, n.;
silver ore, 220, n.
Newcomein, John, 216-7.
Niagara Falls, 236.
“Nick and Froth,” 328, n.
Nilus, 240.
Niobe, 277, 281.
Nipnets, 240, 270.
Nneesnneánna, 193, n.
Noddy, Doctor, 309.
Nokehick, 175, n.
North Star, the Indian name of, 125, n.
Northwest passage, interest in the, in 1632, 118, n., 239.
“Noses out of joint,” 94, 281.
Notes used in preaching, 322.
Nourse, H. S., on Elk in South Lancaster, Mass., 200, n.
Nowell, Increase, 305, n.
Nut Island, 268.
Nuttall’s Ornithology, cited, 194, n.
O.
Oaks in New England, 182.
Oates, Jack, 253, n.
Œdipus, 277, 280.
Oil, cod-liver, 222.
“Old Planters,” jealousy of Massachusetts Company, 38.
Oldham, John, 40;
at Hull, 24;
takes Morton to England, 29-32;
his promises of gain in New England, 32;
his scheme for trading, 33;
does not press matters against Morton, 33, 36;
receives grant from John Gorges, 34;
tries to organize expedition, 34;
“a jack in his mood,” 40;
his treatment at Plymouth, 262-4.
Oliver le Daim, 326.
Om, 124, n.
Ordination. (See Ministers.)
Otters, value of furs of, 205, n., 206.
Ounce, the, 206, n.
Ovid, quoted, 217, 273.
Owls, 195.
Oysters, 227.
P.
Palfrey, J. G., quoted, 140, n., 148, n.
“Pan the Shepherds’ God,” 124.
Papasiquineo. (See Pasconaway.)
Parkman, Francis, quoted, 16, 17, 136, n., 140, n., 145, n., 158, n., 166, n., 168, n., 234, n.
Partridges, 194.
Pasconaway, the sachem, 150, n.;
his tricks and incantations, 151;
his daughter’s marriage, 154-5.
Pascopan, 124.
Paskanontam, 124, n.
Passonagessit: description of, 9;
signification of name, 14, 276;
grave at, desecrated, 247;
Master Bubble at, 267;
revels at, 276-82;
mine host, sachem of, 289. (See Mt. Wollaston.)
Pastors. (See Ministers.)
Patent of Massachusetts: granted, 31;
brought over by Endicott, 305;
its case, ib., n.
Paul’s Walk, 298, n.
Pawtucket, 124.
Peabody, W. B. O., referred to, 189, 192.
Peddock, Leonard, 130, n.
Peddock’s Island, 130, n.
Pemaquid, 244.
Penelope, 281.
Pennacook, the Bridal of, 155, n.
Pestilence among Indians in 1616-7, 11, 120, 130-4;
nature of, 133, n.;
Squanto’s fraud about, 245.
Phaethon, 293.
Phaos box, 280, 297;
explained, 345, n.
Pharsalia, May’s continuation of, quoted, 141, n.
Pheasants, 194.
Phillips, Rev. George, 326.
Phillips Creek, Weymouth, site of Wessagusset settlement, 3.
Phlegethon, 314.
Phœbus, 293.
Phyllis 273.
Pike, 227.
Pilchers, 226.
Pillory and whetstone, 300, n.
Pine-trees, 184.
Pipe-staves as merchandise, 182.
Piscataqua, 30;
Hiltons and Thomson at, 22, 25, 255, n.
Plague. (See Pestilence.)
Plaice, 226.
Plantations, Foreign, board of Lords Commissioners of. (See Lords Commissioners.)
Plato, Indians practise Commonwealth of, 177.
“Plough patent” in Maine, 85.
Plymouth, 30;
settlers at, in 1628, 25;
Morton carried to, 29;
Indians about destroyed by pestilence, 133, n.;
Billington hanged at, 217, n.;
population of, in 1634, 230, n.;
Samoset’s appearance at, 244;
treatment of Weston at, 245-6, 255-7;
people of, at Passonagessit 247, n.;
Morton visits, 259;
cattle at, 260;
Lyford and Oldham at, 262-4;
reordination of ministers at, 262;
no vessel arrives at, in June 1628, 289, n.;
Christmas at, 294, n.;
Morton arrives again at, 304;
ministers at, 325, n.;
Book of Common Prayer at, 332, n.
Pocahontas, “a well-featured but wanton young girl,” 145, n.
Porcupines, 211.
Portland, Earl of, 60.
Portland Harbor, 221, n.
Potomac, the, 236, 239.
Powahs, Indian, 139, n., 150, n., 152, n.
Pratt, Phineas, cited, 131, n., 132, n.
Praying, manner of, 334.
Priapus, 94, 205, 281.
Privy Council: petition to, against Massachusetts Company, 51;
order of, stopping emigration to New England, 56, 333, n.
Proclamations, royal: about fire-arms, 20;
not law, 26;
violation of, punishable in Star Chamber, 35.
Procrustes, 335.
Proteus, 94, 281.
Purchase, Mr., cures himself of sciatica, 207, n.
Purification of women, 331.
Putnam, F. W., 131, n., 227, n.
Pygmalion, 315.
Pythagoras, 329, n.
Q.
Quacksalver, punishment of, 299.
Quail, in New England, 194.
Quebec, capture of, by Kirk, 235, n.
Quincy: seal of town of, 10;
slate in, 216, n.
Quo warranto proceedings to set aside Massachusetts Charter, 74, 77, 82, 86.
R.
Rabbits, 204, 211.
Rabelais, 94.
Raccoon, 207.
Rasdall: a partner of Wollaston, 1;
follows him to Virginia, 13;
disappears, 15.
Ratcliff, Philip: before Privy Council, 50;
thought a lunatic, 56;
promised cropping of Winthrop’s ears, 62, 64;
called Faircloath, 316, 340;
punishment of, 316-8.
Rattlesnakes, 213;
antidotes to poison of, 213, 214, n.
Rats, 214.
Razor-shell, 227.
Readings, conjectural, 105.
Red-lead, 219.
Reordination. (See Ministers.)
Reproductions, slavishness of, 104.
Reynolds, Dr. John, 331, n.
Rhadamanthus, 293, 294, 309.
Rhode Island, Morton in, 86.
Richmond Island: Walter Bagnall at, 200, n., 218, n.;
coins found on, ib.;
whetstones at, 217;
vessels at, 221.
Rigby, Alexander, 84.
Ring, use of, in marriage, 331.
Rogers, Mr., preacher at Plymouth, 325, n.
Running footmen, 329, n.
Rupert, Prince, 83.
S.
Sables, value of, 205, n.
Sal, Isle of, 116, n., 117, n., 343, n.
Salem: suffering at, in 1629-30, 42;
a doctor made at, 298;
Dr. Fuller at, 299;
Endicott holds a court at, 306;
ordination of ministers at, 306;
Morton at, 306, 325, n.;
church of, abused by Ratcliff, 317, n.;
church of, vilified, 317-8;
use of Common Prayer at, 332, n.
Salmon, 224.
Salt: abundance of, in tropics, 117;
use of, unknown among Indians, 161, 175, n.;
given to them by Morton, 161.
Saltonstall, Sir Richard, 43;
before Privy Council, 51, 61.
Samoset, 244, n.
Samson, 281.
Sanaconquam, an Indian god, 167.
Sanderling, 191.
Sandpiper, 191.
Sargent, Professor C. S., 182, n.
Savage, James, cited, 30, n.
Scallops, 227.
Scent, acuteness of Indian, 166.
Sciatica, cured by raccoon grease, 207.
Scogan, John, 278;
choice of, 281.
Scotland: policy of Charles I. breaks down in, 78;
troubles of 1638 in, 82.
Scylla, 278, 280.
Sea-sickness, 298.
Sequestration, in New Canaan, 308.
Serat, 204.
Sesick, 213.
Shackles: possibly Aspinwall, 319;
whips Faircloath, 320;
fed by Morton, 321;
burns Morton’s house, 337.
Shad, 225.
Shakespeare, William, 98.
Shawmut, 12.
Shaler, Professor N. S., notes by, 215-20.
Shell-heaps: at Cotuit, 131, n.;
origin of, 226, n.
Ships, number of engaged in fisheries, 221.
Shoals, Isles of, 29, 289, 296, 302.
Shrimpe, Captaine. (See Standish.)
Silver in New England, 220, n.
Simpes, 191.
Skelton, Rev. Samuel, 39, 300, n., 325, n.;
called Eager, 306.
Slafter, Rev. E. F., quoted, 234, n.
Slate: in Quincy and Weymouth, 216, n.;
at Richmond Island, 217, n.
Smart, Captain, brings over falcons to the king, 196, n.
Smelts, 225.
Smith, John, 95;
quoted, 1, n., 136, n., 144, n., 147, n., 150, n.
Smith, Ralfe, 325, n.
Snakes, 212.
Snipes, 191.
Socrates, quoted, 327.
Solomon: sayings of, quoted, 119, 127, 228;
referred to, 184.
Sommers, Will, 253.
South Lancaster, Mass., elks in, 200, n.
South Sea, 239.
“Sparke,” 160.
Sparrow-hawks, 198.
Spruce-trees, 185.
Squanto, 271, n.;
made use of by Chickatawbut, 164;
kidnapped, 244, n.
Squanto’s Chappel: chalkstones at, 216;
fountain at, 229.
Squantum, 12, 216, 229;
slate at, 216, n.
Squidraket, Sagamore, 218, n.
Squirrels, 212.
St. Michaels, 343.
St. Paul’s Church, 298.
Stam, Jacob Frederick, 100.
Standish, Miles: kills Indians at Wessagusset, 11;
sent to arrest Morton, 27;
threatens to shoot him, 29, 296;
takes offence at Morton, in 1643, 84;
at Wessagusset, 247, n.;
Captain Shrimpe, 285-7, 291, n., 296;
a quondam drummer, 286;
called Minos, 291, n.
Star Chamber, court of, 35.
Stenography, 266.
Sterling, Earl of, 70.
Stones, chapter on, 215-20.
Strachey, Edward, quoted, 145, n., 147, n., 208, n., 210, n., 215, n.
Strafford, Earl of, 60, 74.
Stubbs, his Anatomy of Abuses cited, 18.
Students of Harvard College, whipped, 319, n.
Sturgeon, 223.
Styx, 293, 314.
Swan, the, Weston’s vessel, 257, n.
Swans, 189.
Swift, Lindsay, quoted, 328, n., 335, n., 345, n.
T.
Tantoquineo, 152.
Tartars, supposed descent of Indians from, 125.
Tassell gentles, 196-7.
Teal, kinds of, in New England, 190.
Temperwell, Joshua. (See Winthrop, John.)
Thomson, David: at Piscataqua, 24;
moves to Boston Bay, 24;
on origin of Indians, 128;
authorities concerning, 128.
“Thorough,” Gorges policy, the New England branch of, 60, 74.
Tin, in New England, 220.
Titta, 148.
Tithes, 333.
Tornadoes, 217.
Trade with Indians, liquor the life of, 20, 174. (See Fire-arms.)
Trade: profits of in New England, 32;
regulations of Massachusetts Company, 39;
disregarded by Morton, 40, 306, 308.
Trade-winds, effect of, 118.
Traps, to take deer, 202.
Trees: effect of burning underbrush on, 172;
where to look for large, 172;
of New England, 182-7.
Triton, 281.
Trojans, supposed descent of Indians from the, 126-7, 129.
Trout, 227.
Trumbull, J. Hammond: on name of Passonagessit, 14;
notes by, on Indian words, 123, 124, 137, 148, 160, 167, 229;
his notes to Plaine Dealing referred to, 322-34.
Turbot, 225.
Turkeys: garments made of feathers of, 142, 144, n.;
hunted by Indians, 162;
wild, in New England, 192.
Turtledoves, 180.
Tuttle, C. W., 238, n.
U.
Universities, vilified in New England, 281-2.
Uttaquatock, 216.
V.
Venice, 281.
Venus, 265, 315, 345.
Vermilion, 219.
Virgil, quoted, 217, 260, 345.
Virginia: prices of furs in, in 1650, 205, n.;
wolves in, 208, n.;
corn not planted in, 225;
inferiority of, to New England, 228, 229, n., 233, 265;
the “barren doe” of, 264, 276;
population of, 265;
execution in, 342.
W.
Walnut, the, 183.
Wampum, 157-9, 301.
Wampumpeack. (See Wampum.)
Warham, Rev. John, 322, n., 325, n.
Warwick, Earl of, had no influence at Court, 52.
Washburne, John, 305, n.
Walford, Thomas: moves from Wessagusset to Mishawum, 24;
an Episcopalian, 94.
Wessagusset: plantations at, 2, 246;
Robert Gorges at, 3;
dispersion of his settlement, 4;
Indians killed at, by Standish, 11, 247, n.;
locality of, 12;
separation of settlers at, in 1628, 24;
Morton arrested at, 27, 282, 290, n.;
Episcopalians, 95;
those dwelling at, 162, n.;
muscle-bank at, 227;
skirmish at, 247;
the hanging at, 249-51;
settlers killed at, 253-4;
Lyford at, 264;
Morton at, in winter, 268;
Indians compound theft at, 269;
bring Bubble’s things to, 271. (See Weymouth.)
Weston, Andrew: comes to New England in Charity, 7;
takes an Indian boy back to England, 130, n.;
date of his voyage, 130, n.
Weston, Thomas: establishes a plantation at Wessagusset, 2;
account of, 245-6;
his men killed by Indians, 252;
comes to New England, 255-7;
treatment of, 257-9, 261.
Wethercock, Mr., 337, 342-3.
Weymouth, 2;
slate and limestone in, 216, n. (See Wessagusset.)
Whetstones, 124, 216;
at Richmond Island, 217;
punishment of pillory and, 299, n. (See Cos.)
Whipping-post, 274, 319, n.
White, William and Susannah, 330, n.
Whitney, Professor J. D., on Isle of Sal and poisonous fish, 116.
Whitney, George, quoted, 101.
Whittier, J. G., 155, n.
Widgeon, 191.
Widow, the, 323. (See Deaconess.)
Wiggin, Thomas: cited in regard to Morton, 5;
before Privy Council, 52;
quoted, 320, n.
Wigwams, described, 134-8.
Wildrake, 92.
Williams, Edward, quoted, 182, n.
Williams, Roger, quoted, 16, 17, 124, n., 125, n., 136, n., 137, n., 146, n., 149, n., 158, n., 159, n., 168, n., 171, n., 194, n., 202, n., 207, n., 221, n., 232, n.
Willis, William, 218, n.
Wilson, Rev. John, 325, n.
Winnisimmet, 25, 30, n., 300, n., 301;
origin of name of, 229, n.;
fountain at, 229, 265.
Winnepurkitt, the marriage of, 155.
Winslow, Governor Edward, 95;
quoted, 16, 125, n., 140, n., 145, n., 149, n.;
sent to England in 1634, 64;
sails, 65;
reaches London, 67;
petitions Lords Commissioners, 68;
put in Fleet prison, 69, 322, n.;
describes Morton at Plymouth in 1648, 84;
goes on mission to Massasoit, 136, n.;
marriage of, 330, n.
Winsor, Justin, 99.
Winthrop, Governor John, 43, 81, 95;
arrival of, in New England, 42, 310;
imposes sentence on Morton, 44, 311;
has warrant for Morton’s arrest, 47, 311;
criticism of, on complaint to Privy Council, 50;
rejoices over failure of complaint, 53;
“King Winthrop,” 63;
receives letter of Morton to Jeffreys, 65;
Gorges refers to patience of, 80;
excuses not sending out charter in 1638, 83;
on arrest of Morton in 1644, 86;
quoted, 91, 150, n., 218, n., 230, n.;
absence of humor in, 98;
course towards Bagnall, 218, n.;
called Joshua, 301;
referred to as Temperwell, 302, 310, 314, 318, 320, 335, 340;
degrades gentry, 313;
has Ratcliff whipped, 320;
responsible for wants of settlement, 321;
upon civil marriages, 330, n.;
on Book of Common Prayer, 332, n.;
methods of, as judge, 334-6;
course towards Sir C. Gardiner, 340.
“Without, them that are,” 316, 321, 332.
Woburn: galena found in, 219;
silver ore, 220, n.
Wollaston, facts concerning name of, 1, n. (See Mount Wollaston.)
Wollaston, Captain: settles at Massachusetts, 1;
composition of his company, 4;
leaves Massachusetts, 12;
sells his servants in Virginia, 13;
tradition as to death of, 15.
Wolves: deer persecuted by, 203;
black, value of furs of, 207, n., 209;
description of, 208-9.
Wonder-Working Providence, quoted, 94, 300, n.
Wood, William, 217.
Woodcock, 191, n.
Woodman, “Auld,” 216.
Wood’s Prospect: quoted, 16, 95, 129, 137, n., 138, n., 139, n., 140, n., 143, n., 150, n., 160, n., 168, n., 184, n., 186, n., 189, n., 191, n., 192, n., 198, n., 200, n., 206, n., 208, n., 210, n., 213, n., 223, n., 224, n., 230, n., 238, n.;
referred to, 139, 141, 154, 172, 182, n., 184, n., 200, n., 217, 221, n., 233;
when written, 233.
Worcester: black-lead found in, 219, n.;
country of Nipnets, 240, n.
Wotawquenauge, 254.
Wrentham, black-lead found in, 219, n.
Wrington, Samuel Fuller born in, 298.
Wunanumau, 123.
Y.
York, Archbishop of, 60.
York, Maine. (See Acomenticus.)
Z.
Zones, the: New England, how placed in, 115-22;
Aristotle’s theory of, 117.