Chapter V: The Settlement of New England

THE WORD OF GOD TO LEYDEN CAME, Jeremiah Eames Rankin 56
SONG OF THE PILGRIMS, Thomas Cogswell Upham 57
LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS, Felicia Hemans 57
THE FIRST PROCLAMATION OF MILES STANDISH, Margaret Junkin
Preston 58
THE MAYFLOWER, Erastus Wolcott Ellsworth 59
THE PEACE MESSAGE, Burton Egbert Stevenson 60
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY, Margaret Junkin Preston 60
THE WAR-TOKEN, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 61
FIVE KERNELS OF CORN, Hezekiah Butterworth 62
THE EXPEDITION TO WESSAGUSSET, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 63
NEW ENGLAND'S ANNOYANCES, Unknown 65
THE PILGRIM FATHERS, William Wordsworth 66
THE PILGRIM FATHERS, John Pierpont 66
THE THANKSGIVING IN BOSTON HARBOR, Hezekiah Butterworth 67
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING, Clinton Scollard 68
NEW ENGLAND'S GROWTH, William Bradford 69
THE ASSAULT ON THE FORTRESS, Timothy Dwight 70
DEATH SONG, Alonzo Lewis 70
OUR COUNTRY, Julia Ward Howe 71

CHAPTER VI

_Religious Persecutions in New England_

PROLOGUE, from "John Endicott," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 71
ROGER WILLIAMS, Hezekiah Butterworth 72
GOD MAKES A PATH, Roger Williams 72
CANONICUS AND ROGER WILLIAMS, Unknown 73
ANNE HUTCHINSON'S EXILE, Edward Everett Hale 73
JOHN UNDERHILL, John Greenleaf Whittier 74
THE PROCLAMATION, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 76
CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK, John Greenleaf Whittier 77
THE KING'S MISSIVE, John Greenleaf Whittier 80

CHAPTER VII

_King Philip's War and the Witchcraft Delusion_

THE LAMENTABLE BALLAD OF THE BLOODY BROOK, Edward Everett Hale 82
THE GREAT SWAMP FIGHT, Caroline Hazard 83
ON A FORTIFICATION AT BOSTON BEGUN BY WOMEN, Benjamin Tompson 85
THE SUDBURY FIGHT, Wallace Rice 85
KING PHILIP'S LAST STAND, Clinton Scollard 88
PROLOGUE, from "Giles Corey of the Salem Farms," Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow 88
SALEM, Edmund Clarence Stedman 89
THE DEATH OF GOODY NURSE, Rose Terry Cooke 90
A SALEM WITCH, Ednah Proctor Clarke 91
THE TRIAL, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 92
GILES COREY, Unknown 96
MISTRESS HALE OF BEVERLY, Lucy Larcom 97