History of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647

by English partners. Sherley's letter of explanation. Question of responsibil-
ity. Allerton's course described in detail. Hatherley's declaration before Gover-

nor Winthrop. Allerton's confirmation and Winslow's statement. Confu-
sion in Allerton's accounts. His trading post taken by the French. Disciplined
by the church. French take trading house of New Plymouth. Josiah Winslow,
accountant. Sir Christopher Gardiner and his adventures. Winthrop's letter
and action of the Privy Council

119

1632. Sherley's favoring of Allerton in ship. Hatherley and Peirce have differ-

ences with Allerton. Scattering of the settlement. Duxbury and Green's Har-

bor. Wreck of Peirce's vessel .

146

1633. Sherley on Allerton's misfortunes. Roger Williams and his dismission to

Salem. Indians invite a settlement on Connecticut River. Dutch and the

Indians. Infection at New Plymouth. Large shipment of beaver

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1634. A letter from Sherley, Killing of Hocking at Kennebec. Arrest of Alden.

Governor Dudley's letters. Commission for regulating plantations. Massa-

chusetts Bay and the Kennebec affair. Action of English proprietors. Stone

seizes a Plymouth ship at Manhattan. Killing of Stone by the Indians. Pesti-

lence among the Indians on the Connecticut River

174

1635. Winslow's petition to the Lords Commissioners for Plantations. Opposition

from Gorges and Mason. Winslow questioned on church matters and com-

mitted to the Fleet. Sherley on the White Angel accounts. French take the

trading house of New Plymouth. Attempt to recover it and cause of failure.

Attitude of Massachusetts Bay. Great and destructive storm. Migration

from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut. Dispute over rights to land, and

manner of settlement. Glover and Norton

196

1636. Accounts and shipments of beaver. How disposed of by English partners.

Winslow can give no clear statement of accounts. Wreck of shallops going to

the Connecticut. Pequots seek friendship with Massachusetts Bay. Death of

Oldham. Expedition to punish the Indians. Ralph Smith retires from ministry.

Laws of New Plymouth

226

1637. Outbreak of the Pequots. On uniting with Massachusetts Bay against the

Indians. Attitude of the Narragansetts. Battle at the fort and swamp. Win-

throp reports the victory. Pequots scattered and made harmless. Complaint

of Andrewes and Beauchamp. Sherley discharged from agency

242

1638. Murder of an Indian and punishment of the murderers. More complaints

from England. Shipments and payments made. High price of cattle and corn.

Earthquake

263

1639. 1640. Grants for new townships. Dispute over boundary of Scituate and

Hingham. The River Charles. Agreement with Massachusetts Bay. Bradford

308

assigns the lands under patent. Old comers and purchasers. Bounds of reserved
tracts. Winslow unwilling to go to England. Sherley's offers of a meeting.
Fall in the price of cattle.

274
1641. Sherley appoints attornies. Manner of settlement of accounts. Charles
Chauncy and his views on baptism. Increase of outlying settlements

294
1642. Increase of sin. Explanation offered. Questions from Massachusetts Bay

and reply of Bradford. Opinion of Reyner. Of Partrich. Of Chauncy. Affair
of Granger. Sherley on the accounts. Form of release. The plantation

wronged. Letters of Andrewes and Sherley

1643. Death of Elder Brewster. His career and character. The providence of

God displayed. Confederation of the plantations. Jealousy between Uncas and

Miantunomo. Indians bound over to keep peace. Death of Miantunomo 342

1644. Proposal to remove to Nauset. Loss to the church. Relations with the In-

dians and acts of the Commissioners under the confederation. Narragansetts

dissatisfied. Conditions imposed for peace

1645. Special meeting of the Commissioners. Continued trouble between Uncas

and Narragansetts. Levy of armed force. Interpretation of Articles of