Index for the Project Gutenberg Series "American Pioneers and Patriots"
CHAPTER VIII.
Arrival of the Fortune.-Object of the Pilgrims in their Emigration.-Character of the New-Comers.-Mr. Winslow's Letter.-The First Thanksgiving.-Advice to Emigrants.-Christmas Anecdote.-Alarming Rumor.-The Narragansets.-Curious Declaration of War.-The Defiance.-Fortifying the Village.-The Meeting in Council and the Result.-The Alarm.-The Shallop Recalled. 164