CHAPTER XII.

The Virginia Emigrants.-Humanity and Enterprise of the Governor.-Envoy Sent to England.-Trading-Posts on the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers.-Capture by the French.-The Massachusetts Colony.-Its Numbers and Distinguished Characters.-Trade with the Indians.-Wampum the New Currency.-Trading-Post at Sandwich.-Sir Christopher Gardener.-Captain Standish Moves to Duxbury.-Lament of Governor Bradford. 257