CHAPTER XI.

Letter from Rev. Mr. Robinson.--Defense of Captain Standish.-- New Policy Introduced.--Great Destitution.--Day of Fasting and Prayer.--Answer to Prayer.--The First Thanksgiving.-- The Colony at Weymouth.--Worthless Character of the Colonists.--Neat Cattle from England.--Captain Standish Sent to England.--Captain Wollaston and His Colony.-- Heroism of Captain Standish.--Morton Vanquished.-- Difficulty at Cape Ann.--Increasing Emigration.--The Division of Property. 232