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