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Colonial Children

  
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[dedication]
  
Preface
  
Contents
  
INTRODUCTION FOR TEACHERS BY BLANCHE E. HAZARD

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PART I DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
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1. Saga of a Wineland Baby BY HAUK ERLENDSSON (ABOUT 1000)
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2. Throngs of Children to see Columbus BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1492)
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3. A Father dressed in Silk BY TWO ITALIAN GENTLEMEN (1497)
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4. The Name America BY HYLACOMYLUS (1507)
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5. How to find an Ocean BY ANTONIO HERRERA (1513)
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6. A Room Full of Gold BY FRANCISCO XERES (1533)
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7. Buried in the Mississippi BY A PORTUGUESE GENTLEMAN OF ELVAS (1542)
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8. Esquimaux Foot-ball BY RICHARD HAKLUYT (ABOUT 1590)
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PART II ON THE SEA
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9. The Joke of the Pilot's Boy BY FRANCIS PRETTY (1578)
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10. Far, Far at Sea BY THE REV. FRANCIS HIGGINSON (1629)
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11. The Ship and the Indians BY EDWARD JOHNSTON (1628)
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12. The Ship in the Air
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13. Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea BY COTTON MATHER (1692)
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14. A Pirate's Pastimes BY ESQUEMELIN (1666)
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15. The Privateers' Attack BY JOHN FONTAINE (1708)
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16. How the Boys fought the Privateersmen BY JOHN FONTAINE (1708)
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17. A Pirate's Fate By Benjamin Colman (1726)
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18. Sharks and Water Spouts BY Rev. George Whitefield (1737)
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PART III IN THE WILDERNESS
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19. How to grow Indian Corn BY HENRY SPELMAN (1689)
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20. Delights of New England BY REV. FRANCIS HIGGINSON (1630)
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21. All Sorts of Creatures BY JOHN JOSSELYN (1663-1672)
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22. How to raise Tobacco By Alsop (1666)
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23. Carolina Beasts BY THOMAS ASH (1680)
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24. The Dangers of the Way BY MADAM SARAH KNIGHT (1704)
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25. Creatures of the Wilderness BY COLONEL WILLIAM BYRD (1728)
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26. Beavers and Bears BY COLONEL WILLIAM BYRD (1728)
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27. The Alligator in Georgia (1735)
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28. Colonial Pets BY PETER KALM (1748)
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29. Gossip about Bears and Mosquitoes BY PETER KALM (1748)
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30. Bullfrogs BY PETER KALM (1749)
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31. Rattlesnakes (1756)
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PART IV BIG INDIANS AND LITTLE INDIANS
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32. A King's Nephews and Nieces BY CAPTAIN ARTHUR BARLOWE (1584)
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33. Indian Home Life BY WILLIAM STRACHEY (1610-1612)
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34. The Capture of Pocahontas, the Little Indian Princess BY RAPHE HAMOR(1613-1614)
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35. In Powhatan's Country BY RAPHE HAMOR (1613-1614)
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36. The Wedding of Pocahontas BY RAPHE HAMOR (1613-1614)
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37. Children of Moshup turned into Fishes BY THOMAS COOPER (1620)
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38. A Chieftain's Lament BY PASSACONNAWAY (1660)
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39. Indian School-Boys BY CAPTAIN DANIEL GOOKIN (1674)
  
PART I
  
PART II
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40. Rescued from Captivity BY INCREASE MATHER (1677)
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41. The Pipe of Peace BY MONSIEUR JONTEL (1679)
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42. Saving a Flock of Children BY DANIEL NEAL (1607)
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43. Indian Children at Home BY JOHN FONTAINE (1715)
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44. The Indian Boy and the Magic Bears
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PART V HOW THE COLONIES GREW
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45. The First Landing at Plymouth BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADFORD (1620)
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46. The First Settlement of Massachusetts BY EDWARD JOHNSON (1628)
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47. How the Englishmen sailed past New Amsterdam BY DAVID DE VRIES (1612)
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48. Maryland, My Maryland BY FATHER ANDREW WHITE (1634)
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49. Creatures in Pennsylvania BY GABRIEL THOMAS (1698)
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50. Plantation Life in Virginia BY ROBERT BEVERLY (1720)
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51. Puritan Amusements BY P. BENNETT (1704)
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52. Impressions of South Carolina BY ELIZA LUCAS (May 22d, 1742)
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53. Slavery in Virginia LETTERS OF PETER FONTAINE (1757)
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54. In New Jersey BY A GENTLEMAN (1756)
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PART VI LITTLE FOLKS
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55. Where the First English Child in America was Born BY GOVERNOR JOHN WHITE (1587)
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56. How the First Colony Disappeared BY GOVERNOR JOHN WHITE (1590)
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57. Boyhood of a Famous Colonist BY THOMAS SHEPHARD (1605-1620)
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58. Let's Go A Fishing BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH (1614)
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59. Boys and Girls in New Netherlands BY CORNELIS VON TIENHOVEN (1650)
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60. London Children in Virginia BY THE VIRGINIA COMPANY (1619)
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61. The Lost Boy BY GOVERNOR BRADFORD (1621)
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62. Puritan Children BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADFORD (1622)
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63. A Poem about my Son Samuel's Going to England BY ANNE BRADSTREET (1657)
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64. On Samuel's Return from England BY ANNE BRADSTREET (1657)
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65. Send us More Children BY J. ALRICHS (1658)
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66. A Sick Boy Cured BY JOHN BARNARD (1766)
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67. Wants in New Jersey ADVERTISEMENTS BY MANY PEOPLE (1700-1750)
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68. Young People's Life in New Hampshire FROM OLD COLONY MEMORIAL (1765)
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69. Colonial Sundays BY DR. ABIEL ABBOTT (about 1780)
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70. Too Much for the Whistle BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1779)
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PART VII COLONIAL SCHOOLS
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71. Letters from a Father to his Son BY JOHN WINTHROP (1622)
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72. Letters from a Son to a Father BY FORTH WINTHROP (1622)
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73. A Puritan's Objection to Women's Education BY GENERAL JOHN WINTHROP (1645)
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74. Rules of Dorchester Schools BY THE TOWN OF DORCHESTER (1641)
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75. Strict Rules for College Students BY HARVARD COLLEGE (1660)
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76. Benjamin Franklin's Boyhood BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706)
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77. School Days and School Fights BY JOHN BARNARD (1687-1700)
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78. Indian Students at William and Mary College BY GOVERNOR SPOTSWOOD (1711-1712)
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79. A Philadelphia School-Boy BY ALEXANDER GRAYDEN (1760-1766)
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80. A Word about Schools BY DR. ABEL ABBOT (ABOUT 1780)
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81. From Childhood to College BY SAMUEL KNEELAND (ABOUT 1750)
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82. A Tutor and his Pupils BY PHILIP FITHIAN(1773-1774)
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83. A Mock Examination BY FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1784) METAPHYSICS

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Source-Readers in American History—No. 1
COLONIAL CHILDREN
WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS

SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BY

ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY

WITH THE COLLABORATION OF

BLANCHE E. HAZARD
OF THE RHODE ISLAND NORMAL SCHOOL

NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1914
All rights reserved

COPYRIGHT, 1902,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped June, 1902. Reprinted April 1903; January, July, August, October, 1905; January, 1906; June, 1910; April, 1911; August, 1912; August, 1913; February, 1914.
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