Chapter XVIII Plymouth, Clark’s Island, and Duxbury
Let us walk in Leyden Street.—The way Plymouth was built.—Governor Bradford’s Corner.—Fragments of Family History.—How Marriage became a civil Act.—The Common-house.—John Oldham’s Punishment.—The Allyne House.—James Otis and his Sister Mercy.—James Warren.—Cole’s Hill, and its obliterated Graves.—Plymouth Rock.—True Date of the “Landing.”—Christmas in Plymouth, and Bradford’s Joke.—Pilgrim Toleration.—Samoset surprises Plymouth.—The Entry of Massasoit.—First American Congress.—To Clark’s Island.—Watson’s House.—Election Rock.—The Party of Discovery.—Duxbury.—Captains Hill and Miles Standish.—John Alden.—“Why don’t you speak for yourself?”—Historical Iconoclasts.—Celebrities of Duxbury.—Winslow and Acadia.—Colonel Church.—The Dartmouth Indians.