12/28/2022 0 Comments Pilgrims land at plymouth rock![]() ![]() Borne in his arm-chair by a grateful populace, Elder Faunce took his last look at the spot so endeared to his memory, and, bedewing it with tears, he bade it farewell. The site of this stone was preserved by tradition, and a venerable contemporary of several of the Pilgrims, whose head was silvered with the frost of ninety-five winters, settled the question of its identity in 1741. S., a landing was effected upon Forefather’s Rock. ![]() The next day the island was explored - now known as Clarke’s Island - and the clothing of the adventurers was carefully dried but, excusable as it might have been under the circumstances in which they were placed to have immediately resumed their researches, the Sabbath was devoutly and sacredly observed. A glance satisfied the pilot that it was not the place he sought and in an agony of despair he exclaimed: “Lord be merciful to us! My eyes never saw this place before!” In his frenzy he would have run the boat ashore among the breakers but an intrepid seaman resolutely shouted, “About with her, or we are lost!” And instantly obeying, with hard rowing, dark as it was, with the wind howling fiercely, and the rain dashing furiously, they shot under the lee of an island and moored until morning. Through rain and snow they steered their course but by the middle of the afternoon a fearful storm raged the hinges of their rudder were broken the mast was split, the sail was rent, and the inmates of the shallop were in imminent peril yet, by God’s mercy, they survived the first shock, and, favored by a flood tide, steered into the harbor. At night their rendezvous was near Great Meadow Creek and early in the morning, after an encounter with the Indians, in which no one was wounded, their journey was resumed, their destination being the harbor which Coppin had described to them, and which he assured them could be reached in a few hours’ sailing. Robert Coppin, their pilot, likewise informed them of “a great and navigable river and good harbour in the other headland of the bay, almost right over against Cape Cod,” which he had formerly visited, and which was called “Thievish Harbor.”Ī third expedition, therefore, was agreed upon and though the weather was unfavorable, and some difficulty was experienced in clearing Billingsgate Point, they reached the weather shore, and there “had better sailing.” Yet bitter was the cold, and the spray, as it froze on them, gave them the appearance of being encased in glittering mail. On the other hand, it was replied that a better place might be found it would be a hinderance to move a second time good spring-water was wanting and lastly, at Agawam, now Ipswich, twenty leagues to the north, was an excellent harbor, better ground, and better fishing. ![]() Should they settle at Cold Harbor or seek a more eligible site? In favor of the former it was urged that the harbor was suitable for boats, if not for ships the corn land was good it was convenient to their fishing-grounds the location was healthy winter was approaching travelling was dangerous their provisions were wasting and the captain of the Mayflower was anxious to return. Ten days after, another expedition was fitted out, in which twenty-five of the colonists and nine or ten of the sailors, with Jones at their head, were engaged and visiting the mouth of the Pamet, called by them “Cold Harbor,” and obtaining fresh supplies from the aboriginal granaries, after a brief absence, in which a few unimportant discoveries were made, the party returned. Place: Plymouth, Massachussets Map of Region by Samuel de Champlain, 1605īlue marks added. Previously in The Pilgrims Settle Plymouth, Massachussets. #PILGRIMS LAND AT PLYMOUTH ROCK SERIES#The Pilgrims Settle Plymouth, Massachusetts, featuring a series of excerpts selected from by John S. ![]() ![]()
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