Pilgrims

Pilgrims is an epic poem portraying the dramatic events transpiring between 1620 and 1627 with the settlement of Plymouth Colony. The poem consists of 76 chapters and an epilogue with over 10,000… Lue lisää Pilgrims is an epic poem portraying the dramatic events transpiring between 1620 and 1627 with the settlement of Plymouth Colony. The poem consists of 76 chapters and an epilogue with over 10,000 lines composed in heroic quatrains. Table of Contents- 1620 -1. Elder William Brewster's Sermon2. The Belligerent Sailor3. Sea Burial4. The Broken Beam5. Man Overboard6. Land Ho 7. The Mayflower Compact8. First Expedition9. Second Expedition10. Interval11. Keg of Powder12. Third Expedition- 1621 -13. Building the Town / Billington's Sea14. The Rendezvous15. The Great Sickness16. Military Orders17. Samoset18. Samoset Returns19. Spring20. Massasoit Ousamequin21. Tisquantum Teaches22. The Mayflower's Departure23. John Carver24. Memorial25. The Town's Election26. First Pilgrim Marriage at Plymouth27. Envoy to Ousamequin28. Journey to Nauset29. The Shadow of Sachem Corbitant30. Envoy to the Massachusetts31. The First Thanksgiving32. Fortune33. Weston's Letter34. The Governor's House- 1622 -35. The Narragansett Threat36. Fortification and Drill37. Envoy to the Massachusetts Delayed38. Tisquantum's Accusations39. Tisquantum's Deception Exposed40. Saving Tisquantum / Ousamequin's Demand41. The Sparrow's Shallop42. Thomas Weston's Deception43. More Rationing44. The Meetinghouse45. Charity46. Strength in Weakness47. Discovery48. Thankless Giving49. The Shoals50. Tisquantum, the Passing of a Friend51. Returning from the Shoals- 1623 -52. Weston's Settlement Fractures53. Visit to Sowams54. Guests of Sachem Corbitant55. Hobomock Reveals the Plot against the Pilgrims56. Captain Standish Rescues Weston's Men57. An Unexpected Visitor58. Private Enterprise59. The Courage to Carry On60. The Anne's Arrival61. Reaching an Agreement at the Town Meeting62. Wedding Day63. Negotiating Wages for the Crew of the Little James64. A Visit from the Governor General65. The Great Fire- 1624 -66. Annual Elections67. Winslow's Return68. Plymouth Council / Oldham's Confession69. Hopes and Joys70. John Lyford71. For One and All72. The Trial73. Constantly Inconstant74. Raising the Pinnace- 1625 -75. John Oldham Returns76. Gaining Independence- Epilogue -1626 and 1627Appendixes1. Mayflower Compact2. "The names of those which came over first" from William Bradford's Of Plimoth Plantation3. Maps