Category: A First Book in American History
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Myles Standish and the Indians
The American Indians, recognizing the superior firepower of the Pilgrims, did not attack Plymouth. But they thought that they might get rid of the Pilgrims by witchcraft. So they held a powwow in a big swamp to persuade the spirits to kill or drive away the newcomers. Sometimes the Pilgrims would see some Indians on…
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The Early Life of Columbus
Note: Some punctuation and terminology updated in keeping with modern times. More than four hundred years ago there lived in the old city of Genoa, in Italy, a workingman who had four sons. One of these was Christopher Columbus, who was born, probably about the year 1446, in that part of the city occupied by…