Colonial Children

Hart, Albert Bushnell with Blanche E. Hazard . Colonial Children
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Part 1 PART I DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

Section 1 1. Saga of a Wineland Baby[1] BY HAUK ERLENDSSON (ABOUT 1000)

Section 2 2. Throngs of Children to see Columbus[10] BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1492)

Section 3 3. A Father dressed in Silk BY TWO ITALIAN GENTLEMEN (1497)

Section 4 4. The Name America[25] BY HYLACOMYLUS (1507)

Section 5 5. How to find an Ocean BY ANTONIO HERRERA (1513)

Section 6 6. A Room Full of Gold BY FRANCISCO XERES (1533)

Section 7 7. Buried in the Mississippi BY A PORTUGUESE GENTLEMAN OF ELVAS (1542)

Section 8 8. Esquimaux Foot-ball BY RICHARD HAKLUYT (ABOUT 1590)

Part 2 PART II ON THE SEA

Section 9 9. The Joke of the Pilot's Boy[48] BY FRANCIS PRETTY (1578)

Section 10 10. Far, Far at Sea BY THE REV. FRANCIS HIGGINSON (1629)[53]

Section 11 11. The Ship and the Indians BY EDWARD JOHNSTON (1628)

Section 12 12. The Ship in the Air[68]

Section 13 13. Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea BY COTTON MATHER (1692)[69]

Section 14 14. A Pirate's Pastimes[75] BY ESQUEMELIN (1666)

Section 15 15. The Privateers' Attack[80] BY JOHN FONTAINE (1708)

Section 16 16. How the Boys fought the Privateersmen BY JOHN FONTAINE (1708)

Section 17 17. A Pirate's Fate By Benjamin Colman (1726)

Section 18 18. Sharks and Water Spouts BY Rev. George Whitefield (1737)[83]

Part 3 PART III IN THE WILDERNESS

Section 19 19. How to grow Indian Corn BY HENRY SPELMAN (1689)

Section 20 20. Delights of New England BY REV. FRANCIS HIGGINSON (1630)[89]

Section 21 21. All Sorts of Creatures BY JOHN JOSSELYN (1663-1672)[90]

Section 22 22. How to raise Tobacco By Alsop (1666)

Section 23 23. Carolina Beasts BY THOMAS ASH (1680)[100]

Section 24 24. The Dangers of the Way BY MADAM SARAH KNIGHT (1704)

Section 25 25. Creatures of the Wilderness BY COLONEL WILLIAM BYRD (1728)[108]

Section 26 26. Beavers and Bears[114] BY COLONEL WILLIAM BYRD (1728)

Section 27 27. The Alligator in Georgia (1735)

Section 28 28. Colonial Pets BY PETER KALM (1748)

Section 29 29. Gossip about Bears and Mosquitoes BY PETER KALM (1748)

Section 30 30. Bullfrogs[121] BY PETER KALM (1749)

Section 31 31. Rattlesnakes (1756)

Part 4 PART IV BIG INDIANS AND LITTLE INDIANS

Section 32 32. A King's Nephews and Nieces BY CAPTAIN ARTHUR BARLOWE (1584)[124]

Section 33 33. Indian Home Life BY WILLIAM STRACHEY (1610-1612)

Section 34 34. The Capture of Pocahontas, the Little Indian Princess BY RAPHE HAMOR(1613-1614)[138]

Section 35 35. In Powhatan's Country[141] BY RAPHE HAMOR (1613-1614)

Section 36 36. The Wedding of Pocahontas[143] BY RAPHE HAMOR (1613-1614)

Section 37 37. Children of Moshup turned into Fishes BY THOMAS COOPER (1620)[145]

Section 38 38. A Chieftain's Lament BY PASSACONNAWAY (1660)[146]

Section 39 39. Indian School-Boys BY CAPTAIN DANIEL GOOKIN (1674)

Section 40 40. Rescued from Captivity BY INCREASE MATHER (1677)[159]

Section 41 41. The Pipe of Peace BY MONSIEUR JONTEL (1679)

Section 42 42. Saving a Flock of Children BY DANIEL NEAL (1607)

Section 43 43. Indian Children at Home BY JOHN FONTAINE (1715)

Section 44 44. The Indian Boy and the Magic Bears[162]

Part 5 PART V HOW THE COLONIES GREW

Section 45 45. The First Landing at Plymouth[163] BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADFORD (1620)

Section 46 46. The First Settlement of Massachusetts BY EDWARD JOHNSON (1628)

Section 47 47. How the Englishmen sailed past New Amsterdam BY DAVID DE VRIES (1612)

Section 48 48. Maryland, My Maryland BY FATHER ANDREW WHITE (1634)

Section 49 49. Creatures in Pennsylvania BY GABRIEL THOMAS (1698)

Section 50 50. Plantation Life in Virginia BY ROBERT BEVERLY (1720)

Section 51 51. Puritan Amusements BY P. BENNETT (1704)

Section 52 52. Impressions of South Carolina BY ELIZA LUCAS (May 22d, 1742)

Section 53 53. Slavery in Virginia LETTERS OF PETER FONTAINE (1757)

Section 54 54. In New Jersey BY A GENTLEMAN (1756)

Part 6 PART VI LITTLE FOLKS

Section 55 55. Where the First English Child in America was Born BY GOVERNOR JOHN WHITE (1587)

Section 56 56. How the First Colony Disappeared BY GOVERNOR JOHN WHITE (1590)[207]

Section 57 57. Boyhood of a Famous Colonist BY THOMAS SHEPHARD (1605-1620)

Section 58 58. Let's Go A Fishing BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH (1614)

Section 59 59. Boys and Girls in New Netherlands[214] BY CORNELIS VON TIENHOVEN (1650)

Section 60 60. London Children in Virginia[217] BY THE VIRGINIA COMPANY (1619)

Section 61 61. The Lost Boy BY GOVERNOR BRADFORD (1621)

Section 62 62. Puritan Children BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADFORD (1622)

Section 63 63. A Poem about my Son Samuel's Going to England BY ANNE BRADSTREET (1657)

Section 64 64. On Samuel's Return from England BY ANNE BRADSTREET (1657)

Section 65 65. Send us More Children[223] BY J. ALRICHS (1658)

Section 66 66. A Sick Boy Cured BY JOHN BARNARD (1766)

Section 67 67. Wants in New Jersey ADVERTISEMENTS BY MANY PEOPLE (1700-1750)

Section 68 68. Young People's Life in New Hampshire[235] FROM OLD COLONY MEMORIAL (1765)

Section 69 69. Colonial Sundays BY DR. ABIEL ABBOTT (about 1780)

Section 70 70. Too Much for the Whistle BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1779)[241]

Part 7 PART VII COLONIAL SCHOOLS

Section 71 71. Letters from a Father to his Son BY JOHN WINTHROP (1622)[242]

Section 72 72. Letters from a Son to a Father BY FORTH WINTHROP (1622)[243]

Section 73 73. A Puritan's Objection to Women's Education[244] BY GENERAL JOHN WINTHROP (1645)

Section 74 74. Rules of Dorchester Schools BY THE TOWN OF DORCHESTER (1641)

Section 75 75. Strict Rules for College Students BY HARVARD COLLEGE (1660)[248]

Section 76 76. Benjamin Franklin's Boyhood BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706)

Section 77 77. School Days and School Fights BY JOHN BARNARD (1687-1700)

Section 78 78. Indian Students at William and Mary College BY GOVERNOR SPOTSWOOD (1711-1712)

Section 79 79. A Philadelphia School-Boy BY ALEXANDER GRAYDEN (1760-1766)

Section 80 80. A Word about Schools BY DR. ABEL ABBOT (ABOUT 1780)

Section 81 81. From Childhood to College BY SAMUEL KNEELAND (ABOUT 1750)

Section 82 82. A Tutor and his Pupils BY PHILIP FITHIAN(1773-1774)[253]

Section 83 83. A Mock Examination[256] BY FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1784) METAPHYSICS