r; and he smiled a
strange and ominous smile, as he looked across the waters, and saw the
forms of his enemies by the light of that fire which had been intended
to consume his quivering flesh, and dismiss from earth his undaunted
and cruel spirit.

'I will have vengeance yet!' ha muttered: and then he turned his steps
towards the south, and paused not until he had traveled many miles down
the river, when he lay down on its margin, and slept as soundly as if
no guilt lay on his soul.

CHAPTER XVIII

'Out of small beginnings great things have arisen,...and as one small
candle may light a thousand. So the light here kindled hath shone on
many.'
GOVERNOR BRADFORD'S JOURNAL.

Once more we must leave our Indian friends, and return to New Plymouth,
and to comparatively civilized life, with all its cares and anxieties,
from so many of which the wild tenants of the woods are free.

Cares and anxieties had, indeed, continued to be the portion of the
Pilgrim Fathers and their families, though mingled with many blessings.
Their numbers had considerably increased during the years that elapsed
since last we took a view of their condition; and their town bad
assumed a much more comfortable and imposing appearance. Many trading
vessels had also visited the rising colony from the mother-country, and
had brought out to the settlers useful supplies of clothing, and other
articles of great value. Among these, none were more acceptable to the
emigrants than the first specimens of horned cattle, consisting of
three cows and a bull, that reached the settlement about the third year
after its establishment. They were hailed with universal joy by all the
inhabitants of New Plymouth, who seemed to feel as if the presence of
such old accustomed objects, brought back to them a something of home
that they had never felt before in the land of their exile. These
precious cattle were a common possession of the whole colony, and were
not divided until the year 1627, when their numbers had greatly
increased, and when a regular division of the houses and lands also
took place.

The trade of the colony had, likewise, been considerably augmented,
both with the Indians and with the English, whose fishing vessels
frequented the coast, and were the means of their carrying on a
constant intercourse and traffic with their friends at home. One of
these vessels brought out to the emigrants the sad intelligence of the
death of their beloved pastor, J