ot to kill all the English. A
friendly Indian told Captain Standish about it, and he made up his mind
to teach them a lesson they would remember. He went to the Indian camp
with a few men, and walked boldly into the hut where the plotting chiefs
were talking over their plans. When they saw him and the men with him,
they tried to frighten them. One of them showed the captain his knife
and talked very boldly about it.

A big Indian looked with scorn on the little captain. "Pah, you are only
a little fellow, if you are a captain," he said. "I am not a chief, but
I am strong and brave."

Captain Standish was very angry, but he said nothing then. He waited
until the next day, when he met the chiefs again. Then there was a
quarrel and a fight, and the little captain killed the big Indian with
his own knife. More of the Indians were slain, and the others ran for
the woods. That put an end to the plot.

There is one funny story told about Captain Standish. His wife had died,
and he felt so lonely that he wanted another; so he picked out a pretty
young woman named Priscilla Mullins. But the rough old soldier knew more
about fighting than about making love, and he sent his young friend,
John Alden, to make love for him.

John told Priscilla's father what he had come for, and the father told
Priscilla what John had told him. The pretty Priscilla had no fancy for
the wrinkled old soldier. She looked at her father. Then she looked at
John. Then she said: "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"

John did speak for himself, and Priscilla became his wife. As for the
captain, he married another woman, and this time I fancy he "spoke for
himself."

Miles Standish lived to be 70 years old, and to have a farm of his own
and a house on a high hill near Plymouth. This is called Captain's Hill,
and on it there is now a stone shaft a hundred feet high, with a statue
of bold Captain Standish on its top.

We have now our third hero to speak of, Roger Williams. He was not a
captain like the others, but a preacher; but he was a brave man, and
showed in his way as much courage as either of the captains.

The Pilgrims were quickly followed by other people, who settled at
Boston and other places around Massachusetts Bay until there were a
great many of them. These were called Puritans. They came across the
seas for the same reason as the Pilgrims, to worship God in their own
way.

But they were as hard to live with as the people at home,