MR. WILLIAM Bradford; their second Governor, author of the history of the Plymouth Colony [lived to the year 1657]. Dorothy his wife; who died soon after their arrival. Governor Bradford left a son in England to come afterwards-had four children by a second marriage.

MR. ISAAC ALLERTON; chosen first assistant to the Governor. Mary, his wife; who died in the first sickness. Bartholomew; son, who married in England. Remember and Mary, daughters. Remember married in Salem, had three or four children.

JOHN HOOD; servant boy, died in first sickness.

MR. SAMUEL FULLER; their physician. His wife and child remained and came over afterwards; they had two more children. WILLIAM BUTTERS; servant, died on the passage.

JOHN CRACKSTON; who died in the first sickness. His son, John, died five or six years after.

CAPTAIN MYLES STANDISH; who lived to the year 1656; chief in military affairs. Rose, his wife; died in the first sickness. Captain Standish had four sons living in 1650, by a second marriage.

MR. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN and his wife, SOLOMON PROWER and JOHN LANGEMORE, servants; all died soon after their arrival.

MR. WILLIAM MULLENS, his wife, Joseph, a son; these three died the first winter. Priscilla, a daughter, survived, and married John Alden. Robert Carter, servant, died the first winter.

MR. WILLIAM WHITE; died soon after landing. Susanna, his wife, afterwards married to Mr. E. Winslow. Resolved, a son, married and had five children. Peregrine, a son, was born after their arrival at Cape Cod; he cannot, therefore, be numbered among the passengers proper; married and had two children before 1650. WILLIAM HOLBECK and EDWARD THOMPSON, servants; both died soon after landing.

MR. STEPHEN HOPKINS and Elizabeth, his wife; both lived over twenty years after their arrival, and had a son and four daughters born in this country. Giles and Constantia, by a former marriage, had twelve children. Damaris, a son, and Oceanus, born at sea, children by the present marriage.

EDWARD DOTY and EDWARD LISTER, servants; E. Doty, by a second marriage, had seven children; after his term of service went to Virginia.

MR. RICHARD WARREN; his wife and five daughters were left, and came over afterward. They also had two sons, and the daughters married here.

JOHN BILLINGTON; he was not from Leyden, or of the Leyden Company, but from London. Ellen, his wife, and John, his son,

who died in a few years. Francis, the second son; married, and had eight children.

EDWARD TILLIE and Ann, his wife; both died soon after they came on shore. Elizabeth, their daughter, afterward married John Howland.

FRANCIS COOKE, who lived until after 1650; his wife and other children came afterward; they had six or more children. John, his son, afterward married; had four children.

THOMAS ROGERS; died in the first sickness. Joseph, his son, was living in 1650; married, and had six children. Mr. Rogers' other children came afterward and had families.

THOMAS TINKER, wife and son; all died in the first sickness. JOHN RIGDALE and Alice, his wife; both died in the first sickness. JAMES CHILTON and his wife; both died in the first sickness. Mary, their daughter, lived, married, and had nine children. Another married daughter came afterward.

EDWARD FULLER and his wife, both died in the first sickness. Samuel, their son; married, had four children.

JOHN TURNER, two sons, names not given; all three died in the first sickness. A daughter came some years afterward to Salem and there married.

FRANCIS EATON; Sarah, his wife; she died the first winter; by a third marriage he left three children. Samuel, a son, married, had one child.

MOSES FLETCHER, JOHN GOODMAN, THOMAS WILLIAMS, DIGERIE PRIEST, EDMOND MARGESON, RICHARD BRITTERIGE, RICHARD CLARKE; these seven died in the general sickness. The wife of D. Priest came afterward, she being the sister of Mr. Allerton.

PETER BROWN, lived some fourteen years after; was twice married, and left four children.

RICHARD GARDINER; became a seaman and died abroad.

GILBERT WINSLOW; after living here a number of years, returned to England.

JOHN ALDEN; "a hopeful young man," lived at Southampton; married Priscilla Mullens, as mentioned, and had eleven children.

The last named John Alden and "Priscilla, the Puritan Maiden," are celebrated in the poem “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” written by the poet H: W. Longfellow, a descendant on his mother's side.

Our National Emblem.-The American, or Bald Eagle, a symbol of strength and courage. The Coat of Arms of the U. S. is composed of the Eagle, with outspread wings, guarding a shield of Stars and Stripes, holding arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other, and in its beak the motto, "E Pluribus Unum."

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

PRIOR TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT.

860 Iceland discovered by Noddod, an adventurous Northman, by accident, and called it Snowland. 864 Flokko attempts to plant a colony on the island (Iceland): he returns to Norway, after spending the winter and spring, and pronounces it unfit for habitation. 874 Iceland settled by a colony from Norway under Earl Ingloff, who sought refuge from tyranny at home. 985 Greenland discovered by Bjarni Herjulf of Norway. 1000 Newfoundland and Nova Scotia discovered by Leif. 1002 The Northman, Thorvald, sails for America. 1170 The Welsh claim the discovery of America by Madog. 1380 Nicolo Zeno, a Venetian, sails for America. 1492 Oct. 12. Christopher Columbus discovered America. 1497 July 3. Labrador discovered by John and Sebastian Cabot.

1498 Coast of North America explored by Sebastian Cabot.

1499 Amerigo Vespucci visited South America.

1504 Amerigo Vespucci's narration of discovery published. 1507 The Western Continent first named America. 1512 April 6. Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida. 1519 The Gulf of Mexico explored by Francis de Garay 1521 Fernando Cortez conquered Mexico.

1522 Magellen makes the first voyage round the world. 1534 June. Jaques Cartier discovered the St. Lawrence

River.

1541 De Soto discovered the Mississippi River.

1565 Sept. 18. The Spaniards settled St. Augustine, Florida.

1602 May 24. Bartholomew Gosnold discovered Cape Cod.

1605 The French settled Port Royal, Nova Scotia. 1607 May 23. The English settled Jamestown, Virginia. 1608 July 3. The French under Champlain settled Quebec. 1609 Sept. 21. Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River.

1614 The Dutch settled New York.

1616 Tobacco first cultivated in Virginia.

1620 Aug. Negro slavery commenced in the Engash Colonies, at Jamestown, Va.

Dec. 21. Massachusetts settled at Plymouth. 1622 April 1. First Indian massacre in Virginia. 1623 New Hampshire settled at Dover.

1633 Oct. Connecticut settled at Windsor.

1634 April 6. Maryland settled at St. Mary's.

1636 Rhode Island settled at Providence by Roger Williams.

Harvard College founded.

1637 The Pequot War.-Caused by the murderous depredations of this tribe against the Colonists of Connecticut.

They were totally defeated, and

those not slain were sold into captivity or joined other tribes.

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1675 July 4.

1638 April. Delaware settled near Wilmington by Swedes. 1664 Sept. 8. New York became an English Province. New Jersey settled at Elizabethtown. King Phillip's War commenced.-Caused by a combination of the New England tribes of Indians, with a view to exterminate the Whites. The most shocking barbarities were perpetrated until the death of their leaderPhilip by one of his own tribe in 1676.

1676 Bacon's Rebellion.-Caused by the tyranny of Governor Berkeley, of Va., and his refusal to protect the lives and property of the Colonists