Mrs. Hutchinson's Fate.

Deborah Moody.

New Haven Refuses Aid.

Appeal to Holland.

Underhill's Exploits.

Kieft Removed.

Sad Plight of New Netherland.

Subsequent Hostilities and Final Peace.

PERIOD II

ENGLISH AMERICA TILL THE END OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

1660--1763

CHAPTER I. NEW ENGLAND UNDER THE LAST STUARTS.

Charles II. and Ma.s.sachusetts.

Ma.s.sachusetts about 1660.

Its View of its Political Rights.

The King's View.

And Commands.

Commission of 1664.

Why Vengeance was Delayed.

Boldness of the Colony.

It Buys Maine.

Fails to get New Hampshire.

The King's Rage.

The Charter Vacated.

Charles II. and Connecticut.

Prosperity of this Colony.

Rhode Island.

Boundary Disputes of Connecticut.

Of Rhode Island.

George Fox and Roger Williams.

James II. King.

Andros Governor.

Andros and Southern New England.

In Ma.s.sachusetts.

Revolution of 1688.

New Charter for Ma.s.sachusetts.

Defects and Merits.

CHAPTER II. KING PHILIP'S WAR.

Whites' Treatment of Red Men.

Indian Hatred.

Causes.

Alexander's Death.

Philip King.

Scope of his Conspiracy.

Murders Sausaman.

War Begun.

Nipmucks take Part.

War in Connecticut Valley.

b.l.o.o.d.y Brook.

The Swamp Fight at South Kingston, R. I.

Central Ma.s.sachusetts Aflame.

The Rowlandson History.

Southeastern Ma.s.sachusetts and Rhode Island again.

Connecticut Valley once more Invaded.

Turner's Falls.

Philip's Death.

Horrors of the War.

Philip's Character.

Fate of his Family.

CHAPTER III. THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT

New England Home Life.

Religion its Centre.

The Farmhouse.

Morning Devotions.

Farm Work.

Tools.

Diet.

Neighborliness.

New England Superst.i.tions.

Not Peculiar to New England.

Sunday Laws.

Public Worship.

First Case of Sorcery.

The Witch Executed.

Cotton Mather.

His Experiments.

His Book.

The Parris Children Bewitched.

The Manifestations.

The Trial.

Executions.

George Burroughs.

Rebecca Nurse.

Reaction.

Forwardness of Clergy.