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more powerful motive with him than the self- 

 protection which might properly have been 

 called patriotism. In whatever light the char- 

 acter and conduct of Massasoit may be viewed, 

 there is little doubt that his recovery from 

 illness through the instrumentality of Winsiow 

 contributed largely to the firm establishment 

 of the Puritans and to the ruin of the Indian 

 tribes. When Massasoit died, and Philip, a 

 wiser if not a better man, endeavored to destroy 

 the colonists in 1675, he found that it was too 

 late. The cruel Philip was more patriotic than 

 the gentle Massasoit. 



Fanny and I were more concerned with the 

 present than with all this that happened two 

 centuries and a half ago. Evening was drawing 

 on and the snow was beginning to fall thick 

 and fast. Go on, Fanny, carry me a little 

 further, and then the good steamer Bristol shall 

 carry us both to New York. 



