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Jtnd called the cotnitry New England." Did he? A half^ 

 Iriith is the worst sort of a falsehood. From the wordss^ 

 would you j>ot infer that Smith named the country New 

 England? Who did? It was first named New England 

 by Sir Francis Drake, who was the fir&t, of whom we have 

 any account, to set his foot upon its shore, in the year 

 1586. Smith himself says : "New Engi^tnd is that part of 

 America in the Ocean Sea opposite to Nova Albion, in 

 the South Sea, discovered by the most memorable Sir 

 Francis Drake, in his voyage about the world in regard 

 whereof this is still stiled New Englmid" Says one : 

 "The noble and generous-minded Smith, unlike Americus, 

 would not permit or suffer his res^^ected friend and con- 

 temporary to be deprived of any honor due to him in Ms- 

 day ; and to this we may attribute the revival of the name 

 New England in 1G14." 



Again, on page 55th of the school history, are you told 

 that Samoset, the Indian who one day shouted to the 

 Pilgrims, "Welcome, Englishmen!" was in truth Lord 

 of Pemaquid? Pemaquid was in Maine. There was space 

 enough on the page for a big picture of the scene and the 

 words, "Plymouth, 1621 ;" but none for the discovery 

 made by a distinguished member of the Maine Historical 

 Society, and of this Institute, who was also at the time of 

 his death a member of the Massachusetts Historical So- 

 ciety, that San)08et was the veritable Lord of a tribe of 

 Maine Indians He was a somebody, instead of a nobody. 

 How came Samoset to speak his broken English ? or did 

 you neglect to think about it? English has to be learned, 

 even broken English, even single words. They come not 

 by inspiration. Did not this Indian learn his English 

 in Maine of Maine settlers? The date is 1621. They had 

 been there. They, perhaps, were still there. Why not 

 say it? This Indian's visit was a noteworthy one. It 

 subsequently led to a visit of Massasoit, and later on to a 



