Miles Standish, Captain of the Pilgrims

This is the digital edition of John S.C. Abbott’s ‘Miles Standish, Captain of the Pilgrims’ first published in 1898. 


Miles Standish (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656; also known as Myles Standish) was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military advisor for Plymouth Colony. One of the Mayflower passengers, Standish played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its inception. On February 17, 1621, the Plymouth Colony militia elected him as its first commander and continued to re-elect him to that position for the remainder of his life. Standish served as an agent of Plymouth Colony in England, as assistant governor, and as treasurer of Plymouth Colony. He was also one of the first settlers and founders of the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PREFACE 

CHAPTER I. The Pilgrims in Holland

CHAPTER II. The Voyage

CHAPTER III. Exploring the Coast

CHAPTER IV. The Landing

CHAPTER V. Life on Shore

CHAPTER VI. The Indians

CHAPTER VII. Exploring Tours

CHAPTER VIII. Menaces of Famine and War

CHAPTER IX. The Weymouth Colonists

CHAPTER X. The Sickness of Massasoit and End of the Weymouth Colony

CHAPTER XI. Domestic and Foreign Policy

CHAPTER XII. Increase and Growth of the Settlement

CHAPTER XIII. The Courtship of Miles Standish

CHAPTER XIV. The Trading-Posts Menaced

CHAPTER XV. Removal to Duxbury

CHAPTER XVI. The Standish Monument

FOOTNOTES