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Morton gravely states that instead of hanging the real culprit, who was young and lusty, they hanged, in his place, another, old and sick. MORTON GRAVELY STATES THAT INSTEAD OF HANGING THE REAL CULPRIT WHO WAS YOUNG AND LUSTY THEY HANGED IN HIS PLACE ANOTHER OLD AND SICK
, danced about the Idoll of Merry Mount, joining hands with the lasses in beaver coats, and singing their ribald songs." It doesn't look quite so heinous to us, this Maypole dancing, as it did to the outraged Puritans. In fact, the story of Morton and Merrymount is one of the few glistening threads in the somber weaving of those early days. But the New England soil was not prepared at that time to support any such exotic, and Myles Standish was sent to disperse the frivolous band, and to order Morton back to England, which he did, after a scrimmage which Morton relates with great vivacity and doubtful veracity in his "New English Canaan." This "New English Canaan," by the way, had a rather singular career. Morton tells in it many amusing stories, and one of them was destined to a remarkable perpetuity in English literature. The story deals with the Wessagusset settlers promising to hang one of their own members who had been caught stealing--this hanging in order to appease the Indians. OSS COURT OF KING JAMES DANCED ABOUT THE IDOL OF MERRY MOUNT JOINING HANDS WITH THE LASSES AND BEAVER COATS AND SINGING THEIR RIBALD SONGS IT DOESN'T LOOK QUITE SO HEENIOUS TO US THIS MAY POLE DANCING AS IT DID TO THE OUTRAGED PURITANS IN FACT THE STORY OF MORTON AND MERRIMUNT IS ONE OF THE FEW GLISTENING THREADS IN THE SOMBRE WEAVING OF THOSE EARLY DAYS BUT THE NEW ENGLAND SOIL WAS NOT PREPARED AT THAT TIME TO SUPPORT ANY SUCH EXOTIC AND MILES STANDISH WAS SENT TO DISPERSE THE FRIVOLOUS BAND AND TO ORDER MORTON BACK TO ENGLAND WHICH HE DID AFTER A SCRIMMAGE WHICH MORTON RELATES WITH GREAT VIVACITY AND DOUBTFUL VERACITY IN HIS NEW ENGLISH CANAAN THIS NEW ENGLISH CANON BY THE WAY HAD A RATHER SINGULAR CAREER MORTON TELLS IN IT MANY AMUSING STORIES AND ONE OF THEM WAS DESTINED TO A REMARKABLE PERPETUITY IN ENGLISH LITERATURE THE STORY DEALS WITH THE WEST AGHAUSSET SETTLERS PROMISING TO HANG ONE OF THEIR OWN MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN CAUGHT STEALING THIS HANGING IN ORDER TO APPEASE THE INDIANS
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