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And then it begins in a topsy turvy way, so unlike Puritan New England that it makes us rub our eyes, wondering if it is really true. AND THEN IT BEGINS IN A TOPSY TURVY WAY SO UNLIKE PURITAN NEW ENGLAND THAT IT MAKES US RUB OUR EYES WONDERING IF IT IS REALLY TRUE
erent angle from theirs. While they were conceived by zealous, God-fearing men and women honestly seeking to establish homes in a new country, Weymouth was inadvertently born through the misconduct of a set of adventurers. Not every one who came to America in those significant early years came impelled by lofty motives. There were scapegraces, bad boys, rogues, mercenaries, and schemers; and perhaps it is entirely logical that the winning natural loveliness of this place should have lured to her men who were not of the caliber to face more exposed, less fertile sections, and men to whom beauty made an especial appeal. The Indians early found Wessagusset, as they called it, an important rendezvous, as it was accessible by land and sea, and there were probably temporary camps there previous to 1620, formed by fishermen and traders who visited the New England coast to traffic with the natives. But it was not until the arrival of Thomas Weston in 1622 that Weymouth's history really begins. T ANGLE FROM THEIRS WHILE THEY WERE CONCEIVED BY ZEALOUS GOD FEARING MEN AND WOMEN HONESTLY SEEKING TO ESTABLISH HOMES IN A NEW COUNTRY WEYMOUTH WAS INADVERTENTLY BORN THROUGH THE MISCONDUCT OF A SET OF ADVENTURERS NOT EVERY ONE WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN THOSE SIGNIFICANT EARLY YEARS CAME IMPELLED BY LOFTY MOTIVES THERE WERE SCAPEGRACES BAD BOYS ROGUES MERCENARIES AND SCHEMERS AND PERHAPS IT IS ENTIRELY LOGICAL THAT THE WINNING NATURAL LOVELINESS OF THIS PLACE SHOULD HAVE LURED TO HER MEN WHO WERE NOT OF THE CALIBRE TO FACE MORE EXPOSED LESS FERTILE SECTIONS AND MEN TO WHOM BEAUTY MADE AN ESPECIAL APPEAL THE INDIANS EARLY FOUND WESSE AGUST AS THEY CALLED IT AN IMPORTANT RENDEZVOUS AS IT WAS ACCESSIBLE BY LAND AND SEA AND THERE WERE PROBABLY TEMPORARY CAMPS THERE PREVIOUS TO SIXTEEN TWENTY FORMED BY FISHERMEN AND TRADERS WHO VISITED THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TO TRAFFIC WITH THE NATIVES BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THOMAS WESTON IN SIXTEEN TWENTY TWO THAT WEYMOUTH'S HISTORY REALLY BEGINS
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