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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. 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
ea mark for directions how to find out the way to mine host of Ma-re-mount." Around this famous, or infamous, pole Morton and his band frolicked with the Indians on May Day in 1627. As the indignant historian writes: "Unleashed pagans from the purlieus of the gross court of King James, 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. TOOD AS A FAIR SEA MARK FOR DIRECTIONS HOW TO FIND OUT THE WAY TO MINE HOST OF MARAMOUNT AROUND THIS FAMOUS OR INFAMOUS POLE MORTON AND HIS BAND FROLICED WITH THE INDIANS ON MAY DAY IN SIXTEEN TWENTY SEVEN AS THE INDIGNANT HISTORIAN WRITES UNLEASHED PAGANS FROM THE PERILOUS OF THE GROSS 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
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