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The Pilgrims, then, were quite oblivious of the rock, the historians are entirely skeptical concerning it, and the following generation so indifferent to the tradition which was gradually formulating, that in the course of events it was half covered with a wharf, and used as a doorstep to a warehouse. THE PILGRIMS THEN WERE QUITE OBLIVIOUS OF THAT ROCK THE HISTORIANS ARE ENTIRELY SKEPTICAL CONCERNING IT AND THE FOLLOWING GENERATION SO INDIFFERENT TO THE TRADITION WHICH WAS GRADUALLY FORMULATING THAT IN THE COURSE OF EVENTS IT WAS HALF COVERED WITH A WHARF AND USED AS A DOORSTEP TO A WAREHOUSE
on it and leaped lightly to shore. This was Mary Chilton, and she was promptly followed by an equally trig young man--John Alden. Thus commenced the founding of Plymouth Colony, and thus was sown the seed of innumerable pictures, poems, stories, and sermons. Now the Pilgrims themselves, in none of their various accounts, ever mention the incident of the landing described above, or the rock. In fact they are so entirely silent about it that historians--besides discrediting the pretty part about Mary Chilton and John Alden, in the brusque fashion characteristic of historians--have pooh-poohed the whole story, arguing that the rock was altogether too far away from the land to be a logical stepping-place, and referring to the only authentic record of that first landing, which merely reads: "They sounded y^e harbor & founde it fitt for shipping, and marched into y^e land & found diverse cornfeilds & little running brooks, a place fitt for situation: at least it was y^e best they could find.  DAINTILY SHOD FOOT UPON IT AND LEAPED LIGHTLY TO SHORE THIS WAS MARY CHILTON AND SHE WAS PROMPTLY FOLLOWED BY AN EQUALLY TRIGG YOUNG MAN JOHN ALDEN THUS COMMENCED THE FOUNDING OF PLYMOUTH COLONY AND THUS WAS SOWN THE SEED OF INNUMERABLE PICTURES POEMS STORIES AND SERMONS NOW THE PILGRIMS THEMSELVES IN NONE OF THEIR VARIOUS ACCOUNTS EVER MENTION THE INCIDENT OF THE LANDING DESCRIBED ABOVE OR THE ROCK IN FACT THEY ARE SO ENTIRELY SILENT ABOUT IT THAT HISTORIANS BESIDES DISCREDITING THE PRETTY PART ABOUT MARY CHILTON AND JOHN ALDEN IN THE BRUSQUE FASHION CHARACTERISTIC OF HISTORIANS HAVE POOH POOED THE WHOLE STORY ARGUING THAT THE ROCK WAS ALTOGETHER TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE LAND TO BE A LOGICAL STEPPING PLACE AND REFERRING TO THE ONLY AUTHENTIC RECORD OF THAT FIRST LANDING WHICH MERELY READS THEY SURROUNDED YE HARBOR AND FOUND IT FIT FOR SHIPPING AND MARCHED INTO YE LAND AND FOUND DIVERSE CORNFIELDS AND LITTLE RUNNING BROOKS A PLACE FIT FOR SITUATION AT LEAST IT WAS YE BEST THEY COULD FIND
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