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Imbued with the same mercenary motive which had proved fatal in the case of Weston and Gorges, Captain Wollaston, whose name is perpetuated in Mount Wollaston, brought with him in 1625 a gang of indented white servants. Finding his system of industry ill suited to the climate, he carried his men to Virginia, where he sold them. IMBUED WITH THE SAME MERCENARY MOTIVE WHICH HAD PROVED FATAL IN THE CASE OF WESTON AND GORGUS WHOSE NAME IS PERPETUATED AND MOUNT WALLASTON BROUGHT WITH HIM IN SIXTEEN TWENTY FIVE A GANG OF INDENTED WHITE SERVANTS FINDING HIS SYSTEM OF INDUSTRY ILL SUITED TO THE CLIMATE HE CARRIED HIS MEN TO VIRGINIA WHERE HE SOLD THEM
ame synonymous with scandal throughout the whole Colony. In the very midst of the dun-colored atmosphere of Puritanism, in the very heart of the pious pioneer settlement this audacious scamp set up, according to Bradford, "a schoole of atheisme, and his men did quaff strong waters and comport themselves as if they had anew revived and celebrated the feasts of y^e Roman Goddess Flora, or the beastly practises of y^e madd Bachanalians." The charge of atheism in this case seems based on the fact that Morton used the Book of Common Prayer, but as for the rest, there is no question that this band of silken merry-makers imported many of the carnival customs and hereditary pastimes of Old England to the stern young New England; that they fraternized with the Indians, shared their strong waters with them, and taught them the use of firearms; and that Merrymount became indeed a scene of wildest revelry. The site of Merrymount had originally been selected by Captain Wollaston for a trading post.  MORTON'S NAME BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH SCANDAL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COLONY IN THE VERY MIDST OF THE DUN COLORED ATMOSPHERE OF PURITANISM IN THE VERY HEART OF THE PIOUS PIONEER SETTLEMENT THIS AUDACIOUS SCAMP SET UP ACCORDING TO BRADFORD A SCHOOL OF ATHEISM AND AS MEN DID QUAFF STRONG WATERS AND COMPORT THEMSELVES AS IF THEY HAD A NEW REVIVED AND CELEBRATED THE FEASTS OF YE ROMAN GODDESS FLORA OR THE BEASTLY PRACTICES OF YE MAD BACCHANALIANS THE CHARGE OF ATHEISM IN THIS CASE SEEMED BASED ON THE FACT THAT MORTON USED THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER BUT AS FOR THE REST THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THIS BAND OF SILKEN MERRY MAKERS IMPORTED MANY OF THE CARNIVAL CUSTOMS AND HEREDITARY PASTIMES OF OLD ENGLAND TO THE STERN YOUNG NEW ENGLAND THAT THEY FRATERNIZED WITH THE INDIANS SHARED THEIR STRONG WATERS WITH THEM AND TAUGHT THEM THE USE OF FIREARMS AND THAT MERRY MOUNT BECAME INDEED A SCENE OF WILDEST REVELRY THE SITE OF MERRY MOUNT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN SELECTED BY CAPTAIN WALLACEAN FOR A TRADING POST
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