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The next year we read of Governor Winthrop surmounting the difficulty when he goes to visit Governor Bradford, by being carried on the backs of Indians across the fords. (It took him two days to make the journey.) THE NEXT YEAR WE READ OF GOVERNOR WINTHROP SURMOUNTING THE DIFFICULTY WHEN HE GOES TO VISIT GOVERNOR BRADFORD BY BEING CARRIED ON THE BACKS OF INDIANS ACROSS THE FORDS IT TOOK HIM TWO DAYS TO MAKE THE JOURNEY
on behind him. They carry their own provisions and those for the beast, now and then dismounting to lead the horse over difficult ground, and now and then blazing a tree to help them in their return journey--mute testimony to the cruder senses of the white man to whom woodcraft never becomes instinctive. The fact that this couple possesses a horse presages great changes in New England. Ferries will be established; tolls levied, bridges thrown across the streams which now the horses swim, or cross by having their front feet in one canoe ferry and their hind feet in another--the canoes being lashed together. As yet we see no vehicle of any kind, except an occasional sedan chair. (The first one of these of which we have knowledge was presented to Governor Winthrop as a portion of a capture from a Spanish galleon.) However, these are not common. In 1631 Governor Endicott of Salem wrote that he could not get to Boston to visit Governor Winthrop as he was not well enough to wade the streams. LLION BEHIND HIM THEY CARRY THEIR OWN PROVISIONS AND THOSE FOR THE BEAST NOW AND THEN DISMOUNTING TO LEAD THE HORSE OVER DIFFICULT GROUND AND NOW AND THEN BLAZING A TREE TO HELP THEM IN THEIR RETURN JOURNEY MUTE TESTIMONY TO THE CRUDER SENSES OF THE WHITE MAN TO WHOM WOODCRAFT NEVER BECOMES INSTINCTIVE THE FACT THAT THIS COUPLE POSSESSES A HORSE PRESAGES GREAT CHANGES IN NEW ENGLAND FERRIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED TOLLS LEVIED BRIDGES THROWN ACROSS THE STREAMS WHICH NOW THE HORSES SWIM OR CROSSED BY HAVING THEIR FRONT FEET IN ONE CANOE FERRY AND THEIR HIND FEET IN ANOTHER THE CANOES BEING LASHED TOGETHER AS YET WE SEE NO VEHICLE OF ANY KIND EXCEPT AN OCCASIONAL SEDAN CHAIR THE FIRST ONE OF THESE OF WHICH WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE WAS PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR WINTHROP AS A PORTION OF A CAPTURE FROM A SPANISH GALLEON HOWEVER THESE ARE NOT COMMON IN SIXTEEN THIRTY ONE GOVERNOR ENDICOTT OF SALEM WROTE THAT HE COULD NOT GET TO BOSTON TO VISIT GOVERNOR WINTHROP AS HE WAS NOT WELL ENOUGH TO WADE THE STREAMS
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