Oath of Allegiance, scruples about the,
I. 614; in Massachusetts, II. 614; taken
by the Governor, Deputy, and Magis-
trates, in Massachusetts, III. 320.
Oath of Fidelity, required to be taken in
Massachusetts, III. 315.

Oath, Freeman's, I. 377.

Offences and Penalties, in Massachusetts,
III. 45.

Oldham, John, with Lyford, the heads of
a faction amongst the Plymouth colo-
nists, I. 219; his trial, conviction, and
banishment from the Colony, 220; goes
to Nantasket, 221; carries Thomas
Morton prisoner to England, 232; in-
vited to trade with the Indians, 286;
makes an expedition to the Connecticut
River, 369; murdered by the Pequots,
157.

a South, or third church established at
Boston, III. 84; meeting-house, taken
by Andros for the service of the Epis-
copal Church, 521.

Oliver's "Puritan Commonwealth," quot-
ed, I. 470.

Onion River, course, &c., of, I. 8.

Orange, Fort, surrenders to Col. Cart-

wright, II 592; called Fort Albany, ib.
Orange, William, Prince of, arrives at
paramount influence in Holland, III.
16; marries the Princess Mary of Eng-
land, 26; sends agents to England,
473; his diplomatic and military prepa
rations, ib.; lands in England, 474; is
approached with, but rejects, overtures
from the King, 475; reaches London,
476; advises a convention of the estates
of the realm, 477; proclaimed King,
479; promises the removal of Andros
from the government of New England,

592.

Orchard, Robert, complains to the Privy
Council of injuries done him by Massa-
chusetts, III. 343, 378; petitions for re-
muneration, &c., 390.
Ormond, James Butler, Duke of, commands
the Rovalist forces in Ireland, II. 273;
recalled from Ireland, and made Lord
Steward, III. 447; his lofty character,
470; displaced from the office of Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, ib.

Ortelius, his geography, I. 51; his map of
the New World, published in 1675, 95.
Osborn, Thomas, a Baptist, imprisoned,
II. 486.

Otter Creek, course of, I. 8.

Owen, Reverend John, Dean of Christ
Church, Oxford, entertains the project
of emigrating to New England, III.
70, 81.

Oxford, University of, sustains Wickliffe,
I. 105; its privileges attacked by James
the Second, III. 461.

P.

Palmer, John, Governor Dongan's Com
missioner in Maine, III. 533; his "Im-
partial account," &c., 582.

Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, his
opposition to reform, I. 119; contest
with the Puritans and death of, 120.
Parker. Thomas, opposes Independency in
New England, II. 171.

Parliament, Puritanical, at the accession
of James the First, I. 245; opposition
of, to prerogative doctrines, 251; ses-
sions of, discontinued by James, 251;
prorogation of, by Charles the First,
271; discontinuance of, by Charles,
273; Ordinance for calling the West-
minister Assembly, II. 79; adoption of
the Solemn League and Covenant, 87;
the Self-denying Ordinance," 97;
King Charles I. surrendered to, 104;
Pride's purge, 110; High Court of Jus
tice constituted, ib.; House of Peers
abolished, 111; the Long, expelled by
Cromwell, 288; the Little, or Barebones,
289; dissolves itself, 290; another sum-
moned by Cromwell, 294; and dissolved
by him, 295; his third Parliament, 298;
an other House" established, 301;
dissolution of Parliament, 302; called
by Richard Cromwell, 418; quarrel with
the army, 419; last session of the
Rump, 420; it dissolves itself, 421.
Partridge, Ralph, death of, II. 408.
Passamaquoddy River, course, &c. of, I. 8.
Pasumpsic River, I. 7.

Patent, from the Virginia Company to
John Wincob, I. 153; Plymouth, to
Pierce, from the Council of New Eng-
land, 194; Massachusetts, 290; third
Plymouth, to Bradford, &c., 332; con-
veyed to the freemen, 597.

Patents, list of, granted by the Council for
New England, I. 397.

Patrick, Captain Daniel, appointed a Mili-
tary Instructor for Massachusetts, I
319; settles at Greenwich, 601; his
death, ib, n.

Paucatuck River, the boundary between

Rhode Island and Connecticut, II. 563,
disputes concerning lands on the, 571.
Pawtucket Indians. See Penacooks.
Pawturet, taken under the protection of

Massachusetts, II. 120; dispute respect-
ing, 362; annexed to Providence Planta-
tions, 364; becomes part of the Provi-
dence Plantations, ib.
Pejepscot, (Brunswick,) annexed to Mas-
sachusetts, I. 593.

Pelham, Herbert, chosen magistrate in
Massachusetts, II. 253.

Pemaquid, settlement at. I. 205, 523; taken
possession of by Andros, for the Duke
of York, III 532.

Penacook Indians, 1 24.

Penn, Admiral, commands Cromwell's
fleet against the West Indies, II. 297.
Penobscot River, I. 7, 8; how far navigable,
9; French on the, 85; and their depre-
dations, 337.

Penruddock's conspiracy, II. 295.
Pepys, Samuel, his diary quoted, III. 5,
n., 7, n.

Pequannock (Stratford), settlement at, I.
538.

Pequot Fort, assault on the, by Mason
and Underhill, I. 465; plan of the,
466.

Pequot River, question of jurisdiction at,
II. 233; John Winthrop, the younger,
settles at, ib.; plantation at, ib.; called
New London, 376. See Nameaug. New
London.

Pequots, extent of their territory and their
power, I. 24, 456; murder Stone and
Norton, ib.; send an embassy to Boston,
457; murder John Oldham, ib.; expe-
dition against, under Endicott, 460;
continued hostilities of, 461; number
of their fighting men, 462; a party of,
dispersed by Mason, 606; protection
extended to, II. 331; Mr. Blinman's
missionary labors among the, 340; Ma-
son's expedition against, 463; move-
ments of the Colonists' force against,
464; assault on the Pequot fort, 465;
map of the fort, ib.; reflections upon
the war against, 467; conclusion of the
war, 469; extinction of the tribe, 470;
petition Connecticut for relief against
Rhode Island, III. 110.

Peringskiold, his "Heimskringla, or Chron-
icle of the Kings of Norway," I. 52
Persecution of Protestants by Queen Mary,
I. 116.

Peru colonized by Spain, I. 66.
Pessacus unites with Canonicus in ceding
the Narragansett territory to the King,
II. 136; his answer to the Federal Com-
missioners as to a breach of the treaty,

229.

Pestilence among the natives of New Eng-
land, I. 98, 100, 362.

Peter, Hugh, account of, I. 436; succeeds
Williams at Salem, ib; undertakes to
revise the administration of government,
437; associated with John Winthrop,
Jr. and Vane, in the affairs of Con-
necticut, 451; rebukes Governor Vane,
476; goes to England, 582; chap-
lain of the Protector, and attends his
funeral with John Milton, 586; his mis-
sion, with Bradstreet and Dalton, to
Dover, 591; repudiates the name In-
dependent, II. 86; discourages the at-
tempts to convert the Indians, 334;
trial and death of, 426.

Peter, Rev. Thomas, connected with John
Winthrop, Jr., in the settlement at Pe-
quot River, II 233.

Peters, Samuel, his credil ility as an his
torian, II. 32, n.
Petition of Right, I. 270.

Petitioners, first name of the Whig party,
III. 256.

Petitions to the General Court of Massa
chusetts, praying for submission to the
royal demands, presented, II. 627.
Petre, Father, summoned to the Privy
Council by James the Second, III. 455;
his character, and intimacy with the
King, 458.

Phileroy Philopatris, pseudonyme of the
author of a paper on the Massachusetts
Charter, III. 385.

Philip, or Metacomet, chief Sachem of
the Pokanokets, III. 143; suspicions
entertained of, by Plymouth, 144; re-
news the ancient treaty made with his
father, 145 is charged with hostile de-
signs, ib.; offers to surrender his arms,
147; renewed symptoms of disaffection
on the part of, 148; complains that he
had been ill treated by Plymouth, 149;
his humble submission, 150; charges
against, by Sausaman, ib.; protests his
innocence, 152; makes hostile prepara-
tions, 153; Colonial troops move against,
155; retreats from Mount Hope, 156;
escapes to the Nipmucks, 159; Mrs.
Rowlandson's interviews with, 187; re-
turns from the West, and prepares for
new hostilities, 203; pursued closely by
the whites and killed, 204; his distinc-
tion above the other Sachems of the
war, undeserved, 222; erroneous views
of his character, ib.; took no prominent
part in the field against the English,
225; remarks upon his motives, &c.

Piscataqua River, how far navigable, I. 9;
attempted settlements on the, 205;
plantation at the mouth of, 522; slow
progress of settlement east of the,

522.

Plaque in London, 1665. II. 442.
Plantation Covenant at Quinnipiack, I.

529.

Plantations about Boston Bay, I. 323.
"Planter's Plea, The," cited, I. 177, n.;
Plough Patent. See Lygonia.

Plymouth Company, North Virginia as-
signed to the, I. 82; John Smith en-
gaged in the service of the, 94; their
expedition in 1615, 95.

Plymouth Colonists, their departure from
Southampton, I. 159; put back to
Plymouth, ib.; origin of some of their
number, 160; many join the expedition
in England, 161; storms encountered
on the passage, 162; they come in sight
of land, ib.; their arrival at Cape Cod,
164; their compact for government,
165; remarks upon the history of
the Colony, b.; their first Sabbath at
Cape Cod, 167; their first explorations
of the country, ib.; their exposures
and second exploring expedition, 168;
third exploring expedition of, 169; first
landing at Plymouth, 171; arrival of
the whole company at Plymouth, 172;
first Sunday of, at Plymouth, 173; first
Christmas at Plymouth, ib.; first ope-
rations at Plymouth, 16.; fatal sick-
ness among, 174; military organization
formed by, 176; visited by Samoset and
other Indians, ab.; treaty with Massa-
soit, 178; their organization, military
and civil, 179; employments and con-
dition during the summer of 1621, 181;
embassy to Massasoit, 183; embassy
to Nauset, 184; expedition to Namas-
ket, 185; submission of nine Sachems
to, ib.; expedition to Boston Bay, b.;
obtain a patent from the Council of
New England, 194; scarcity of food
among, 196; threatened by the Narra-
gansetts with war, ib.; continued scar-
city of food among, 198; conspired
against by the Indians, and their sup-
pression of the plot, 201; continued
scarcity of food among, 211; their suc-
cess in trading and planting, &c., 225;
their good understanding with the
Dutch, 226; their release from the en-
gagement with the Merchant Adventur
ers, 227; distribution of stock and land,
228; trade farmed out to eight Colo-
nists, 230; reception of the Kennebec
Patent, ib.; execution for murder at,
334; Winthrop and Wilson at, 335;
dispersion of Colonists from, and their
settlement at Duxbury and Marshfield,
336; epidemic sickness at, 337; colo-
nists of, suffer from French depre-

dations, ib.; factory of, on the Con
necticut, 339; early legislation, 340;
taxation, 344; quarrel with Massachu-
setts settlers as to lands on Connecticut
River, 452; levy of men, for the Pequot
war, 462; factories of, on the Penob
scot, Kennebec, Connecticut, &c., 539;
unsuccessful expedition against the
French, 540; generous conduct towards
the settlers in Connecticut and the
Dutch, 541; execution of three Eng-
lishmen at, for the murder of an Indian,
542; commercial relations with Eng-
lish merchants, 543; prosperity of, 544;
disappointments in Church affairs, 545;
Indian treaty, 547; boundary question
between Massachusetts and, 596; con-
veyance of the patent of, to the freemen,
597; settlement of, with the London
partners, ib.; population of, at the time
of the confederation, II. 6, 7; Church-
membership not necessary for the fran-
chise, 8; remuneration of the Magis-
trates, 11; first excise tax, ib.; number
of the towns at the confederation, 13;
first organization of a court of justice,
15; juries provided for, 18; statutes
of the earliest code, 19; scheme o
church order at, 36; no union of church
and state in, 40; boundaries of, as set-
tled in the patent to Bradford, 212,
quota of, for the Narragansett war, 225;
friendliness of, to the Parliament, 367;
property of, on the Kennebec, enlarged
and confirmed, 368; revision of the
laws, and state of the churches, 369;
acknowledgment of the King by, 532;
disturbance from the Quakers, ib.; visit
of the Royal Commissioners, 600; as-
sent of the General Court to their de
mands, 601; protests against the ex
tinction of New Haven Colony, 631.
probable population of, in 1665, III.
35; condition of, as represented by the
Royal Commissioners, 38; laws of, in
1665, 61; General Court, how consti-
tuted, 62; inferior courts, 63; offences,
ib.; revenue, 64; compensation of the
Governor and the "Old Magistrates
of, in 1665, 98; endowment of a pub-
lic school, 99; refuses to take part in
the movement against the Dutch, 122:
refuses a levy of troops against the In-
dians, 213; towns of, along Cape Cod,
unassailed by the Indians, 215; ex
penses incurred by, during the Indian
war, ib.; impoverishment of, 230; Ran-
dolph's description of, 303; united with
Massachusetts Colony, under the gov-
ernment of Kirk, 395; condition of, in
1680, 420; solicits a Charter, 422; fails
in applications for a Charter, 425; di-
vided into three counties, 503; public pro-
ceedings at, during the twenty months
succeeding the death of Charles the

Second, ib; put under the Government
of Andros, 515; proceedings in, under
Andros, 534; proceedings in, on the
news of the revolt at Boston, 596.
Plymouth Rock, I. 171, n.
Pokanoket or Wampanoag Indians, I. 24;
the Nausets tributary to them, ib.; mis-
sionary labors among the, II. 340.
Pomhm, a Sachem of Pawtuset, offers
allegiance to Massachusetts, II. 123;
ordered by the Royal Commissioners to
remove from his land, 604; takes part
in the Indian war against the English
and is captured, III. 203.
Pontgravé, sails with De Monts for the
American coast, I. 77; returns
France, 78.

to

Popham, George, an associate of the Ply-
mouth Company, I. 82; President of
the settlement on the Kennebec, 83;
his death, 84.

Popham, Sir Francis, sends several expe-
ditions to the coast of New England,
I. 84.
Popham, Sir John, engaged in an attempt
to establish a Colony in New England,
I. 78; despatches a vessel from Bristol
for a further survey of the coast, 82.
Popish Plot in England, III. 241.
Population (Native,) of New England, I.
24; (English,) in 1665, III. 35; of the
Colony of Massachusetts, 1633, I. 371;
of Massachusetts as computed by Ran-
dolph, III. 297.

Pormont, Philemon, schoolmaster at Bos-
ton, II. 47.

Porter, John, banishment of, a subject of
dispute between the General Court of
Massachusetts and the Royal Commis-
sioners, II. 611.

Portland, Maine, harbor of, I. 10.
Portsmouth, Louise De Querouaille, Duch-

ess of, introduced to the English Court,
III. 12

Portsmouth, R. I. settled, I. 514; united
to Newport, ib.

Port Royal, N. S. visited by De Monts, I.
78; captured by Argal, 234; taken by
Sir William Kirk, 235; the French at,
363.

Post-office, established in Massachusetts,
I. 552, III. 54, 306, n., 484, 548, n.
Powow, or medicine-man, I. 35, 47.
Præmunire, Statute of, I. 106.
Pratt, Phinehas, carries the intelligence of
an Indian conspiracy to Plymouth, I.
202, n.

Prerogative doctrines in Parliament, I. 248;
of the High Church party, 250.
Presbyterianism, dispute with the Anglican
Church, II. 71; with the Independents.
ib.; the Church polity of Calvin, 72;
its adoption in Scotland, 73; its ap-
pearance in England and connection
with Cartwright, 74; substitution of, for
Episcopacy, 79; position of, in the
"Westminster Assembly," 81; domi-
nant spirit of, in the Assembly, 88; poli
tics of, 92; its adherents oppose the
Self-Denying Ordinance," 96; estab-
lished as the religious faith of England,
101; ordinances for its support disre-
garded, 102; jealousy of the army, 104;
revives in London, 105; defeated in the
struggle with Independency, 106; un-
acceptable to the people of New Eng-
land, 166; cabal of Presbyterians in
Massachusetts, ib.; position of, in the
early part of the reign of Charles the
Second, 432; identified with the Fifth
Monarchy, 435.

"Present state of New England," cited,
III. 166, 177, 201.

Prices and expenses regulated by law,

I. 33.

Pride, Colonel, purges the Parliament, II.
110; opposes Cromwell's election to be
King, 300.

Prince, Mary, a Quaker, imprisoned in
Boston, II. 464.

Prince, Thomas, Governor of Plymouth
Colony, I. 342; commissioner for Ply-
mouth on the Kennebec, II. 369; his
death, III. 97.

Prince, Rev. Thomas, his "Chronological
History" cited, I. 145, n., 158, n.
Pring or Prynne, Martin, sails from Mil-
ford Haven for America, I. 74; returns
to England, 75; effect produced by re-
ports of his voyage, 82.
Printing-press established at Cambridge,
II. 45, III. 69, n.; no person to keep
any without license from Andros, 562.
Privateering set up in Rhode Island, II.
359; proceedings against, in Connecti
cut, 378

Privy Council, complaints against the
Massachusetts Colonists to the, I. 364.
Processes, how conducted in New England,
II. 19.

Proclamation for Conformity, I. 119; of
King James for Episcopacy, 128.
Protestation of the House of Commons,
I. 260.

Providence, foundation of, laid by Roger

Williams, I. 422; early records of, lost,
424; form of government at, ib.; not
admitted into the Colonial Confederacy,
630; disorders of Samuel Gorton and
others at, II. 116; applies to Massachu
setts for aid, ib.; part of the settle.
ment surrendered to Massachusetts,