Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT.
first day of August 1620, a few care-worn Eniglish
subjects exiled themselves from Delf Haven, in
Holland, to encounter the then dreaded perils of the
Atlantic and the still greater uncertainties of their
proposed settlement on the edge of the New World.
In coming to this country, our fathers contempla
ted a safe retreat across the sea where they could
worship God according to the dictates of their own
conscience. Judging from the primitive compact
sigDed on the 11th of November, 1620, on board the
Mayflower, before they landed in Provincetown harbor, after their very precarious voyage, evidently
shows a decided intention to establish a government
on the basis of equality-to unite in their code religiori and liberty, morals and law. The Pilgrims
were actuated by that principle which has given
the first impulse to the great movements of the modern world, " God and Liberty." They had the imperfections of humanity. Those exalted principles
were combined with human weakness. They were
mingled with the prejudices and errors of age, country and sect; sometimes intolerent, yet always reverent and sincere. When pressing their wishes to
the government and enlisting the favor of some
good men to assist them in their new undertaking,
they put forth the following as their principle
reason:
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