Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Commemoration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Independent Government of the Town of Cohasset: July Fourth and Eighth to Eleventh, 1921
Fascinating as is the field of conjecture about Indian life, our interest quickens when Capt. John Smith enters the scene. With eight men he came into Cohasset Harbor in the summer of 1614 and was the first white man to set foot upon our shore. The account of this visit is found in Smith's own writings. (see his Generall As the first European to come here, John Smith was the impersonation of manifest destiny; for these rocky shores, these deep forests and these sunny hillsides were to be redeemed for higher uses than those of hunting grounds for wandering tribes of Indians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
