A Proper Beginning On the Broad Ocean Making Ready for Battle The Rest of the Voyage The First View of America The Town of Salem Other Villages Visiting Salem Making Comparisons An Indian Guest and Other Visitors A Christening and a Dinner Deciding upon a Home A Sad Loss Rejoicing Turned into Mourning Thanksgiving Day in July Leaving Salem for Charlestown Our Neighbors Getting Settled The Great Sickness Moving the Town Master Graves Prohibits Swimming Anna Foster's Party The Town of Boston Guarding against Fires Our Own New Home The Fashion of the Day My Own Wardrobe Master Johnson's Death Many New Kinds of Food The Supply of Food The Sailing of the "Lyon" The Famine The Search for Food The Starvation Time A Day To Be Remembered The Coming of the "Lyon" Another Thanksgiving Day A Defense for the Town The Problem of Servants Chickatabut Building a Ship Household Conveniences How the Work Is Divided Launching the Ship Master Winthrop's Mishap New Arrivals Another Famine Fine Clothing Forbidden Our First Church A Troublesome Person The Village of Merry Mount Punishing Thomas Morton Philip Ratcliff's Crime In the Pillory Stealing from the Indians The Passing of New Laws Master Pormont's School School Discipline Other Tools of Torture Difficult Lessons Other Schools Raising Flax Preparing Flax Spinning, Bleaching, and Weaving Flax What We Girls Do at Home Making Soap Soap from Bayberries Goose-picking A Change of Governors The Flight of Roger Williams Sir Harry Vane Making Sugar A "Sugaring Dinner" Training Day Shooting for a Prize Lecture Day Punishment for Evil-doers The Murder of John Oldham Savages on the War-path Pequot Indians