| adulteress: |
a married woman having sexual relations with a man who is not her husband |
| ambush: |
surprise attack |
| appointed: |
agreed on |
| artificially: |
cleverly, well |
| barricade: |
barrier, in this case to protect from wind |
| bass: |
type of fish |
| be multiplied: |
have children |
| benevolence: |
kindness |
| bestow: |
give |
| binding: |
tieing up |
| boughs: |
branches |
| bushel: |
about 32 quarts |
| catechise: |
teach religion to |
| cleaving: |
remaining true to |
| coasted: |
searched |
| command: |
give |
| commence: |
begin |
| compacted: |
built close together |
| compassed: |
gone around |
| consultation: |
discussion |
| contend with: |
struggle with |
| constrained: |
forced |
| corslet: |
clothing worn to protect upper body |
| counsel: |
advice |
| Covenant: |
agreement |
| creek: |
stream |
| deemed them: |
thought they were |
| degrade: |
to make someone feel lower |
| degraded: |
made to feel less worthy |
| dextrous: |
skilled with hands |
| discharge: |
fire |
| discourse: |
speech |
| display: |
commotion |
| dwell: |
live |
| dwellings: |
homes |
| endeared: |
loved |
| engraven: |
printed |
| enlightened: |
well informed |
| espied: |
saw |
| eulogy: |
speech or writing in praise of someone who has died |
| exploits: |
actions |
| fit for plow: |
good for farming |
| foe: |
enemy |
| foresaken: |
abandoned |
| garrison: |
building fortified against attack |
| hard by: |
close to |
| harkened: |
listened |
| heathen: |
person who does not practice Christianity |
| immortal: |
never to be forgotten |
| inhabitants: |
people who live there |
| injured: |
wronged |
| keep his commandments: |
obey his commandments |
| league: |
about 3 miles |
| lieth: |
lies |
| make satisfaction: |
to pay or compensate |
| martyr: |
someone who dies for a cause |
| mischief: |
harm or trouble |
| mortar: |
cement-like material |
| musing: |
wondering |
| musket: |
gun |
| Newtown: |
original name for Cambridge |
| odious: |
offensive, disrespectful |
| ordinance: |
sacrament or ceremony established by God |
| overseers: |
individuals appointed to manage Mashpee affairs |
| paled in: |
surrounded by |
| parley: |
talk |
| perfidious: |
deceitful, treacherous |
| perish: |
die |
| plain ground: |
flat land |
| plantation: |
land [in this context] |
| portion: |
share of an inheritance |
| preeminence: |
first rights [in this context] |
| privileges: |
rights [in this context] |
| propound: |
ask |
| propounded: |
told, made clear, set forth |
| proprietors: |
owners |
| purposing: |
planning |
| put to flight: |
made them run |
| ransack: |
destroy |
| redress: |
make right |
| rendezvous: |
gathering, meeting |
| repair: |
go |
| resolutions: |
decisions |
| resolved: |
agreed to |
| rod: |
5.5 yards |
| rude: |
simple, primitive |
| sachem: |
leader of a Native American tribe |
| savage: |
"uncivilized" or "primitive" person |
| secures: |
protects |
| sentinel: |
guard |
| sepulcher: |
burial place, grave |
| shallop: |
small sailboat |
| shower of hail: |
bullets |
| sprit: |
branch, perhaps tree |
| stock: |
animals |
| strewed: |
spread, scattered |
| stubble: |
cut stalks left over from last harvest |
| succeeding plantations: |
later settlements or colonies |
| superfluities: |
things that are not necessary |
| trace: |
tracks or prints |
| treacherous: |
not to be trusted |
| treaty: |
agreement between nations |
| veneration: |
great respect |
| vindicate: |
clear of blame |
| wanton: |
immoral |
| wax: |
act |
| waylay: |
to lie in wait |
| whelmed: |
covering |
| white mischief: |
harm |
