28;
on sampler, 268.

Hancock, John, hatred of pewter, 85;
drinking cup of, 97;
dress of, 293.

Hand-distaff. See Distaff.

Hand-loom. See Loom.

Hand-reel. See Niddy-noddy.

Hap-harlot, 242.

Harness. See Heddle.

Harvard College, standing salt of, 78-79;
trenchers at, 81.

Hasty pudding, 135.

Hats, worn in meeting, 285;
church votes about, 286.

Hay-wards, 402.

Heddle of loom, 219.

Heddle-frame. See Tape-loom.

Heel-pegs. See Shoe-pegs.

Hemlock, brooms of, 304-305;
boxes of, 310.

Hemp, blossom of, 167;
breaking of, 169.

Herding, of cows, 399-401;
of sheep, 401;
of swine, 403.

Hetcheling of flax, 172.

Hexe, of flax, 169.

Hides, use of, 109;
tax on, 109.

Higginson, quoted, 33, 35, 117, 148.

Hind's-foot handle, 90.

Hinges, material of, 9, 318.

Hingham, church at, 365.

Hogarth, loom of, 213-214.

Hogs, as scavengers, 125;
yokes of, 311;
laws about, 402-403.

Hog-reeves, 402-403.

Homespun industries, 167;
beneficent effect of, 179;
foundation of liberty, 189.

Hominy, 131.

Honey, plenty of, 111.

Honey-locust, 163.

Horn, spoons of, 88;
cups of, 96;
as summons to meeting, 368.

Horse-blocks, in front of churches, 367.

Horse-bridges, 331.

Horse-laurel, as dye, 194.

Hose. See Stockings.

Hospitality, in Southern colonies, 395 _et seq._

Hound handle, 100.

Hour-glass, in meeting, 376.

Housekeeper, qualifications of, 252-253.

House pie, 146.

House-raising. See Raising.

Hyperion tea, 165.

India china, 100.

Indians, houses of, 3-4;
caves of, 138;
corn dances of, 138;
cultivation of corn by, 126-131;
endurance of, 137;
mode of cooking corn, 131-135;
names of corn foods, 131-137;
mode of drying pumpkins, 143;
spoons of, 88;
mode of cooking beans, 145;
brooms of, 301-304;
four best things, 304;
modes of travel of, 325;
boats of, 325;
paths of, 329-330.

Indian corn. See Corn.

Indian pudding, 135.

Indigo, as dye, 193.

Inns. See Taverns.

Invention, of cotton-gin, 208;
of fly-shuttle, 228;
of spinning-jenny, 229;
of throstle-spun yarn, 229;
of combing-machine, 230;
of flax-spinning machine, 230-231.

Ipswich, grist-mill at, 133.

Iris, as dye, 193.

Itineracies, old-time, 176, 300-301.

Jack-knife, 307-308.

Jacks, 64.

James I. on fishing, 116.

Jamestown, spinning-schools at, 182;
summons to meeting at, 367.

Jeans, 2