etc.  “Pistols” (brass) appear in early inventories, but their absence in the early hand-to-hand encounter at Wessagussett indicates that none were then available, or that they were not trusted.  It is evident from the statement of Bradford that every one of the sixteen men who went out (under command of Standish) on the “first exploration” at Cape Cod had his “musket, sword, and corslet;” that they relied much on their armor, and hence, doubtless, took all possible with them on the ship.  They probably did not long retain its use.  In the letter written to the Adventurers from Southampton, the leaders complain of “wanting many muskets, much armour, &c.”

Josselyn gives’ the equipment he considers necessary for each man going to New England to settle:—­

“Armor compleat:—­
     One long piece [musket] five feet or five and a half long. 
     One Sword. 
     One bandoleer. 
     One belt. 
     Twenty pounds of powder. 
     Sixty pounds of shot or lead, pistol and Goose-shot.”

“Another list gives an idea of ‘complete armor.’”
     Corselet
     Breast [plate or piece]. 
     Back [ditto]. 
     Culet (?). 
     Gorget [throat-piece]. 
     Tussis [thigh-pieces]. 
     Head-piece “[morion skull-cap].”

Bradford states that they used their “curtlaxes” (cutlasses) to dig the frozen ground to get at the Indians’ corn, “having forgotten to bring spade or mattock.”  “Daggers” are mentioned as used in their celebrated duel by Dotey and Leister, servants of Stephen Hopkins.  Bradford narrates that on one of their exploring tours on the Cape the length of guard duty performed at night by each “relief” was determined by the inches of slow-match burned ("every one standing when his turn came while five or six inches of match was burning"), clearly indicating that they had no watches with them.  The “drum” and “trumpet” are both mentioned in “Mourt’s Relation” in the account given of Massasoit’s reception, the latter as eliciting the especial attention of his men, and their efforts at blowing it.

The Ordnance (cannon) brought in the ship consisted (probably) of ten guns, certainly of six.  Of these, two (2) were “sakers,”—­guns ten feet long of 3 to 4 inches bore, weighing from fifteen to eighteen hundred pounds each; two (2) were “minions” (or “falcons"),—­guns of 3 1/2 inch bore, weighing twelve hundred pounds (1200 lbs.) each; and two (2) were “bases,”—­small guns of 1 1/4 inch bore, weighing some three hundred pounds (300 1bs.) each.  These were mounted on “the Hill” fort or platform.  It is probable that besides these were the four smallest cannon, called “patereros” (or “murderers"), which, at the time of De Rasiere’s visit to Plymouth in 1627, were mounted on a platform (in front of the Governor’s house), at the intersection of the two streets of the town, and commanded its several approaches.  It is not likely that they were sent for after 1621, because the Adventurers were