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Show Standish Story Myth? Apparently there is no evidence to support the assertion often made that ('apt. Miles Standish, military commander com-mander of the Mallower group of Pilgrims Pil-grims at Plymouth, lost one of his legs in battle and wore a "cork" leg. None of the contemporary historians and chroniclers mention the fact, and it is not so stated in the reputable histories of Plymouth colony. It is not known who started the story. Perhaps it originally arose from a confusion of StiindKh with Peter Stuyvesant, the one-leggrd governor of New Nether-land. Nether-land. Path.'.nder Magazine. |