Show standish Standi ih story myth apparently there Is no evidence to support the assertion often made that capt miles allies standish military commander of the mallow er group of pilgrims at plymouth lost one of ills his logs legs in ID battle and wore a cork leg none of the contemporary historians and chroniclers mention the fact and it la is not so stated la in the reputable histories of plymouth colony it Is not known who inho started the story perhaps it originally arose from a contusion of standish with peter stuyvesant the one legged governor of new pathfinder magazine |