The area covered includes all of northern Long Island and eastern New York. This is where pilgrims ate turkey with Indians and crazy religious fanatics burned witches at the stake. Beyond these commonly held erroneous notions lies a very diverse and morally grounded people. Unlike the southern colonies, the vast majority of these immigrants “possessed another source of strength and stability. They were bound together by a common sense of purpose.” (page 40). Simply put, these settlers believed that God wanted these people to come together and form a “City on a Hill” that would then shine as a “beacon of justice to the rest of the Christian world” (p..