 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Paakasvika muSalem Village, Alden haana chaaiziva nezvezvinetso zveSalem asi pane kudaro akawana nhamo yokuva nomwanakomana wake, ainziwo John, akabatwa sechikamu chokutsinhana vasungwa. Nemhaka yokuti baba vake vakanga vapomerwa kuti vaiva varoyi, uye nokudaro vakanga vasingakwanisi kudzokera kuQuebec kunotengeserana, John Alden IV akaendeswa kuBastille muFrance, kwaakanga asingazodzoki kweanenge makore gumi. Alden akanga asingaziviwo kuti mumwe wevapomeri, mumwe wevanotambudzwa, akanga ari Mercy Lewis. Akava nherera muhafu yokupedzisira ya1689 muCasco Bay, Maine, mukati mokupamba musha wake. Vanyori venhau dzakaitika vakafungidzira kuti akanga ane vavariro dzisina kujeka mukupomera Alden, chishuvo chokutsiva pane avo vaaifunga kuti vakanga vakundikana kudzivirira mhuri yake. Mudzimai wechipiri waAlden, Elizabeth, aiva neukama neMaine sezvo baba vake vaiva mutengesi wemapuranga akapfuma, bhizimisi raakagara nhaka kuburikidza nokuroorana. Akanga ari chipfuro chakakwana. Akazopomerwa mhosva yokuita zvemashiripiti uye akatongerwa mhosva yacho panguva yaitongwa varoyi muSalemmuna May 1692. Panguva yokutongwa kwake, jeri reSalem rakanga ratova rakazara saka akaendeswa kuBoston. Mumavhiki akatevera okuiswa mutorongo akanga ave achida kusaita zvakawanda pamusoro penhau yacho, asi akakurudzirwa nedzimwe shamwari uye akapukunyuka mutorongo, achitiza usiku akatasva bhiza. Kwakanga kuri pakati paSeptember uye chisarudzo chake chokutiza chakaratidza kuva chokuchenjera, sezvinoratidzwa neidi rokuti Giles Corey akaparadzwa kusvikira kurufu mukati memazuva mashomanene okuenda kwake. Maererano nemamwe manyuko zvinonzi akatizira kuNew York, asi kazhinji Alden akatizira kumaodzanyemba kuDuxbury, guta rake rekumusha muhuduku hwake uye nzvimbo yehama dzake dzakawanda, kureva vakoma vake vaduku David naJonathan uye huwandu hukuru kwazvo hwevanununa uye vanununa vachiri kugara mutaundi. Maererano netsika dzekare zvikuru, apo, pashure pokumutsa mhuri yake pakati pousiku uye achikonzera kunetseka kukuru, akataura nenzwi rinotyisa kuti akanga achitiza Dhiyabhorosi, uye Dhiyabhorosi akanga achimutevera!! 