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A bully on the ship
A man traveling on the ship was a bully to many sick passengers. He always threatened to throw some of them overboars. However before he could, he got sick and was one of the first to die. The passengers threw his body overboard. God had a hand in this by making the bully sick when he was bulling all of the sick people. “Thus his curses light on his own head, and it was an astonishment to all his fellows for they noted it to be the just hand of God upon him.” -
The big storm
The mayflower had to endure several storms over the course of their journey. It damaged their ship and also put them off course. They had to drift with the storm and start a new path. However they had faith in God and made it through. "So they committed themselves to the will of God and resolved to proceed." -
Arriving at Cape Cod
The Pilgrims were not as excited as they should have been when they arrived at Cape Cod. They didn't end up at their origional destination of the Hudson River because of the storms. They were no where close to the civilization they were hoping to find, and there was nothing but sand dunes around them. "...After a long beating at sea they fell with that land which is called Cape Cod; the which being made and certainly known to be it, they were not a little joyful." -
Sickness
During the winter, an overwhelming amount of settlers began to get sick. Half of their village died of disease. However they stayed strong and made it through by having faith in God. Some men were believed to have been kept healthy in order to take care of the sick people. “And yet the Lord so upheld these persons as in general calamity they were not all infected either with sickness or lameness.” -
Dispute with the Native Americans
The Settlers and the Native Americans did not understand eachother. They had different beliefs and different ways of life. Indians who spoke the settlers language, Samoset and Squanto begin to make peace between the two groups. Squanto made a set of rules for each side to follow. Squanto stayed with the settlers until he died teaching them ways to survive. “Squanto continued with them and was their interpreter and was a special instrument sent from God for their good beyond their expectation.”
