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FROM THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA
• WHILE CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AND HIS MEN ARE ON AN
EXPEDITION, THEY ARE ATTACKED BY THREE HUNDRED
INDIANS WITH BOWS AND ARROWS.
• THE INDIANS KILL SMITH'S MEN (ROBINSON AND EMRY)
BUT THEY SPARE HIS LIFE AFTER HE GIVES THEM HIS
COMPASS, WHICH FASCINATES THEM.
• WHEN POWHATAN, THE INDIAN LEADER WITH MORE
THAN TWO HUNDRED MEN, DECIDES TO HAVE SMITH
KILLED, POWHATAN'S DAUGHTER, POCAHONTAS, SAVES
THE PRISONER.
• SHE LATER HELPS THE SETTLERS BY BRINGING THEM
FOOD.
• AFTER SIX WEEKS, SMITH RETURNS TO JAMESTOWN,
ACCOMPANIED BY FRIENDLY INDIANS. THE INDIANS
ADMIRE SMITH FOR HIS BRAVERY, AND HE GIVES THEM
PRESENTS.
• THE COLONISTS AT JAMESTOWN
EXPERIENCE MANY HARDSHIPS: ILLNESS,
STARVATION, AND EXHAUSTION
• BETWEEN MAY AND SEPTEMBER, FIFTY
PEOPLE DIE. THE COLONISTS NAME A NEW
PRESIDENT, BUT HE IS A POOR
ADMINISTRATOR. CAPTAIN SMITH TAKES
OVER MOST OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
COLONY, AND HE SUPERVISES THE
BUILDING OF HOUSES.
Written in third person by John Smith
FROM THE HISTORY OF
PLYMOUTH PLANTATION
ENGLISH II
WILLIAM BRADFORD NOTES:
•BRADFORD ARRIVED AT CAPE COD ON NOVEMBER 11, 1620, ON THE MAYFLOWER.
•GOVERNOR OF PLYMOUTH COLONY FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS
•HIS GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO EARLY WRITING IS HIS HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION, 1620-1647.
FOLLOW ALONG AS I READ ALOUDCHAPTER 9 FROM THE HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION
NOTES: CHAPTER 9 DESCRIBES THE MAYFLOWER'S TRIP AT SEA, ARRIVAL AT
CAPE COD, AND A LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
PILGRIMS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL.
ASSIGNMENT
IN YOUR SMALL GROUPS, COMPLETE THE
WORKSHEET ON
SMITH AND BRADFORD