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,

FOLLOW ALONG AS I READ ALOUD CHAPTER 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.

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