Monday, Jan. 22/Feb. 1
At
anchorage. Fair day. Hogsheads of meal
sent
on shore from ship and put in
storehouse.
Tuesday, Jan. 23/Feb. 2
At
anchorage. The general sickness
increases,
both on shipboard and on land.
Wednesday, Jan. 24/Feb. 3
At
anchor in harbor. Fair weather. Party
on
shore from ship and returned at night.
Thursday, Jan. 25/Feb. 4
At
anchorage. Weather good. Party set
ashore
and came aboard at night.
Friday, Jan. 26/Feb. 5
At
anchorage. Weather good. Party set
ashore.
The sickness increases.
Saturday, Jan. 27/Feb. 6
At
anchorage. Weather fair. Good working
weather
all the week, but many sick.
Fetched
wood and water.
Sunday, Jan. 28/Feb. 7
At
anchorage, Plymouth harbor. Seventh
Sunday
in this harbor. Meeting kept on
shore.
Those of Planters on board who were
able,
and some of the ship’s company, went
ashore,
and came off after service.
Monday, Jan. 29/Feb. 8
At
anchor, Plymouth harbor. Morning cold,
with
frost and sleet, but after reason ably
fair.
Both long-boat and shallop carrying
Planters’
goods on shore. Those returning
reported
that Mistress Rose Standish, wife
of
Captain Standish, died to-day.
Tuesday, Jan. 30/Feb. 9
At
anchorage. Cold, frosty weather, so no
working-party
went on shore from ship. The
Master
and others of the ship’s company saw
two
savages that had been on the island
near
the ship [Clarke’s Island]. They were
gone
so far back again before they were
discovered
that could not speak with them.
The
first natives actually seen since the
encounter
on the Cape.
Wednesday, Jan. 31/Feb. 10
At
anchor in harbor. Still cold and
frosty,
with sleet. No party went on
shore.
Eight of the colonists have died
this
month on the ship and on shore.


