The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 484 pages of information about The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete.

The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 484 pages of information about The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete.

Sunday, Mar. 11/21
                              At anchorage, Plymouth harbor.  The
                              thirteenth Sunday the ship has lain in this
                              harbor.  Many of crew yet ill, including
                              boatswain.

Monday, Mar. 12/22
                              At anchorage.  Easterly weather.

Tuesday, Mar. 13/23
                              At anchorage.  The sickness and mortality
                              on ship and on shore continue.

Wednesday, Mar. 14/24
                              At anchorage.  Same.

Thursday, Mar. 15/25
                              At anchorage.  Same.

Friday, Mar. 16/26
                              At anchorage.  A fair, warm day, towards
                              noon.  The Master and others went ashore to
                              the general meeting.  The plantation was
                              startled this morning by a visit from an
                              Indian who spoke some English and bade
                              “Welcome.”  He is from Monhiggon, an island
                              to the eastward some days’ sail, near where
                              Sir Ferdinando Gorges had a settlement.  He
                              was friendly, and having had much
                              intercourse with Englishmen who came to
                              fish in those parts, very comfortable with
                              them.  He saw the ship in the harbor from a
                              distance and supposed her to be a fishing
                              vessel.  He told the Governor that the
                              plantation was formerly called “Patuxet”
                              [or Apaum], and that all its inhabitants
                              had been carried off by a plague about four
                              years ago.  All the afternoon was spent in
                              communication with him.  The Governor
                              purposed sending him aboard the ship at
                              night, and he was well content to go and
                              went aboard the shallop to come to the
                              ship, but the wind was high and water scant
                              [low], so that the shallop could not go to
                              the ship.  The Governor sent him to Master
                              Hopkins’s house and set a watch over him.

Saturday, Mar. 17/27
                              At anchor in harbor.  The Master and others
                              came off to the ship.  Samoset the Indian
                              went away back to the Massasoits whence he
                              came.  A reasonably fair day.  Fetched wood
                              and water.

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