And what happened during these two months when the gentlemen were
much the same as quarreling among themselves, I shall set down in
as few words as possible, to the end that I may the sooner come to
that story of our life in the new village, which some called James
Fort, and others James Town, after King James of England.
EXPLORING THE COUNTRY
When the shallop had been taken out of the hold of the Susan
Constant, and put together by the Carpenters, our people explored
the shores of the bay and the broad streams running into it, meeting
with savages here and there, and holding some little converse with
them. A few were found to be friendly, while others appeared to
think we were stealing their land by thus coming among them.
One of the most friendly of the savages, so Nathaniel said, having
shown by making marks on the ground with his foot that he wished
to tell our people about the country, and having been given a pen
and paper, drew a map of the river with great care, putting in the
islands and waterfalls and mountains that our men would come to,
and afterward he even brought food to our people such as wheat and
little sweet nuts and berries.
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