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Å 3 page essay that analyzes the last two paragraphs in chapter 9 of William Bradford's account of the founding of Plymouth. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of North America. This passage underscores the main point that Bradford is endeavoring to achieve in writing this history, which is that the achievement of creating a community of Christian
believers in the New World belongs not to the settlers but to God. Bradford begins this section by encouraging the reader to imagine the new settlers situation from their
perspective. Tired, exhausted by the ordeal of having survived a treacherous ocean passage, there were "no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weatherbeaten bodies..." (Bradford
352). He then refers to scripture and how "the Apostle and his shipwrecked company" were shown "no small kindness" by the barbarians that they encountered, but that the "savage barbarians"
whom they met were ready "to fill their sides full of arrows..." (Bradford 352-353). It fits with Bradfords purpose to portray the Pilgrims situation as grimly as possible, and
it was indeed grim. The local people could easily have been hostile. Therefore, this potential threat was just one more challenge that they had to consider. History records that the
Native Americans living nearby to Plymouth did not contact the settlement until three months after the Pilgrims arrival, which is when Samost, a member of the Abnaki, entered Plymouth, greeting
them and speaking in broken English (Cline). Samost carried an empty quiver and two arrows, one with a tip and without, which is a feature that historians have interpreted to
symbolize that either war or peace were possibilities from the Indians perspective. However, in this passage, Bradford is concerned with conveying to future generations what it was like to land
at Plymouth and face the challenge of survival in a wilderness, during the hard winter months. Therefore, Bradford emphasizes that they faced a "hideous and desolate wilderness, full of
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