The Early Days of Plymouth and Native Encounters

While many may believe that native encounters occurred immediately, the Pilgrims lived at Plymouth for four months before having any direct contact with the natives.  They must have been a little surprised when the first native spoke broken English.  Today's episode covers the first days of Plymouth and the first encounters with natives.  

Read “Of Plimouth Plantation”:  https://www.amazon.com/Plymouth-Plantation-Modern-English/dp/1720937567/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Of+Plimouth+Plantation&qid=1623594189&sr=8-3 

Read Mourt’s Relation by Edward Winslow: http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/mourt1.html Winslow 

Image Courtesy By School of Robert Walker - From the collection of the Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, MA, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1398857 

Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/