Philbrick highlights when Mayflower arrives, there are many people who are malnourished, having signs scurvy with “loosening of teeth, and foul smelling breath” (Philbrick 1), and infected by the plague due to unsanitary conditions on the boat. There the people begin to die and endure a great deal of suffering because of the First Winter “... so many fell ill that there were barely half a dozen left to tend the sick” (Philbrick 85). As winter begins to approach, the food supply begins to run short and there are only a couple houses that are built within a span of one year: not enough for the whole population. Eventually, after the horrible winter, the Pilgrims meet Native Americans, the Wampanoag tribe in the area and they are able to form trading alliances with them which would benefit both parties. A celebration was had between the two parties in the Autumn of 1621, this would later be recognized as
Philbrick highlights when Mayflower arrives, there are many people who are malnourished, having signs scurvy with “loosening of teeth, and foul smelling breath” (Philbrick 1), and infected by the plague due to unsanitary conditions on the boat. There the people begin to die and endure a great deal of suffering because of the First Winter “... so many fell ill that there were barely half a dozen left to tend the sick” (Philbrick 85). As winter begins to approach, the food supply begins to run short and there are only a couple houses that are built within a span of one year: not enough for the whole population. Eventually, after the horrible winter, the Pilgrims meet Native Americans, the Wampanoag tribe in the area and they are able to form trading alliances with them which would benefit both parties. A celebration was had between the two parties in the Autumn of 1621, this would later be recognized as