June 9, 1621
Dear Sister Martha, Today I'm writing to you from our cozy and snug house. Sadly we lost nine more of our colonists and two of them included my baby cousin and Walters' mom. Today when we traded with the Natives we needed three barrels of beaver fur and thankfully we got enough! When we traded we had to agree to four main things. The first thing is that if a Native hurts a Pilgrim they would get punished. The second one is that if a Pilgrim hurts a Native they would get punished. The third point for peace is if one group is attacked then the other one would have to help them. The final point for peace is there will be no weapons act meetings or trading. See you later sis., Isabel Wade
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November 13, 1620
Dear Sister Martha, Today as I'm writing to you, right now we're washing our clothes because we just got off the Mayflower. I bet you have a lot of questions about the ship because in the previous letter I told you about us not the ship. We left on Sep. 6, 1620. We were supposed to leave earlier, but a lot of things went wrong like the ships' oil leaked and such. Then we were planning to go to Virginia, but there was a storm and we ended up in Plimoth. Inside the ship isn't the best place to live. It's really cramped, like your in a pea pod and you're being squeezed out of the pod. The food isn't the food you win at a cake walk. The usual food is pork with sprinkle cheese and beans for dinner. Love, Isabel Wade Dear big sister Martha,
Today I'm writing to you from the loading dock about to leave on the Mayflower. We're going to the New World. I'm traveling with my husband Walter, my dearest daughter Love, and lovely son Swain. I bet you're wondering why we, the Separatists, left England. We left England because we didn't like the king and that he forced us to worship the Church of England. At first we tried going to Holland we were doing fine, but during our stay we noticed our children were forgetting the English language and customs. That's why we're leaving England. |