Charles C. Mann Analysis

While in England the settlers had heard the new land was filled with all sorts of resources. However while inhabiting the new land the settlers had trouble find food, until they found corn that was previously planted by the Indians. William Bradford notes this in the following text “...found in them divers fair Indian baskets filled with corn and some in ear, fair and good, of divers colours…” ( 11). These lines clarify the discovery of corn which kept the settlers alive until they could adapt and plant their own crops. Charles C. Mann also writes about the resources the settlers had access to in the following lines “...much plenty both of fish and fowl everyday in the year, runs of spawning Atlantic salmon, shortnose, sturgeon, striped bass, and American shad annually filled the harbor. ( 27). This illustrates the resources the settlers had a choosing from a variety of fishes. Another reason why it was beneficial for the settlers …show more content…
Until they meet Squanto, a native of the land who helped them plant crops and explore the land. William Bradford states this in the successive passage “...he directed them how to set their corn, where to take fish, and to procure other commodities,and was also their pilot to bring them to unknown places for their profit…”This quote describes how Squanto helped the settle describes how Squanto helped the settlers find food.(18). Charles C. Mann also references the land which the settlers explored. The following text is a primary example "to the west, maize hills marched across the sandy hillocks in parallel rows beyond the fields a mile or more away from the sea rose a forest of oak…”(CR 27). This text illustrated how beautiful the land was, which consequently couraged the settler to explore more of the land. Even though it was beneficial for the Puritans to come to the new land it wasn't all too great for the