The Pilgrims didn���t have it easy! When they landed at Plymouth Rock they discovered intolerable weather, a strange landscape and an even stranger culture of people. They spent their first winter on board their ship, and greeted spring with less than half their original party, most of whom suffered from scurvy, exposure and disease. Seems as if their Native American neighbors felt compassion for them, as they taught the pilgrims how to fish, obtain syrup from trees, identify both poison and medicinal plants and other life-saving skills.
Published on November 22, 2017 00:00