When Bradford And His Men Arrived At Plymouth Plantation

When Bradford and his men arrived at Plymouth Plantation, they soon discovered Native Americans. Bradford had created many single stories and thoughts that changed throughout the story very quickly when he met the Natives. Throughout the text you can really see Bradford start to transform his thoughts through his actions and his verbal views on the Natives. At the start of the text Bradford relates the Natives to the Bible story, Apostle, but in a very harsh way. The text states, “But these savage barbarians, when they met with them, were readier to fill their sides full of arrows than otherwise.” Bradford really took a quick jump step when thinking this, calling them barbaric (uncivilized), and savages. It is hard to make that judgment so quickly because being civilized and uncivilized changes depending on what
He is more likely putting himself and his men above the Indians, by calling them savage, wild, and barbaric. Before he actually knew the Indians, Bradford created many single stories about them that were not fair to make. Once he gets to actually speak to the Indians, his views on them noticeably change. In the text Bradford was shocked by what he had witnessed, “March, an Indian came boldly amongst them and spoke to them in broken English, which they could understand, but marveled at.” Bradfords view changed when this happened because at first he thought the Indians only spoke their language and didn't care enough to speak English, he was wrong, they were intelligent and had an organized society. Maybe not like the Englishmen, but it was good for them. Bradford saw this and thought they could become allies with the Indians because now they speak our