“Having their guns and hearing nobody, they entered the houses and found the people were gone. (We) took some things but didn’t dare stay...We have meant to have left some beads and other things in the houses as a sign of peace and to show we meant to trade with them. But we didn’t do it because we left in such a haste. But as soon as we can meet with the Indians, we will pay them well for what we took.”
“We marched to the place we called Cornhill, where we had found the corn before.
At another place we had seen before, we dug and found some more corn, two or three baskets full, and a bag of beans...In all we had about ten bushels, which will be enough for seed. It was with God’s help that we found this corn, for how else could we have done it, without meeting some Indians who might trouble us.”
“The next morning, we found...a grave. We decided to dig it up. We found first a mat, and under that a fine bow...We also found bowls, trays, dishes, and things like that. We took several of the prettiest things to carry away with us, and covered the body up again.”
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