Gabriel Archer tells us the story

Gosnold's Settlement

I decided to explore then Virtual Jamestown website and pick a testimony from there. I found this one quite interesting as not only does it depict the native Americans, but the landscaping is also described, and even though we are, for the moment, talking about settlement and the European view on native Americans, we did study landscaping and it's always interesting to see what marked the English when they first arrived there.

So, in this testimony, a lot of the islands visited are described. They did discover places that they named Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyards and Shoal Hope. I don't know about Shoal Hope, but Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyards are two names I have heard of in the past.

As for what Gabriel Archer says about the native Americans, it is quite similar to what was said in our set reading for the week. They are savages, naked with long hair tied in the back of their neck, wearing only loose deer skins around their shoulders and seal skins around their wastes. Though they do say one, that seems to be he chief, is wearing a black waistcoat, a pair of breeches, cloth stockings, shoes and a hat. Hand they spoke Christian words, thus they had been in contact with Christians.

The author also notes that they paint their bodies, are armed with bows and arrows and had copper plates hanging from their ears, and some of them had copper plates hanging around their neck.

They seem to have helped them learn how to survive, exploring the islands and finding food.