Pilgrims Expedition Research Paper

Tiresome expedition. Eager Pilgrims. Unknown land. With strong faith in God, a new place to call home was found for the Puritans. The Puritans set sail from England on a tough voyage to new land to escape from their church. They resorted to their religion and faith for all of their hardships.
A very successful journey led the Puritans to their new land. This did not come without difficulties. During the beginning of their voyage they experienced a leak in their ship. They had thoughts of turning back, but once the sailors realized they will not be paid, they worked to fix the leak and continue. The Pilgrims had faith in God to proceed their voyage. The Pilgrims “Committed themselves to the will of God and resolved to proceed.” This says that
Around seven people were fit to accommodate the sick that had not yet been infected by the harsh diseases. God is referred to in the journal entry for giving these seven people the privilege and strength to help the sick Pilgrims. “And yet the Lord so upheld these persons as in this general calamity they were not at all infected either with sickness or with lameness.” This says that the Lord has given these seven people a gift to keep on giving to the sick. Later on, people started to keep to themselves and not help each other. Understandingly, they did not want to risk their lives and become infected. When a certain Pilgrim who was rude to the passengers on the mayflower became sick, people began to help him when he did not deserve it. God praised the true and authentic Christians who helped the man. “Oh! (saith he) you, I now see, show your love like Christians indeed one to another, but we let one another lie and die like dogs.” This explained how God labeled them as true Christians who helped a sick person even when he did not deserve
These “other people” were Indian tribes. They feared the tribes and stayed away from them as much as they could. Some Indians even stole their tools from them. After engaging in conversation with the tribe, an Indian named Samoset introduced the Pilgrims to another Indian named Squanto. Squanto had connections with fisherman from England, where the Pilgrims are from. Since they were living on the same land, they came to terms together and formed rules that they both could follow to live cohesively. In a nutshell, some of these crucial rules were no stealing others goods, no hurting others people, do not approach each other with weapons and help each other in times of need. Squanto followed the Pilgrims and taught them worthy survival skills and he acted as their interpreter to interpret the Indian language for the Pilgrims. “..but Squanto continued with them and was their interpreter and was a special instrument sent of God for their good beyond their expectation.” This explains how God gave the Pilgrims great help by allowing Squanto to trail the Pilgrims. Overall, the Indians and the Pilgrims kept up to terms.
In conclusion, the Pilgrims went through a tough voyage to reward themselves with new land. Between the difficult travel, battling sickness, infection, and meeting Indians for the first time, the Pilgrims still managed to be successful on their journey to new