December was a bad time to start a settlement, especially when so many of them were too sick to do the hard work which founding the settlement required . The minority who were fit enough erected shelters near the beach at Cape Cod for a start, and then set about reconnoitring the hinterland for sustenance. Had it not been for friendlier native Americans who taught them their skills, the Pilgrims might never have survived. The natives acted as guides through the forests and taught the colonists woodcraft, trapping, hunting, how to make maple sugar, moccasins and birch-bark canoes and how to raise crops of maize and tobacco. They also introduced the colonists to the turkey, which was native to North America. This aid, however, came too late for half the colonists, who died during their first punishing winter in Massachusetts, but the following year, the survivors showed they had learned their lessons well. In the autumn of 1621, they produced their first successful harvest and in gratitude,
Yan oli muidu sõnakuulelik poiss, aga sellest keelust astus ta üle. Raamatu lõpus sai Yan kangelaseks. Ta tappis ära ilvese, kes oli maha murdnud palju lambaid ja sai selle eest ka preemia - suure summa raha. 8 Ernest Seton-Thompson Ernest Thompson Seton sündis neljateistkümnendal augustil 1860. Ta oli anglo- kanadalane (ja naturaliseerunud USA kodanik), kellest sai tuntud kirjanik ning loodusuurija, ,,Woodcraft Indians" ja Ameerika poissskautide asutaja. Ta sündis Ernest Evan Thompsonina South Shields'is Inglismaal. Ta kolis koos oma perekonnaga Kanadasse kuue aastaselt. Ta sai stipendiumi kunstis kuninglikus akadeedmias Inglismaal. Hiljem hülgas ta oma isanime ja muutis oma nime Ernest Thompson Seton'iks. Veel hiljem kolis ta New Yorki. Ta oli kaks korda abielus. Esimene naise Grace Gallatiniga abiellus ta 1896. aastal. Ta sai temaga ühe tütre- Anni. Annist sai ka kirjanik. Nad lahutasid 1934
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