On December 21, just over three months after they left England, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, their new home. The Pilgrims spent the next month searching for a place to settle. As the ship lay anchored at Cape Cod, a woman named Susanna White gave birth to a son, whom she named "Peregrine"-meaning, "one who has made a journey." The men set out to explore Cape Cod and gather firewood, while the women went ashore to do laundry. They had reached North America, having suffered only the loss of one servant and one sailor. On November 11, the Pilgrims anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor. They suffered from exposure to bitter winds and icy waters. Without fresh food, many passengers contracted scurvy. Occasionally hot food could be cooked over an open charcoal fire in a box of sand. They ate cold food-hard biscuits, cheese, and fish or salted beef. There were no sanitary facilities, and there was little fresh water for washing. While on the ship the colonists wrote up an agreement called the Mayflower Compact, providing for a government chosen and made by common consent.ĭuring the 66-day voyage, nobody had privacy. King James of England expected everyone to belong to the Church of England. The Pilgrims left England because they wanted religious freedom. Those men, women and children, now called the Pilgrims, founded Plymouth, the first permanent colony settled by families in North America. Captain Christopher Jones was in command. There were 102 passengers aboard the ship on the voyage across the stormy Atlantic. On this day in 1620 the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England, bound for the New World. To stretch that lead a little further down the baseline. Poem: "What The Cat Contemplates While Pretending to Clean Herself" by Nancy Boutilier, from On the Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone © Black Sparrow Press. What the Cat Contemplates While Pretending to Clean Herself
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