John Smith vs. Bradford

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In comparison to the content of both John Smith's writing from "The General History of Virginia," and William Bradford's excerpt from "Of Plymouth Plantation," showed few similarities and many differences. Almost everything in one of the books is opposite to everything in the other, such as the lack of preparation both Smith's group, and Bradford's group of colonists suffered. Bradford's suffered from the lack of proper clothing for the severe weather in the winter they arrived in, Smith's group suffered from lack of nourishment. Many more similar conflicts appeared in each colony as they began to settle.

Because of the lack of food in Smith's colony many colonists became ill and suffered for lack of nourishment. Their leader at the time was very selfish in the way that he had the best food and kept it for himself and refused to share it with the other coloni

Indians were encountered in both colonies, but each had different reaction in the beginning, but ended up with the same outcome. Smith was kidnapped by a group of Indians while leading an expedition on the Chicahominy River. The Indians had plans to kill Smith, but he was saved from death by the Indian princess Pocahontas. Smith was permitted to live, and the Indians grew to have a respect for Smith and eventually returned him to his colony. Thereafter Pocahontas and some other tribe members regularly provided essential provisions for the colonists which saved many of their lives. Within Bradford's colony the colonists encounter with Indians was a pleasant one. Samoset, who first approached the colonists, knew little English but spoke to the colonists in a friendly way, and told them of another member of his tribe who spoke better English than himself . The colonists were then introduced t

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