Tip (October 19, 2013): What are the most important ideas in John Smith's diary? Why do you think Bradford was preferred between the two men? Once John Smith returned to the colony after returning for the supplies he knew, to survive they would have to go exploring in search of food or some natives to possibly trade with. During Smith's first exploration, along the river, they had come across a party of savages who eventually charged and attacked Smith and his men. Smith and his men managed to deter the attack by firing their muskets, which frightened the savages. This eventually caused the savages to send one of their priests to offer peace and try to get back their Okee which had been lost in the initial attack. In this moment you see that Smith cares about the colony by negotiating with the savages and making a friendship and someone to trade with. Smith traded with the savages by giving them hatchets, beads, and copper, which in return he was given deer meat, turkey, bread, and poultry. During the second exploration further down the Smith River this time he was captured and eventually taken to the king of the savages and had to be killed. Then, just as Smith was about to have his head bashed in, Pocahontas, the emperor's daughter, jumped down to prevent Smith from being killed. Then the emperor also referred to the goods that Smith had traded on his first voyage, which, I think, may have been another factor that kept him alive. Although Bradford and Smith are both credited with founding two colonies in the New World, the reason behind starting the colonies may have to do with why Bradford was liked more than Smith. During Smith's early travels,...... middle of paper... I'm a black and white kind of person, and if I have to stop to continue reading footnotes or look up words, then it will make it harder for me to completely finish it or care about it. A perfect example of this was Hiawatha's Childhood Part III & IV by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. And then there is The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, it was difficult for me to sit in one place and read this poem completely. I would catch myself drifting off reading the words but not being able to go back or even tell you what I had read. But not everything read was too difficult to understand or some were written in simple terms but just didn't appeal to me, like Walt Whitman's Song of Myself or A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim. I pledge on my honor that I have not/nor will I provide or receive any unauthorized assistance on any of my work submitted for this course.