In the beginning of the chapter it reports of a young man
who was giving everyone else aboard the ship a tough time. People struggled with
sea-sickness and other ailments during their long journey and everyone just got sick of
him. Well, he grew a disease of his own and died, thus he had to be thrown overboard and
the people trusted that the Lord allowed that to happen on purpose. He received
justice.
Bradford discusses another condition of the ship
as it had endured some difficulties in strong crosswinds. This meant necessary repairs
and the crew and carpenters consulted each other and made necessary repairs. He reports
of one man falling over but catching a piece of the boat so that he could crawl back on.
Throughout the rest of the voyage that time only one servant
died.
They took this boat up to the coast, saw Cape Cod and
rode up the Hudson River looking for a good place to dock. Since people as they knew
them didn't inhabit the land, there wasn't a dock per se. When they did finally land all
they found was "savages with arrows." It was winter when they landed and they struggled
through that first one for they were not used to the storms that raged on them in this
new land. All they had left was their God to lean on after all of these
struggles.
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