John Smith wrote the General History of Virginia to make himself seem like a better person, and Olaudah Equiano also wrote his seemingly as if it were a publicity stunt, but with informative facts of slave life as well. But Of Plymouth Plantation seems like it was written as a journal log for history and informative purposes.
1.) Half of the settler's company died, contracted scurvy and other diseases, while the healthy ones dressed meat and made the others' beds.
2.) The settlers interpreter, a friend of Samoset, who directed Jamestown how to set their corn, where to take fish, and to procure other commodities, as well as their pilot to bring them to unkown places for their profit.
3.) They showed them where to keep certain foods as well as how to raise crops
5.) The colonists views of who they once thought were "Savage Barbarians" were now their only hope who may have very well been the reason for the colonists' survival. They now thought that they Natives were sent from god to help them prosper. After being afraid and hostile towards the natives, they now were thankful and much more welcoming of the people who helped them survive. They also believed now that god has helped them more than ever by sending natives who knew how to benefit from the land.
6.) He may have written about what he did by himself while a colonist, and how he managed to live.
7.) Part 2 states that if Plymouth settlers hurt his people, the Plymouth offender will be punished. This seems unfair because nothing is stated about the Wamponong.
Part 6 also says that when approached, they must leave their bows and arrows behind them, but says nothing of his own people's weapons. I find the rest to however be completely fair and equal.
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