Living in the hut was difficult, and uncomfortable because it was damp, smoky, drafty, and very unhealthy. As winter approaches transportation became harder, and supplies were irregular. Due to shortage of food, we were forced to eat food in the forests and farm fields. Our shoes were destroyed as a result of long marches we had, blankets were scarce, and because of this shortages nearly 4000 of our friends were listed as “unfit for duty.” Thanks to shortage of food, clothes and living in crowded damp quarters, as many as 2000 of us were killed because of diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and pneumonia. We couldn’t help other soldiers who were sick nor give a proper funeral to other soldiers died because of diseases.
When the Praying Towns first settled in Plymouth, the Wampanoag were diminishing in numbers, and subject to attacks by other local Indian tribes. Massasoit’s first step in ensuring the safety of his people was to; befriend a white man named Edward Winslow. What turned out to become a lifelong friendship started as two struggling leaders desperately searching for a better way to thrive in uncertain times. The two men quickly created an alliance that was based on an agreement that the Wampanoag and Plymouth settlement would not attack each other, and help defend each other from attacks by local enemy tribes. Finally through this initial alliance, Massasoit was able to start trading and acquiring European weapons, which enabled the Wampanoag to better defend themselves in battle.
The settlers quickly hunted and killed off all the large and smaller game that was to be found on the tiny peninsula. The low, marshy area was infested with malaria-carrying mosquitoes and other airborne pests. The only source of water for the area was not a good source of drinking water for more reasons than one; mainly because of the high content of salt and the bugs that were infested within it. The settlers who came over on the initial three ships were not well-equipped for the life they found in Jamestown. There were a little over one hundred men to come over that helped establish Jamestown.
For centuries, explorers from different nations ventured to North America in hopes of finding gold or civilization. Since nothing of great importance was found, overseas exploration during the first half of the 16th century was inhibited. After a few attempts at colonization in America, England became the first to create a successful colony in 1607, known as Jamestown. Many English colonies began to form after that point as a result of the success of Jamestown. Since England owned these particular areas of the New World, these colonies were very influenced and affected by their mother country.
Geraldine Brooks explores how ignorance, superstition and hysteria can be as fatal as any plague within her novel ‘Year of Wonders’. During the trying year of the plague superstition, ignorance, and hysteria took over the village, causing people to make irrational accusations, decisions and behave immorally, turning against each other. Brooks explores how the plague acts as a catalyst effecting each of the villagers differently on a physical and emotional level. The plague is defined as a large amount of insects or animals infesting a place causing damage, within the novel we see the villagers become these animals. Fear and anguish brought out some of the worst qualities in the villagers causing them to turn against one another creating anger, conflict and damage unto one another.
The rooms where the meat would stay had leaky roofs where water dripped onto the meat. The rooms would be dark, rats would be all around the meat, and when the workers would grab the meat they sometimes would sweep rat dung off the meat. The workmen would deal with this by putting poisoned bread neat the meat so the rats would eat it and die. But either way, these rooms wouldn’t become any cleaner by putting meat, dead rats, and poisoned bread together. Within only one year of the book being published, tons of copies were sold.
They had to use their tins and duck behind the sheds in the trenches. Not only was this incredibly unhygienic and caused many diseases among the soldiers, but they were also dodging bullets. The enemy would shot them as they went to the toilet and because they were pre-occupied they could not defend themselves. The toilets were a grim place to be, cans of overflowing sewage, undetectable bullets and often the bodies of men who had died in the act. Another terrible problem was the rats.
Cyclops was prepared for his attack on Earth with the help of Hundred-Handed Children. Being hungry and thirsty after being buried so long, they created a disaster by crashing mountains, hills and drinking the water from Earth; the Hundred Handed Children started to eat away the whole earth but before they could eat everything, Hazier heard loud noises. Being frighten Hazier ran to discover Earth was being broken away, so with his powers he threw, Cyclops and the Hundred Handed Children back into the ground. Discovering what happened, Zaio and Eua punished all the animals by taking away all humanlike features/characteristics and forcing all the servants to work until they die without any food and any
I could have had many more wives but I was content with what I had. She is a great cook and could clean kills with skill and speed. The whites killed many of our buffalo for reasons no man can justify. I once stumbled across a plain close to our sacred hunting grounds where many buffalo where slaughtered only for their tongues and hides while the rest was left to rot in the sun. It was a sad day for the Sioux with many tears shed and many prayers sent.
Many animals overheard the mother hyena, and avoided the river. Then days became weeks, the animals slowly grew thirsty, and soon died of an unquenched thirst. But to returned to the river, they had come to fear, meant only a fate by the teeth, and the animals grew hopeless. One alpha hyena braver than his cackle, was not so hopeless, nor afraid of any