[44]I.e., 45 inches.
[45]saplings
[46]A kind of flintlock musket.
[47]This defies translation. It is probably less an accurate transcription of specific Algonquian words than an Englishman’s vague approximation of the incomprehensible sounds which seemed threatening to him in such a context.
[48]The landing at Plymouth is reported here as having been almost fortuitous, although some scholars believe that a few of the leaders may long before have planned to settle at that site. Clearly there is nothing here that can be construed as referring to “Plymouth Rock.”
[49]hindered
[50]Presumably a misprint for skate.
[51]spade’s
[52]loose friable earth
[53]fertile; rich