[64]open
[65]fence-stave
[66]This may refer to mud used for plastering the inner side of clapboard walls, typical of the frame houses which were among the first permanent buildings at Plymouth. During these early months, however, it may conceivably refer to a more fundamental structural feature in temporary huts of wattle-and-daub construction, where mud is the principal material, daubed over a framework of small saplings.
[67]A cannon with 3¼ inch bore, firing a 4 pound shot.
[68]Presumably a misprint for saker, a cannon with 4 inch bore, firing a 6 pound shot.
[69]small cannons with 1¼ inch bore, firing ½ pound shot
[70]beef’s
[71]hard; steadily
[72]On first encounter, the Pilgrims were hardly hospitable to Samoset, whose friendly help in many respects was invaluable to them in later years.
[73]Presumably, Monhegan Island, off southeastern Maine.