“Know all men by these presents, that we whose names are underwritten do acknowledge ourselves to be the loyal subjects of King James, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. In witness whereof, and as a testimonial of the same, we have subscribed our names or marks, as followeth:
Ohquamehud, Cawnacome, Obbatinnua, Nattawahunt, Caunbatant, Chikkatabak, Quadequina, Huttamoiden, Apannow.
[113]No such word occurs in either seventeenth-century English or local Indian languages. It is presumably a misprint for “Ile,” i.e., isle, referring to Martha’s Vineyard.
[114]This also defies identification. Perhaps it is a misprint for others.
[115]I.e., salad greens.
[116]raspberries
[117]Thirty-five new settlers arrived on the Fortune, of whom some had set out with the original party but had to return to Plymouth, England, with the disabled ship Speedwell. The newly arrived heads of family were (in alphabetical order):
John Adams, William Basset, William Beale, Edward Bompasse, Jonathan Brewster, Clement Briggs, John Cannon, William Conner, Thomas Cushman, Stephen Dean, Philip de la Noye, Thomas Flavell, Widow Ford, Robert Hicks, William Hilton, Bennet Morgan, Thomas Morton, Austin Nicholas, William Palmer, William Pitt, Thomas Prence, Moses Simonson, Hugh Stacie, James Stewart, William Tench, John Winslow, William Wright.
Also aboard was Robert Cushman who presumably carried the manuscript journal back to England with him on the Fortune’s return trip a month later.
[118]Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation describes the Fortune’s cargo as comprising beaver skins, clapboards, and sassafras, all of which was stolen by French privateers shortly before her arrival in London.