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Miles Standish was a man with great courage, man who was not afraid to face certain death. Well, you got the right book in your hand. Miles was the man that led the Mayflower ship to Plymouth. The story begins in the 1584, in Chorley, Lancashire, England, where he was born. His parents died when he was really young and he had to take care of himself. While doing this, he learned how to be strong, bold, fierce, and brave. If you are wondering why his name was Miles, it is the Latin word for soldier. With this name, he was ready to explore the world. By the time Miles became 20 years old, he was a soldier. He made his living this way. One year Miles was sent to war in Holland by Queen Elizabeth. There he met Puritans who were separated from the Church of England and wanted to follow their own beliefs. Some Puritans groups separated from the Puritans and were called Separatists. They moved to Holland. Little did Miles know, in the future he was going to live with them? The Separatists were thinking of finding a better place to practice their religion. They were preparing to go to the new world. Some of the Separatists heard that the new world was a harsh place to be without experience in new surroundings. Also, that the Native Americans would not be friendly and might even be violent. Probably they would not get any help from the neighboring colonies. So they came to the conclusion of hiring a person who could protect them and lead them. John Robinson remembered Miles Standish, a professional soldier, who was perfect for the job. Miles didn’t have any family except Rose, his wife, so they both agreed to join the Separatists and cross the ocean. Miles was in his mid thirties w

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en he decided to join the Separatists and lead them to the new world. The Separatists knew that they didn’t have enough money to travel to the new world and they needed supplies to last the whole voyage. So John Robinson talked to some of the merchants and agreed that they would invest in the trip as long as the voyagers send furs and other thing to sell in England for seven years in return. On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower left England with 102 passengers. About 30 of them helped to sail the boat. About halfway, some of the pilgrims (Separatists) wanted to turn back but it was too late. On the 66th day in the sea, they spotted land, but it was not their goal. It was in the middle of November, and winter was on its way, they decided to stay. When they set foot on new ground, they knew they needed laws, so they made the Mayflower Compact and most of the men in the group signed it. The Mayflower Compact was mostly about how they wanted a colony where people cared for one another. Miles Standish’s main job was to find food, fresh water, and to know if any Native Americans lived close by. Miles and some pilgrims found houses with no one in them, so they started building around them. Miles and some of the men started doing on voyages to find fresh water and to see if there were Native Americans nearby. Around breakfast when they were going to the 4 voyage discovery, some of the men left their muskets in the ship when the Native Americans attacked. Miles had his gun ready to fire. He attacked while the men got their guns and fought back. The Native Americans started running away but one of them stayed, and Miles found him behind some trees. He didn’t want to kill the Indian, so he shot at the tree until he ran way. One day they built a huge house, which was like a hospital. It had sick people and gun powder. But one day, it caught on fire. Most of the men saw it, but they were on the ship getting supplies. Miles knew if the powder got on fire people were going to die, so he got the powder and most of the people out. On December 16, 1620, they found a quiet harbor that would be a great place to build a colony, Six years earlier; John Smith named this place Plymouth. The leaders and Miles decided that the Indians were not moving and neither were they. Miles was tempted to become friendly with the Native Americans. He was supposed to protect the settlers, not put them in danger. He needed to be careful and wise about everything he said and did. Miles and other man went up hill and left the guns on the ground as a sign of peace, but the two Native Americans who were standing in the way ran away as soon as they saw him. Miles knew that the pilgrims were scared of the Native Americans coming back. So Miles needed to built the fort and get the canons off the ship before it was too late. When they were building the fort, they called it the Fort Hill. Miles had a house in the bottom so if anything happened he would be there first to respond to the situation. The men brought large canons to the fort, and they also had two small canons. Miles did not know where the Native Americans were going to come from, so he pointed the canons both on the land and the sea. After the fire, diseases spread from one person to another in the harsh December winter. The diseases were spreading like wildfire in the colony. People started to die, two, three, maybe even four people a day. On a sunny day on January 29, 1621, a travesty occurred, Rose, Miles’s wife, died. When people in the colony were sick, and Miles was not, it was his job to cook for them, get water and, if they died, bury them. Even when his wife died, he could not grieve over that, there was way too much to do. Miles’s greatest priority was to make sure the people in the colony were alive. Almost half of the people died over the winter and 50 people were barely alive. One day the leaders called for a meeting to discuss something, but it was interrupted by two Native Americans watching on the hill. Then at the second meeting, a Native American came to the meeting and spoke “Welcome, Englishmen,’’ he said in plain English, “I am Samoset.’’ The Native American, Samoset, was very friendly. He said that he learned to speak from other English men. He stayed all night answering questions that the pilgrims had. The next day, he came back with five warriors and ate what the pilgrims offered. As gratitude, they danced for them and went back. The leaders had another meeting discussing about the army but were interrupted by two Indians on the hill. Miles Standish made sure that their most powerful weapons were ready but they did not want to fight. Squanto, the Native American who was friendly to the pilgrims, like Samoset, was a messenger. The Pilgrims wanted to be friends with the Native Americans so that they can survive. When the groups of leaders were having a meeting they were interrupted by Squanto he said that Chef Massasoit was near and he was bringing around 60 men. Miles knew he wasn’t out for hunting so he rapidly formed his into ranks. He made sure that their most powerful weapons were ready for a battle. The pilgrims sent a message to Wampanoag’s that they wanted to be peaceful. They sent a gift of knives and a copper chain to their main chief, Massasoit. The chief came closer to the pilgrims but with only 20 men and they left their arrows and bows. Miles Standish and few men met the chief at the brook. The chief was taller the Miles, but he did not show fear and stood by his right side and lead him thought the streets of Plymouth. Miles took the chief to the new house that was almost finished and they sat down with the governor to enter a peace treaty. In the treaty they agreed that they would not hurt each other and if anyone else tried to hurt any group they would help each other. This treaty lasted about 50 years and the colony felt safe with their neighboring friends. The next day the chief invited him over to his camp. He brought with his one man, Isaac Allerton. Miles was very satisfied that the Native Americans were going to be friends with them. Squanto was staying by the settler’s side because when he was young he lived in the same place as the settlers did. When Squanto went to England for some time his people got sick and died so he was glad to stay in Plymouth. Squanto showed how to hunt deer and turkey. The best places to fish and how to plant the corn that the settlers fount the first voyage. Thanks to Squanto the settlers had a good harvest the next fall. They celebrated the harvest with the Native Americans this was the first Thanksgiving. They thanked god for bringing them to the new world. Another Indian joined the celebration his name was Hobomok and he was the one of chief men. He became a close friend of Miles and Squanto was a good friend of William Bradford, one of the other leaders in the colony. Hobomok even stayed in Miles house for many years. Miles was beginning to think that if any of the tribes attract it will be trouble, so he told the men to bring heavy pine cones and they built a square fort. Miles divide the men in to four groups and they watched over each corner. The Mayflower was not the only ship to come. A ship name Anne arrived and Miles shout a warning shout. They said they wanted to join the colony and some were Separatists. The pilgrims were reunited with friends and family. On that ship a women name Barbara was on it. Miles might have known her in England so they got married and had five children. Their names were Alexander, Myles, Josiah, Charles, and Lora. They Pilgrims that come on the Mayflower wanted to have a religious town. There was a rule in the Plymouth colony that said if you wanted to make decisions you had to join the Pilgrim’s Church. Yet Miles never did but he still made decisions. Miles was the commander of the army for over 30 years. Miles dint have a big army but he thought it was the biggest in the world; he trained the men well and took his job very seriously. Miles had lots of jobs and one of them was in the 1924 he became the assistant governor. After Miles and other men paid the money they owned to the merchants that sent them to the New World, the Plymouth people began to have the population growing and then Miles made a new town that was called Duxbury. It was across the harbor in Plymouth. For many years the people attended the church of Plymouth and decided to make their own church. One of the families that moved to Duxbury was Miles’s. His sons became the leaders of the town, and two of them married the daughters of Pilgrim families. Even thought Miles and his wife never joined the church one of his sons became the leader of the Duxbury church. One that a travesty accrued, on October 3, 1659, Captain Miles Standish died. He was 70 years old and had become very sick. Miles had a will and it said he wanted to be buried in Duxbury. He wanted to be buried near his daughter, Lora, who died early. Miles Standish was the best thing that happened to the Plymouth colony and his heart devoted his life to the colony. This was the story of a great man named Captain Miles Standish that saved the Pilgrims.