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The next caller was the Plantation. She anchored only long enough to offer some sorely needed provisions at such extortionate prices that the colonists could not buy them. Another slap in the face! THE NEXT CALLER WAS THE PLANTATION SHE ANGERED ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO OFFER SOME SORELY NEEDED PROVISIONS AT SUCH EXTORTIONATE PRICES THAT THE COLONISTS COULD NOT BUY THEM ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE
ality, and in this first historic case of unexpected guests the larder was practically bare. Crops were sown, to be sure, but not yet green; the provisions in the store-house were gone; it was not the season for wild fowl; although there were bass in the outer harbor and cod in the bay there was neither tackle nor nets to take them. However, the seven men were admitted, and given shellfish like the rest--and very little beside. At this point the Pilgrims looked with less favorable eyes upon newcomers into the harbor, and when shortly after two ships appeared bringing sixty more men from Weston, consternation reigned. These emigrants were supposed to get their own food from their own vessels and merely lodge on shore, but they proved a lawless set and stole so much green corn that it seriously reduced the next year's supply. After six weeks, however, these uninvited guests took themselves off to Wessagusset (now Weymouth) leaving their sick behind, and only the briefest of "thank you's.  THEIR LACK OF HOSPITALITY AND IN THIS FIRST HISTORIC CASE OF UNEXPECTED GUESTS THE LARDER WAS PRACTICALLY BARE CROPS WERE SOWN TO BE SURE BUT NOT YET GREEN THE PROVISIONS IN THE STOREHOUSE WERE GONE IT WAS NOT THE SEASON FOR WILD FOWL ALTHOUGH THERE WERE BATHS IN THE OUTER HARBOUR AND COD IN THE BAY THERE WAS NEITHER TACKLE NOR NETS TO TAKE THEM HOWEVER THE SEVEN MEN WERE ADMITTED AND GIVEN SHELL FISH LIKE THE REST AND VERY LITTLE BESIDES AT THIS POINT THE PILGRIMS LOOKED WITH LESS FAVORABLE EYES UPON NEW COMERS INTO THE HARBOR AND WHEN SHORTLY AFTER TWO SHIPS APPEARED BRINGING SIXTY MORE MEN FROM WESTON CONSTERNATION REIGNED THESE EMIGRANTS WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THEIR OWN FOOD FROM THEIR OWN VESSELS AND MERELY LODGE ON SHORE BUT THEY PROVED A LAWLESS SET AND STOLE SO MUCH GREEN CORN THAT IT SERIOUSLY REDUCED THE NEXT YEAR'S SUPPLY AFTER SIX WEEKS HOWEVER THESE UNINVITED GUESTS TOOK THEMSELVES OFF TO WEST AGAZIT NOW WEYMOUTH LEAVING THEIR SICK BEHIND AND ONLY THE BRIEFEST OF THANK YOUS
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