Lessee, this is the New Brunswick CANADA list and we are arguing about the "myth" of the Mayflower? Questioning that the Mayflower actually landed at Cape Code? Indians with blue eyes? Are y'all smoking something funny or what? BTW, the Indians that spoke English had been carried off to England by earlier visitors as slaves and made their way back to their homes. I am a descendant of at least 9 of the 102 passengers on that mythical ship that landed at Cape Cod. There seem to be a lot of misconceptions about what the Pilgrims were all about. I suggest additional reading on the subject. Perhaps you could join the Mayflower rootsweb list. -- polly shaw

----- Original Message ----- From: "polly shaw" Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:32 AM Subject: [ NB ] Pilgrims > I am a descendant of at least 9 of the 102 passengers on that mythical > ship that landed at Cape Cod. No one said the ship 'Mayflower' was a myth. The myth has been that it was the first to land settlers in the USA and/or North America, plus that the people on the ship had been persecuted for their religious beliefs in their homelands. The 'Mayflower' was but one in a 'convoy' of ships which travelled together, landing on the shores of the USA together/within days of each other. Not all landed exactly at the same spot (Plymouth Rock) as the 'Mayflower'. If I recall rightly, due to storms at sea (etc) several of the original 20 ships which started the journey were sunk along the way. There is speculation that the 'Mayflower' may not have been the first to make landfall, but for some reason, only the 'Mayflower' is remembered. Until I studied the events in school, did I learn the 'Mayflower' was not the only ship to make that fateful journey in 1620. Toni ~ Ontario

Also, in Eastern Canada, there are archeological sites contraining the remains of Northern European style structures built in the Pre-columbian era. Stan B. --- Trena <amheater@cogeco.ca> wrote: > No one said the ship 'Mayflower' was a myth. > > The myth has been that it was the first to land > settlers in the USA and/or > North America, plus that the people on the ship had > been persecuted for > their religious beliefs in their homelands. I do NOT make mistakes -- I create learning opportunities for others! ____________________________________________________________________________________You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html