Journey TO THE NEW LAND

JOURNEY TO THE NEW LAND

Journal OF John Rigsdale: refraim from glancing onto this text if thou not a mate.

The Voyage Begins #1

Week 1-2

A day of distress and the day I became a brooder, yet excitement for what is to come. The day was long and dreary for it seemed forever to load the ship to the new land. My good wife, my daughter, and I are traveling to the new land for better economic opportunities. It was a foggy day, that day, and everyone was in the light of day that still seemed like it was nighttime. Not looking too good myself, I could not complain.

My daughter was standing next to me and my wife on the other as we boarded the mayflower. "fadre, what is this ship called?" asked my daughter. She stood next to me her head almost the height of my shoulder, her brown hair peaking out of her hat. She was wearing the dress she usually wears when she is working. It was a long blue dress with the shoulder covers to her elbows. She looked just like her mother.

"It is called the mayflower, I have told you that a many of times, Suzan" I replied with annoyment yet humor. By that time, we were heading to the gun deck and it was very crowded. The crew did not help us much with our stuff but that was not that surprising.

"Hey little maiden, see you around, your mine" shouted one of the crewmembers. The way he spoke to that girl had me squeezing my daughter's hand a little tighter. My wife sat in the corner of the room. The roof was very low so we could not really stand up straight and it was hard to walk because the ship was rocking enough to make us almost topple over. My wife looked so wonderful even though she was most likely thinking she was looking bad, like she was thinking this morning. She is a skinny woman with a heart of gold for children. Her hair was brown with slivers of gold entwined in her hair. The room was no longer than a medium size cottage and the roof was just tall enough for my daughter to walk under. A pregnant woman and a man walked in a sat down next to us.

"Hello, my name is John, John Rigdale" I murmured with politeness. I should at least have one friend on this trip. I thought with truthfulness.

"Hopkins, Stephen Hopkins, this is my goody Elizabeth" He said with care. She just nodded her head and looked at my wife Alice. John and Stephen went to the deck for a more private talk.

"Good day, I am Alice. I see you have a little passenger on board as well" With that, I hugged Suzan with one arm and told her to stay close to me.

"Yep" Elizabeth answered with discomfort. "Here, lay on this pillow. It will help your back" I implied with caring eyes. "So why are you going on this trip?" I asked with curiosity.

"I want to have some freedom with my religion; the bible is the only way. I have hope that I will survive this trip and I even prayed on it." Elisabeth said with joy and a happy little smile.

Meanwhile, "So I have herd you're the priest for this voyage" I acknowledged with eagerness.

"Yes I am, if you ever need anything just come to me and I will see what I can do" and with that the captain called all the men to the deck. All of the women and children were sent below decks.

" Hello mates, my signature is captain hawk. There is a duty on this ship for all of us for the next few weeks. Just remember the kids are before the women. If there is an incident, get the kids first then the women. Be aware that we will only have a warm meal two to three times every seven days." Captain Hawk was the rough looking man with teeth almost dead yellow. I am a dentist so I knew his teeth were going to start falling out soon. His hair was down just below his ears. His hair like the color of the ash coming out of a fire. His skin was sun tanned because of the sun and he was only a little bit taller than I was. Then there was the Quarter master. He was like the captains partner. His name was James Adams but he was short person with a big head. He introduced us to the rest of the crew and then we all went back below decks and the crew back to work. I ran into a kid on the way down