but, we are a long way from being able to build a solid foundation for a colony of her Majesty here. Our people are either suffering from illnesses or they are starving. There are innumerable riches here offered by nature beneath and above the ground, but it is hard to harvest them or to exploit them with a handful of people from who half are ill or starving. I hope that her Majesty's subjects and our compatriots will soon find out about what lies here as I was able to find out and join us in our efforts to spread the holly beliefs of our Mother Church of England among these savages oversees and bring the glory of conquering new territories and acquiring all the commodities this land has to offer in such great numbers. Just as the Spaniards have managed to do as they first reached these lands, we should also be able to achieve and even greater things because we are protected by Jesus Christ in the name of God, our father, whose house is the holly Church of England. Such enterprise should help us better our own lives while bringing the word of God and spreading Protestantism through these people who need our guidance and who are so easily conquered by means of gifts such as cheap jewelry and colorful toys.
Thomas Moore had written that a peaceful coexistence is possible between us colonists and the natives of these lands, while Sir William Herbert, the landholder thinks that the only way to settle our colonies here is to "destroy completely the habits and practices of the natives. Thus the natives will put on and embrace the habits and customs of the colonists" (Mancall, p.9)
There were some of us, few, that argued that we had no right to enter the land that was rightfully inhabited and possessed by others. I think that as long as were are spreading the word of God and his son, Jesus Christ among these...
God gave us this world to use it to the best of our abilities and it is not only our right, but also our
duty to act according to God's laws. Our way is laid out with hardships, but life is hard anywhere and our duty is to follow the true word of God and bring her Majesty and our realm the glory through such bold enterprises. I am a simple young
carpenter who was taught how to read and who is able now to understand that the world belongs to those who dare and not to the cowards. I have nothing to loose, but my own life and if I succeed, I have everything to gain in settling here. I will follow the way the Spaniards and the Portuguese did when Columbus found this land and I will do my best to shed the glory of her majesty upon this new territory and bring back to England the riches from above and beneath this soil.
We will keep our eyes open and never completely trust these savages, but we will use our knowledge and our skills to conquer them peacefully and to exploit the resources of the land and use their manpower as best as we can. We hear that there was not always the case that the explorers who came here were received in peace and therefore we shall always be prepared to rule over these Indians with a strong but gentle hand as we were instructed by those wiser than us.
Envisioning America. English Pans for the Colonization of North America, 1580-1640. Edited by Mancall, Peter C. University of Kansas. Bedford / St. Martins. Boston New York. 1995
What Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680? Readings Selected by Weber, David J. Southern Methodist University. Bedford / St. Martins. Boston New York. 1999
