"New English Canaan"

Charles So
English 48A
Journal for Morton

Author Quote:
"... they were now become the greather number; they had shaken off thier shackles of servitude and were become masters and masterless people"(143)

Internet Quote:
"Morton's book is also significant for being, unlike virtually every other early history of the region, told from the point of view of a non-Puritan" (enotes.com search literary ana. Thomas Morton)

Summary:
Thomas Morton was a strong supporter of the Church of England and unsympathetic to the Puritans. In Morton's "Canaan" there is a distinct difference in his accounts compared to William Bradford, in Morton's writing he talks about the May day in which they hoisted a 80 foot pine tree along the coast for sailors to mark their town. The tree and the way the people are celebrating seems all fun and enjoyment but to the Puritans the tree is a demi god and the people celebrating are sinning in a way. Morton goes on further to call Cpt. Myles Standish, Capt. Shrimp and belittles the man and his men. In the end Morton talks about the vigilante style in which the Puritans abolished him to an island to die, but luckliy he was rescued and all charges were dropped.

Personal Opinion:
From reading Bradfords's accounts and Morton's, there is a question for, who is telling the truth?
For me i feel that Bradford and Morton both not really understanding and having bias thoughts of each other, saw the worse in each other. Whatever each other did it seemed like it was demonic or just plain uptight. There is a great deal of discontent in Morton's writing when talking about Capt. Standish and how the Puritans thought about him and treated him. There is truth to the writing, but overall its meant to be testimony to his dealing over in the new land and the Puritans.