This is an account written by either Captain M. Philip Amadas or Captain M. Arthur Barlowe, who discovered Virginia. This was then sent to Sir Walter Raleigh Knight.
“At which islands we found the air very unwholesome and our men grew for the most part ill disposed.”
People thought that America was already a great land due to what they being told at home but in reality there was still a lot of work to do. Also this shows how different the two countries were in what illnesses they were immune to, because as soon as they entered American air they became ill, showing that it wasn’t going to be easy to adapt to a new lifestyle.
“And after he had spoke of many things no understood by us, we brought him with his own good liking, aboard the ships and gave him a shirt, a hat and some other things, and made him taste our wine and our meat, which he liked very well.”
I think this shows are even though were outsiders they were still trying to influence the Natives by offering them things and showing them their way of life, which could look like an attempt to try to get them to start living like them as I’m guessing the English wouldn’t of wanted to change their lifestyles that much as when you are used to doing certain things it is hard to change them.
“In their behaviour as mannerly and civil as any of Europe”
I think this again shows that they thought they could shape the Natives into doing what they wanted them to do, either this or they thought they would be able to adapt easier as they would be able to relate the them and get on with them.
I used the modern translation, here is a link for the original;
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