for more now we're joined from cape town by. adrian fill us in on just how severe the pandemic is in south africa right now. we're currently in khayelitsha at the hospital that the biggest township here in cape town and just one health worker told us the house is on fire that is how bad it is or how bad it has been over the past weeks because the numbers have been then delete increasing we don't know by what amount at the moment because testing hasn't been done properly throughout the festive season most likely the next statement will be the extent but the worst is also still yet to come because during the christmas festivities for everything was allowed people were allowed to have private meetings with their friends and families and many epidemiologists and also health workers fearing that this will mean a further increase of cases within the next 2 to 3 weeks and possible the next peak that will be coming them but the people here the health workers are quite relieved about the measures that webb posed by the president yesterda

the eastern cape province and the garden that's where you get the cape town area for example where lots of tourists usually flock to at this time of year and this is another blow to the tourism industry you've got this new strain and then the flight bans and so that because tourism industry survives pretty much to some of the people coming in from the u.k. europe middle east asia and other parts of the world so now these businesses are now feeling another question as well for example you go to our province you find in the place very popular tourist resort is saying that they have had more than 50 percent of cancellations because of this you go to durban a lot of hospitals are full of the hotels are closed commuter janice the mayor the big hotel chains are also shut lots of people are losing out of work as well and this is the time of the year when people are in the face of mood many people come to there for tourism and now they're saying that people would who are hoping to make some kind of money this time around those hopes have not been dashed. research innovation and sequencing platf

they are facing winter off of cape cod. they just had this long ship's voyage. they have missed the harvest and things and about half of them die that winter. recognize the mayflower compact is rooted in world view assumptions and at the same time it's a desperate commitment we have to work together or we are not going to survive this. but it lay it is groundwork for the type of colony that plymouth is over the next half century and that is a place where there is a lot of individual equality. it is a place where there is not the types of religious restrictions that we see in the massachusetts bay colony. a place where roger williams goes when he needs to have a place to get away from the massachusetts bay colony. we know there is efforts to share the gospel with the american indians there, but they are noncoercive. it really does set the groundwork for a model that is cooperative among citizens, but not coercive. >> i think that's very well said. and i will only add very briefly that once again, we have to keep in mind that the plymouth colony is different from

a generation before hobbs, however, the pilgrims at cape cod had drafted their own sia

near cape town but the president saying it is needed it's we need hospital beds freedom now taken up by people that have been training tomorrow actually driving or got into fights and also our whole place in big rural in so-called super spreader events and now we're mainly young people have been partying and drinking and where we've seen a lot of transmission of the virus so he wants to stop all of those. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news and and identify group of american philanthropists plans to spend 150000 doses of send them from biotech pfizer's vaccines to iran it's the worst hit in the middle east with over a 1000000 total patients officials in tehran claimed u.s. sanctions complicate the delivery and payment of shipments. the u.s. government has appealed a court ruling that blocked the commerce department from imposing restrictions on the world famous chinese tick-tock the trump administration wants to stop a video sharing app from being downloaded and banned business with take talk on a bike citing national security concerns. and spa

like here in the cape town township of delft. true 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory but then her life took a difficult turn. and the accident left her unable to work, our problems followed, and then she became infected with hiv. in my family, from my house. my family didn't want to have anything to do with me after my h. i.v. diagnosis. they cut of contact, and even now if my neighbors knew i have hiv, they would only say hello from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance. it's not easy being a positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. and i find that said dr. hughes, on rainy, is used to hearing similar stories. at least half of the community has a family name that somebody that they know that they have you positive but it's but it's so common here, but people don't speak about it. they are not open about it. they might speak to us about it and then not speak to the service providers about it, but they will definitely not

was unusual to go around both capes on a single voyage?> i think it was unusual, once they discovered the rich whaling grounds in the pacific, then the quickest route would be to go along the atlantic, may make stops in cape verdi and then along the eastern coast of south america and around the horn and up into the whaling grounds of the south pacific. they did their hunting along the equator and so they were really way out in the middle of the pacific ocean. it is fairly unusual that this pacific -- particular voyage did go around the cape of good hope, other ships did that, too, but it was more common to go directly to the pacific. >> another navigation question, when did nantucket whalers first venture into the southern ocean around antarctica? >> even on whaling voyages in the early -- in the 1830's thereabouts, they were going in the pacific, but they would also follow the whales. young in warmeir water, somewhere around the equator, but depending on the season they will either go very far north to the arctic, or very far south to the

like here in the cape town township of delft. to 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult turn. an accident left her unable to work out who problems followed. and then she became infected with hiv. my family and my family didn't want to have anything to do with me. after my h. i.v. diagnosis. they cut off contact. and even now if my neighbors knew that i have a hiv, they would only say hi from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance. it's not easy being a hiv positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. i find it sad. dr. hughes on rainy, could, is used to hearing similar stories to me, at least half of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that they should be positive. but it's, but it's so common here. but people don't speak about it. they people are basically not open about it, they might speak to us about it and then not speak to the service providers about it, but they

fast forward through the 1900s, cape cod became cape cod, a tourist attraction. where i live, mashpee, nobody really moved to mashpee, not until probably the '90s. mashpee was the fastest developing town in massachusetts in the '90s. and today -- let me go back. today we have our -- we just got fully recognized by the u.s. government back in 2007 as a people, okay. and what we do today, we have health services. we have programs for housing, health, education. we do our powwow, which is july 4th weekend. this right here is a special dance we did this past powwow. this is a lot of my family. we did it for my brother who passed away back in '97. he got killed down in rhode island. his name was melvin coombs. we danced for him. i want to show you something. i haven't visited here in eight or ten years, but my daughter and myself, we went out to the cemetery up the road where my family is buried, a lot of my family. my father was raised here, my aunt was raised here, my grandparents were raised here, my grandfather was darius coombs ii. darius coombs, my grandfather,

they did three voyages of discovery what we now call the lower cape, a little bit of the midcape. and then on the third discovery they come here to plymouth harbor and during the course of exploration realized they found a place of good soil, of constant water. the native word for this place means land of little falls or little streams. that was one of concerns of staying on cape cod is they couldn't find good water down there that they thought would be with them all year round. so they moved mayflower from province town harbor to plymouth harbor in late december. there was a traditional story they landed on plymouth rock and began to build their houses on christmas day, 1620. and eventually the mayflower becomes a place where the colonists live until there's sufficient housing assured for everyone. the ships staying in new england drives up the cost of the venture. so when it returns home in april, that charter -- think of mayflower as a bus that's been hired to bring people over. the charter is getting more and more expensive the longer that the ship stays. she leaves april 5, 1

like here in the cape town, township of guilt. to 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult to, an accident, left her unable to work out the whole problems followed. and then she became infected with hiv. but my family didn't want to have anything to do with me after my h. i.v. diagnosis. they cut off contact. and even now if my neighbors knew that i have a chevy, they would only say hi from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance. it's not easy being a hiv positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. i find it sad. dr. is on rainy could and is used to hearing similar stories. at least hoffa of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that's actually positive but it's but it's so common here, but people don't speak about it. they people are definitely not open about it. they might speak to us about it, the mad speak to the service providers about it, but they will, they finitely

organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv like she and the cape town township of till 6. to 2 years ago luis morris worked in a textile factory but then her life took a difficult turn an accident left her unable to work out problems followed and then she became infected with h i feed. my family didn't want to have anything to do with me after my ha. diagnosis they cut off contact and even now if my neighbors knew that i have h i v they would only say hi from a distance they wouldn't invite me to their homes. doctor isn't raining is used to hearing similar stories. at least half of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that they should be positive but it's but it's so common here but people don't speak about it. they people if they think they're not open about it they might speak to us about it the men might speak to the service providers about it but they will they finitely not speak they're not open about the status they worried about discrimination the preventative drug prep has been available for several years around $9

like here in the cape town, township of guilt. trip 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult turn. an accident left her unable to work out who problems followed, and then she became infected with hiv. but my family didn't want to have anything to do with me. after my h. i.v. diagnosis. they cut off contact. and even now if my neighbors knew that i have a hiv, they would only say hi from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance, it's not easy being a hiv positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. i find it sad. dr. hughes on rainy could, is used to hearing similar stories. at least hoffa of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that they should be positive, but it's but it's so common here. but people don't speak about it. they people, they think they're not open about it. they might speak to us about it and i might speak to the service providers about it, but they will, the

across the ocean they came aboard the mayflower and made landfall at what is today cape cod. it is a place outside the virginia companies jurisdiction. indeed, outside of the jurisdiction of any known government. that was a problem. there were clear and present dangers in these circumstances which were unexpected it. group leaders knew that. they were especially worried that the colony would name not be able to hold it together i have a law-abiding community and have some larger authority. about half of those on board were not members of the separatist group. they strangers. non-separating passengers who had various motives mostly nonreligious motive for making the trip but whose skills and labor were going to be essential to the success of the colony. some among the strangers indicated once it was known where the landing would be taking place that because the colony would be outside the ambit of the royal charter they may feel free to go wherever they wanted. use their own liberty for power to command them. this was a frightening process to leaders. what were they going to d

as our correspondent, if you increase reports from cape town, almost 2 decades, the nonprofit organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv, like she in the cape town township off till 6. 30 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult to, an accident, left her unable to work out all problems followed and then she became infected with h. i feel like i need me at home my, my family didn't want to have anything to do with me. after my h. i.v. diagnosis. they cut off contact. and even now, if my neighbors knew that i have a chevy, they would only say hi from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance is not easy. being a hiv positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. i find it sad when dr is on rainy could and is used to hearing similar stories to me. at least half of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that they can be positive, but it's, but it's so common here, but people don't speak about it. they peo

let's head to south africa now where a young woman on the eastern cape is proving the skeptics wrong she's turned her interest in vintage cars into a thriving restoration business and it all started with a documentary on classic cars our correspondent adrian craze paid her a visit. this 947 pontiac is no simple as bright and joy she bought the vehicle for less than 200 euros so far she spent about 2 years and around 2000 euros renovating it. for. the 38 year old renovates vintage cars which she later than either runs out all sells for a nice price a property in the middle of nowhere on south africa's eastern cape it looks like a cross between a scrap yard and to a car museum. i don't have so much equipment i'm using trying to remove it and i asked him if he's. 7 years ago in a sequel saw a documentary on classic cars that sparked your interest ben told her husband who works for them and it's a policy but it's also a gifted car mechanic together they founded a company now they have 3 employees. i used to pray god to give me. a lady like that i like that now of course it from. the bed

the eastern cape problems and the garden that's where you get the cape town area for example where lots of tourists usually flock to at this time of year and this is another blow to the tourism industry you've got this new strain and then the flight bans and so that because tourism industry has survived pretty much some of the people coming in from the u.k. europe middle east asia and other parts of the world so now these businesses are now feeling another pressure as well for example you go to province you find in a place called a very popular tourist resort they saying that they have had more than 50 percent of cancellations because of this you go to durban a lot of the hotels are closed coming near the big hotel chains are also shut lots of people are losing out of work as well and this is the time of the year when people are in the face of mood many people come to south africa for tourism and now they're saying that people would who are hoping to make some kind of money this time around those hopes have not been dashed. research innovation and sequencing plans but he explains how sc

near cape town but the president saying it is needed it's we need hospital beds freedom now taken up by people that have been drinking too much and driving or got into fights and also alcohol plays a big role in so-called super spreader events and now we're mainly young people have been partying and drinking and where we seen a lot of transmission of the virus so he wants to stop all of those. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news and and identified group of american from lathrop as plans to spend 150000 doses of send them from biotech fisons vaccines to iran it's the worst hit in the middle east with over a 1000000 coated patients officials in tehran claimed u.s. sanctions complicate the delivery and payment of shipments. the u.s. government has appealed a court ruling that blocked the colors the pop and from imposing restrictions on the world famous chinese app talk to trump administration wants to stop the video sharing app from being downloaded and banned business with take talk on a bike that's citing national security concerns. and spain sa

right here in the cape town, township of guilt. to 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult to turn. an accident left her unable to work out global problems followed, and then she became infected with h. i feed the media from my, my family didn't want to have anything to do with me. after my hiv diagnosis. they cut off contact. and even now, if my neighbors knew that i have a chevy, they would only say hi from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance is not easy being a hiv positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. find it sad. dr. hughes on rainy career, is used to hearing similar stories. at least half of the community has a family member or somebody that they know that they can be positive. but it's, but it's so common here. but people don't speak about it. they people are not open about it, they might speak to us about it, and i might speak to the service providers about it, but they will, they

near cape town but the present and saying it is needed it's we need hospital beds freedom now taken up by people that have been drinking too much and driving or got into fights and also our whole place in big rural in so-called super spreader events and now we're mainly young people have been partying and drinking and where we've seen a lot of transmission of the virus so he wants to stop all of those. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news and and identified group of american philanthropists plans to spend 150000 doses sent them from biotech pfizer's vaccines to iran it's the worst hit in the middle east with over a 1000000 coated patients officials in tehran claimed u.s. sanctions complicate the delivery and payment of shipments. the u.s. government has appealed a court ruling that blocked the commerce department from imposing restrictions on the world famous chinese app to talk to trump administration wants to stop the video sharing app from being downloaded and banned business with take on a bike that citing national security concerns. and sp

cape.t clear at this stage of these new variants are more deadly, they say more research is needed on this, as well as determining these variants —— determining whether these variants could make the virus any less effective? what to do in the meantime? what your hands, keep practising social distancing and wearing masks. they say so far prevention is the best method. the rapid spread of the new variant of coronavirus in south—east england has been blamed for the introduction of strict terror for blamed for the introduction of strict terrorfor mixing blamed for the introduction of strict terror for mixing rules for millions of people. —— tier 1l for millions of people. —— tier 4. it now accounts for the majority of cases in london and south—east england. the changes to the spike protein, this is the key the virus uses to unlock the door to our body's sales. some of those mutations already been shown in the lab to increase the virus' ability to increase the virus' ability to infect cells, all

like here in the cape town township of delft. to 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult to turn, and accident left her unable to work out the whole problems followed. and then she became infected with hiv. but maybe my family didn't want to have anything to do with me. after my h. i.v. diagnosis. they cut off contact. and even now if my neighbors knew that i have hiv, they would only say hi from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance, it's not easy being a hiv positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. i find it sad. when dr. who's on rainy korea is used to hearing similar stories. at least half of the community has a family member that somebody that they know that they should be positive, but it's but it's so common here. but people don't speak about it. they people are definitely not open about it. they might speak to us about it and they're mad speak to the service providers about it. but t

can do when judging peterson from the university of cape town figured out anyway. we were trying to crash the circuit board so that we can access the in the live for the copper that sandwiched in between is layers within the board axis in the metals like copper all move valuable gold is difficult and costly most of south africa's eat waste is purses to overseas by companies that operate huge stearns's. also realisation. we have in south africa a lot of people just collect a few circuit boards and take them to recycle. just crush them up and since them overseas and resell wacom we process mature here create jobs with that. the challenge for the scientists finding a method that works at a smaller scale and price point that also does not contaminate the environment they developed a chemical extraction process a compound a fiend ammonia solution trickles through to ground officer kids. over the course of several days the solution extracts the compound indicated by the blue coloring the a menu mixture can be used several times which makes it even more environmentally fr

cape and kwazulu—natal.t clear at this stage if these new variants are more deadly. they see more research is needed on this, as well as determining if these variants will make vaccines any less effective. so what's the medical advice in the meantime? well, there is saying to continue to wash hands, practice social distancing, and keep wearing masks. at this stage there are saying that prevention is still proving to be the best method. pumza fihlani, bbc news, johannesburg. the rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus has been blamed for the introduction of strict tierfor mixing blamed for the introduction of strict tier for mixing rules for millions. so why is it causing concern? firstly it is rapidly replacing other versions of the virus, and now accounts for the majority of cases in london and south—east england. there have been changes to the spike protein — this is the key the virus uses to unlock the doorway to our body's cells. some of those mutations have already been shown in the lab to increase

almost a magenta -- unimaginable hardships, -- an inhospitable cape cod sands. a winter storm that almost wrecked the sailing shell of to explore the coast. a dozen men including bradford, winds low, and the soldier mile stand-ish landed in what would come to be plymouth harbor. they landed right around the bending profits down harbor, but no they could not settle there. so they spent a month looking for a place to settle. i am not saying that this happened because the ration was a gallon of beer a day, but, they were between two of the greatest harbors of the world. new york, and boston. and what did they do? they got in the shallots, and i'm a little circles until they found a place to settle. plymouth. not that there's anything wrong with plymouth. but they had to drink beer. they could not drink the water. so the way you drink water, they drink beer. if there's any possible thing that they may have needed to do with a clear, head that was already difficult for them. anyway, that is not the point of this paragraph. sorry. for brad ford, the pilgrims story was

near cape town but the present and saying it is needed it's we need hospital beds freedom now taken up by people that have been training too much and driving or got into fights and also al hope plays a big role in so-called super spreader events and now we're mainly young people have been partying and drinking and so we're missing a lot of transmission of the virus so he wants to stop all of those. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news and and identified group of american from lathrop has plans to spend 150000 doses of send them from buying tech pfizer's vaccines to iran it's the worst hit in the middle east with over a 1000000 coated patients officials in tehran claim u.s. sanctions complicate the delivery and payment of shipments. the u.s. government has appealed a court ruling that blocked the commerce department from imposing restrictions on the world famous chinese app to talk to trump administration wants to stop the video sharing app from being downloaded and banned business with take talk on a bike path citing national security concerns.

the 38 year old with some help from her husband will say some restores vintage cars in the eastern cape province and i'll corresponded address and creech paid her a visit. this 947 pontiac is no simple as bright and joy she bought the vehicle for less than 200 euros so far she spent about 2 years and around 2000 euros renovating it. for. the 38 year old renovates vintage cars which she later than either runs out all sells for a nice price of property in the middle of nowhere on south africa's eastern cape looks like a cross between a scrap yard and take our museum. i don't have so much equipment i need is inclined to remove it and i asked him. to 7 years ago when most people saw a documentary on classic cars that sparked your interest and told her husband who works for them it is a policy but it's also a gifted car mechanic together they founded a company now they have 3 employees. i used to pray god to give me. a lady like that like that now of course it from court. very very proud when i'm sitting here i don't mock is that i don't cross the at the combine. i'm getting hit pretty well

western cape and kwazulu—natal.r at this stage if these new variants are more deadly. they see more research is needed on this, as well as determining if these variants will make vaccines any less effective. so what's the medical advice in the meantime? well, there is saying to continue to wash hands, practice social distancing, and keep wearing masks. at this stage there are saying that prevention is still proving to be the best method. pumza fihlani, bbc news, johannesburg. the european union's medical regulator has approved the use of the pfizer—biontech vaccine, the first coronavirus vaccine it has cleared. the european medicines agency says the jab has demonstrated an efficacy of 95%, and can be used in people aged 16 and over. our news reporter, mark lobel came into the studio to give more details, starting with the timing of the announcement. despite the fact that britain, america and canada had approved the pfizer—biontech vaccine earlier this month, the european medicines agency is instructed by the eu to l

cape and kwazulu—natal.clear at this stage if these new variants are more deadly. they see more research is needed on this, as well as determining if these variants will make vaccines any less effective. so what's the medical advice in the meantime? well, there is saying to continue to wash hands, practice social distancing, and keep wearing masks. at this stage there are saying that prevention is still proving to be the best method. pumza fihlani, bbc news, johannesburg. doctor syra madad is an epidemiologist from new york. she was featured in the netflix series pandemic. many people of course will know you from a tv series pandemic, but i know you have had a particularly busy day, you are about to roll off the pfizer biontech vaccine, so they could for staying with us. there is a difference between a screen and a variant, briefly if you can, and as clearly as possible, could you tell us the difference? these are two very different terms and they all go back to the nomenclature, so basically screens are gen

the pilgrims had hardly explored the shores of cape cod for four days before they robbed the graves of my ancestors and stolen their corn and beans." wamsutta went on to enumerate various atrocities and broken promises, and ended by saying , "you, the white man, are celebrating an anniversary. we will help you celebrate in the concept of a beginning. it was the beginning of a new life for the pilgrims. now, 350 years later, it is the beginning of a new determination for the original americans, the american indian." now, frank "wamsutta" james was not the first native new englander to remind the public of the long history and continued presence of the native population of the region. in 1838, not too far from boston public library, where the event was originally scheduled, at the odeon theater, they transformed the wampanoag into heroes and english to villains. it became the first of an annual event called the day of mourning, which has evolved over the years in its demands and tactics, but which at its heart remains an assertion of the importance of the first people of the region that

they do three voyages of discovery on what we now call the lower cape, and went on the third discovery, then they came to plymouth harbor. during their explanation, they realized they found a place of constant water and soil. that was one of the concerns about staying on cape cod, they could not find good water down there that they thought would be with them all year round. they thought the summer would be harsh. so, they moved mayflower to plymouth harbor, in december. they landed, there is a traditional story that they landed on plymouth rock and they began to build their houses on christmas day, 1620. this essentially becomes the place where the colonists live until the housing is built for everyone. when they return home in april, that charter, think of mayflower as a bus, it has been hired to bring these people over, the charter is getting more and more expensive the longer that the ship stays. she leaves 1861, and nobody from plymouth returns to board her, she arrives in the middle of may. much to the stress of the merchants, she returned utterly empty with nothing to compensate

covid forces england's first one dayer in cape town to be postponed after a south africa player testsh london derby, but not as we know it, as fans are allowed back in to football. you've been having your say on var. i will tell you the latest on the results of the bbc poll, where not all of you are happy. also coming up in the programme: and rally monza is testing drivers‘ skills to the limit. can elfyn evans hang on to end britain's 19—year wait for a world champion? so lots to talk about on tonight's show. we're starting with the cricket, or lack of it, today because england's opening one dayer against south africa has been cancelled due to a south africa player testing positive for coronavirus. these were the scenes at newlands in cape town after the game was called off an hour before play was due to begin. the team bus carrying the england side was ordered to turn around before the players had even disembarked. the south africa player hasn't been named, but we know he was tested after the t20 series on thursday, which england won 3—0. well, the match is now due to take place on s

. >> she's a surfer and conservationist in cape town.the volunteer based beach co-op to clean beaches every new moon. she wants to have a long term impact. by identifying the types of rubbish and weighing its mass according to a method. >> uts a methodology we use on sandy beaches and here at the rocky shore to document what we're finding. >> during 100 clean ups, the beach co-op has pucked up over 30,000 sweet wrappers, nearly 33,000 cool drink lids and over 25,000 straws. the dirty dozen methodology was designed by professor peter ryan, a cape town ordinary reason tholgs and leading researcher on marine plastic waste. >> we looked at litter coming out of an urban river in cape town and almost all of it washed up within 5,500 meters of the mouth of the river. >> peter advises the beach co-op. today they are confronted by a spill of microplastics, tiny plastic pelts called nurdales, which are the raw materials used by industry to make larger items. hundreds of thousands have washed up on cape beaches. >> we're wanting to document where t

we learned about the story of how in 1620 the mayflower sailed across the ocean, came to cape cod and then plymouth harbor. came to the famous rock. they were greeted by the native americans and then a year later celebrated the first thanksgiving. that was pretty much all i would learn about the pilgrims throughout my education not only in high school but in college. about 20 years ago i moved to nantucket island and i became fascinated with the place. having grown up in pittsburgh, pennsylvania i was a little overwhelmed by having all of this water around. i was also overwhelmed because one of my most favorite books in the world was moby . this was if i had stepped into the pages of my favorite. the more i learned about it the more i began to realize if i was ever going to write a book i was going to have to begin with the pilgrims. that story i assumed i already knew. i began to look into 17th century new england. the more i looked into the story the almost indignant i became. what i learned in third grade didn't do justice to the complexity and the real relevance of what happened i

in the region around cape cod where the pilgrims would settle mortality rates at 50% were common. some communities suffered losses of over 90%. in the village of patuxet the site of which became plymouth there were so few survivors that those natives who remained disbursed to live in other communities. what had been a flourishing community when visited earlier in the century by the french explorer champlagne depicted her was deserted in 1620. in addition to the ravages of disease the natives suffered from the progressive intentions of some traders, who kidnapped individuals and brought them to europe. the most famous of these was tisquantum, better known as squanto. seized, brought to spain, escaped that fate and spent time in london until he was able to make his way back to new england and his devastated homeland. given this history it's not surprising that as parties from the mayflower explored the lands along cape cod bay the natives, with the exception of a brief clash at what is known as first encounter beach, observed them, but made no attempt to make contact. in the course

he was a musician and a brilliant trampet player who was a graduate of the conservatory, and cape cod. he was considered prefrom presumably a safe choice. when they reviewed the text of his address and they insisted on changes which he ridly declined to make. the invitation was withdrawn. instead on thanksgiving day, james addressed a separate gathering of fellow natives and others on polls hill everlooking plymouth harbor and a replica of the mayflower. he had prepared for a different audience, james admitted, as he put it that it is with mixed emotion that i stand here to share my thoughts. this is a time of celebration for you. celebrating an anniversary of a beginning for the white man in america, a time of looking back for reflection. it is with a heavy heart as i look back at what happened to my people and even before the pilgrims landed, he continued, it was common practice for exploreres to capture indians and take them to europe and sell them for 220 shillings a piece. the pilgrims had hardly explored the shores of cape cod for four days before they robbed the graves of my an