The Sons of Adam by Eva Garcia Saenz

Author:Eva Garcia Saenz [Sáenz, Eva García]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781500543556
Published: 2014-07-20T00:00:00+00:00

I ran back to the coast, where the boat was about to set sail back to Cape Cod to join the Mayflower. Standish's men had left me for dead, and were surprised to see me, although I didn't want to tell them too much.

As soon as I got back on the ship, I went to speak with Governor Carver and William Bradford. Both had a good level of common sense, and they were just as concerned about the financial viability of the company as they were about the souls of their parishioners.

The next morning I made preparations to leave again with the barrel of metal plates and meet back up with Squanto.

"You're leaving," said Manon, coming up from behind and helping me to load the barrel on the small boat they had lent me.

"That's right. I'm going to travel south and meet the leader of the natives, and then I'll try to set up a business network of beaver skins with the north. I'll come back to the colony when I need goods to trade and when I've got enough skins to send back to our associates in London. You also have a lot of work ahead of you. Build huts that will see you through the winter," I said, looking at the white sky. "I think it's going to be especially long and cold. Take care of managing the supplies. I don't think that there will be riots between the colonies for food, they seem to rather merciful. I'll come back before the thaw if I can. I'll try and bring seeds so as you can plant corn and beans, like the Indians."

"Don't try and console me as if I was a child. This land is rocky and frozen, it will be difficult to get any crops out of it," she said, wincing.

"The Indians did it. The land is plowed and the corn grows without a problem."

"Not until Spring. Where will we find food until then?"

"And don't the English know how to hunt deer, geese and rabbits?" I shouted, losing my patience.

"So you're not English then?"

I clenched my teeth. I'd never slipped up like that before, but that woman, that woman... What did it matter?

"The passengers are weak," Manon continued, changing the subject. "The Puritans only know city trades. You're leaving us in a damn cemetery."

"No, Manon. You're strong, you'll help the colony in the way you know best, you're a practical woman and they need you here."

"I'm not talking about me, God damn it! I'm not afraid of my death, I know my strengths. I'm saying that you're one of the only useful men in the colony and you're going to abandon us."

"I'm not going to abandon you, I'm doing this for the colony. If I was doing it for myself, I would go with the natives and forget about everyone else."

"Everyone? You ungrateful bastard."

She was right, that's what I was. An ungrateful bastard. I changed tactics and spoke with a softer tone.

"I'm going with the natives, this colony needs to return the debt it has taken on, and growing corn won't be enough.

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