After this [November 16th] the shallop being got ready, they set out again for the better discovery of this place and the master of the ship desired to go himself, so there went some 30 men, but found it to be no harbor for ships but only for boats; there was also found 2 of their houses covered with mats and sundry of their implements in them, but the people were run away and could not be seen; also there was found more of their corn and of their beans of various colors. The corn and beans they brought away, purposing to give them full satisfaction when they should meet with any of them (as about some 6 months afterward they did, to their good content). And here is to be noted a special providence of God, and a great mercy to this poor people, that here they got seed to plant them corn the next year or else they might have starved, for they had none, nor any likelihood to get any till the season had been past (as the sequel did manifest). Neither is it likely they had had this, if the first voyage had not been made, for the ground was now all covered with snow and hard frozen. But the Lord is never wanting unto his in their greatest needs; let his holy name have all the praise.
The month of November being spent in these affairs, and much foul weather falling in . . .
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