The colonists of Plymouth were a very different type of people from the Jamestown settlers. There were some cultural distinctions in the regions.
I tend toward believing the accounts of the Jamestown letter-writers.
“The colonists of Plymouth were a very different type of people from the Jamestown settlers.”
Oh, absolutely. That was my point.
Indeed. The Plymouth settlers wanted to get away from a culture they rejected; many of the Jamestown settlers were get-rich-quick adventurers. I can definitely see the latter resorting to all sorts of things the former wouldn't do when times got tough.