Question

read the journal entry

excerpt from of plymouth plantation by william
bradford

an understanding with the indians (1621)

1 all this while the indians came skulking about
them, and would sometimes show themselves
afarl off, but when any approached near them,
they would run away. and once they stole away
their tools where they had been at work and were
gone to dinner. but about the 16th of march, a
certain indian came boldly amongst them and
spoke to them in broken english, which they could
well understand but marvelled at it. at length they
understood by discourse with him, that he was not
readers can infer that samosets visit to the community
improves the relationship between the colony members
and the native americans.

which detail from the passage best supports this
inference?

\he told them also of another indian whose
name was squanto, a native of this place, who
had been in england and could speak better
english than himself.\

\after these things he returned to his place
called sowams, some 40 miles from this
place, but squanto continued with them and
was their interpreter.\

Explanation:

To determine the detail supporting the inference, we analyze each option. The inference is about Samoset's visit improving colony - Native American relations.

• Option 1 (about Indians skulking and running away, stealing tools) shows initial distrust/fear, not improvement.
• Option 2 (mention of Squanto's English - speaking ability) is more about Squanto's background, not direct relation to Samoset's visit improving relations.
• Option 3 (Samoset returning to his place, Squanto staying as interpreter) shows that after Samoset's visit, there's a continued positive interaction (Squanto as interpreter), indicating improved relations. So the detail in the third option (the one about Squanto continuing as interpreter) best supports the inference.

Answer:

The detail "After these things he returned to his place called Sowams, some 40 miles from this place, but Squanto continued with them and was their interpreter" (the third - presented detail in the options) best supports the inference.