Difference between revisions 104939890 and 104939892 on dewiki

{{Infobox military person
|name= Myles Standish
|image=[[File:Myles Standish.jpg|250px|alt=Head and shoulders painting of a man in 17th century attire. He has dark hair, a dark beard and mustache. He is wearing a large, white, ruffled collar.]]
|caption= This portrait, first published in 1885, was alleged to be a 1625 likeness of Standish, although its authenticity has never been proven.<ref>Winsor, ''History of Boston'', 65.</ref>
|nickname= 
(contracted; show full)/ref>  On November 15, 1620, he led 16&nbsp;men in a foot exploration of the northern portion of Cape Cod.<ref>Schmidt, 69.</ref> On December 11, a group of 18&nbsp;settlers, including Standish, made an extended exploration of the shore of Cape Cod by boat.<ref>Stratton, 75.</ref>  Spending their nights ashore surrounded by make-shift barricades of tree branches, the settlers were attacked one night by a group of about 30 Native Americans. At first the Englishmen panicked
, but Standish calmed them, urging the settlers not to fire their [[matchlock]] muskets unnecessarily.<ref>Philbrick, 71.</ref> The incident, known as the ''First Encounter'', took place in present-day [[Eastham, Massachusetts]].

After further exploration, in late December 1620 the Pilgrims chose a location in present-day Plymouth Bay as the site for their settlement.  Standish provided important counsel on the placement of a small fort in which cannon were mounted, and on the layout of the first houses for maximum defensibility.<ref name=Philbrick84/>  Only one house (consisting of a single room) had been built when illness struck the settlers.  Of the roughly 100 who first arrived, only 50&nbsp;survived the first winter.<ref>Schmidt, 88.</ref>  Standish's wife, Rose, died in January.  

Standish himself was one of the very few who did not fall ill and [[William Bradford (Plymouth governor)|William Bradford]] (soon to be governor of Plymouth Colony) credited Standish with comforting many and being a source of strength to those who suffered.<ref>Schmidt, 86.</ref> Standish tended to Bradford during his illness and this was the beginning of a decades-long friendship.<ref name=Haxtun/>  Bradford held the position of governor for most of his life and, by necessity, worked closely with Standish.  In terms of character, the two men were opposites&mdash; —Bradford was patient and slow to judgment while Standish was well-known for his fiery temper.<ref name=Jenks170>Jenks170</ref> Despite their differences, the two worked well together in managing the colony and responding to dangers as they arose.<ref name=Philbrick114>Philbrick, 114.</ref>

==Defense of Plymouth Colony==
(contracted; show full)[[Category:American folklore]]
[[Category:People from Duxbury, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:17th-century American people]]
[[Category:People of the Tudor period]]
[[Category:People of the Stuart period]]

[[fr:Myles Standish]]
[[ko:마일스 스탠디시]]