Opinion Journal: The Desolate Wilderness

Intro:

Here beginneth the chronicle of those memorable circumstances of the year 1620, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton, keeper of the records of Plymouth Colony, based on the account of William Bradford, sometime governor thereof:

The Desolate Wilderness: Nathaniel Morton describes what he and other Pilgrims saw in 1620

Comment: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial annually since 1961.