A Lion to Guard Us

The ship is caught between two large rocks. Because the ship might break apart, the sailors start getting rowboats ready and put the women and children in the first boats to go ashore. When they get closer to shore, they learn that they are in Bermuda, not Virginia. One woman cries that Bermuda is where “the devils” (a reference to Indigenous people) are, and another says that “the devils” made the storm that wrecked the ship and will never let them land. When the children get out of the boat, Meg tells Amanda that this is the land from the story that she told them during the storm.

Everyone from the ship makes it to the island safely, and Admiral Somers checks on everyone. He hopes the other ships made it through the storm safely and are on their way to Virginia. Someone builds a fire on the beach, but the only people allowed around the fire are the gentlemen and ladies. The children lie down on the sandbank and fall asleep.

The next morning, a man asks Amanda if she can clean fish. When she stands, she is wobbly and has to get used to being on land again. She follows the man to a grouping of rocks where fish are laid out, and she begins cutting and cleaning them.