carver left the ship and went to the land to find a safe place where they all could live. william bradford, john carver, myles standish, edward winslow, john howland, richard warren, stephen hopkins and edward doty also went. hopkins was very helpful. he had seen native americans during his time at jamestown. on one trip bradford said they set off in below freezing weather. many of the men were ill, and when the set sail the salt spray froze on their coats. they saw native americans. they were cutting up a whale which was very large. when they saw the men coming toward them, the indians ran. at night they tried to protect themselves from the cold and the indians.