John Smith and William Bradford were similar in many ways when it comes to both writing and experiences. In their stories, they both talked about how they encountered American Indians but the experiences were very different. They both also talked about how they came over to America and what life was like during that time. Bradford and Smith both agreed on the fact that they wanted the new land to be settled and inhabited; they wanted their land filled with good, hard working men. In ‘The General History of Virginia’, John Smith wrote about how he first to America and he talked about it like the land was already his. He sounded very in control throughout the story, and when he talked about the American Indians he talked about how they were