Compared to Mary, Chumash women were forced to weave blankets or clean laundry all day. In the evenings, Spanish soldiers entered the women's dormitories and proceeded to offer food to prostitution. Those who could not bear the harsh standard of living, some ran away. Those men and women risk their lives because traversing the unforgiving environment and terrain was no easy task. A key point to remember is that Mary was considered a hostage while the Chumash were free people. One might imagine that Mary and Chumash would have had to switch positions to fit their description, but the Indians consistently displayed this camaraderie. Natives greet everyone with the same level of respect they have for each other. Their hostages eat better than those of the free Chumash people, so it seems that life would have been joyous if not for the growing hostilities between both sides. Jamestown was also saved by the Indians. Their city would have been wiped out if not for the kindness the natives showed the settlers. Then, there are the inhabitants of Jamestown who were desperate enough to engage in cannibalism and resort to savage methods to survive. While there may have been the possibility that some Indians would resort to cannibalism in desperate circumstances, the Indians did not move into the claimed territory or take advantage of others. The Puritans, however, had good intentions from the beginning and opened their arms to the Indians with the first Thanksgiving. Tensions, however, began to rise as the Indians began to become more aggressive as both sides began raiding each other. It eventually peaked and caused the Pequot War in which the Pequot tribe was wiped out and scattered. The story behind this war was the ignorance of the settlers. They