In five pages a fictitious dialogue between early colonists Jonathan Edwards, Edward Taylor, Ebeneezer Cooke, Robert Beverly, and Captain John Smith on sex is presented. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
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Robert Beverly, Ebenezer Cooke, were situated around the hearth one evening. Seemingly engrossed in a debate over the Indian problems in their territories, and life in general, each man, it
was obvious, was a firm believer in his own opinions. John Smith took another tug on his pipe, then sat back in the chair, as if exasperated with the statement
about the Indian situation by Cooke. When he opened his mouth to speak, it was accompanied by a large puff of tobacco smoke. "So what you are saying, Mr. Cooke,
is that all leaders are corrupt?" Smith gestured with the tip of his pipe toward Cookes smiling face. "And if you think this, then it begs the question, then, doesnt
it? Why the hell are you here?" "Oh, come, come, John, dont take things so seriously. The Sot Weed Factor was only written in fun." "Didnt read that way to
me." "Well, I have to admit, I was a bit sore when the Quaker absconded with all my purchases. That did irritate me. But, for all its vices, this country
does have good food." "Sir, you havent the foggiest idea what this country is about. Perhaps it is because of your age. Why, when I first arrived here, that was
a savage and hostile environment." "Now, now," said the other man in the room, Robert Beverly. "We have forgotten ourselves. This land is about freedom from such persecution." Cooke sneered.
"You seem to have done all right, Smith." "Certainly. But I have come to believe that sometimes brute strength doesnt yield the intended results. I could have started a
war with the Indians. Wiped them out, to be exact. Our firepower alone would have overwhelmed them in little time." He paused to lean forward, his eyes narrowed in concentration