The English colonists would utilize the white pine for crucial purposes such as ship construction. On page 28, William Wood elaborates on how the Native Americans' woodland burning ironically resulted in another appreciated asset of the forest by the English colonists. The "thickets " created by the Native Americans' burning of the underbrush is described on page 28 as "an excellent refuge for deer " creating a fine place to hunt for the English colonists were used by the Native Americans as hiding places for times of war. The personal influences of one group directly affected the other and how they would use the ecosystem by adjusting the environment and allowing it to work to their advantage.
In chapter three, pages 35-37, Cronon elaborates on the differing strategies in food storage and "production " of the Native Americans and English colonists. The differing strategies, methods, and utilizations of resources are directly related and accredited toward cultural differences. Being that the Native Americans placed great emphasis on being one with nature and culturally in touch with their environment and surroundings, their ability to produce and store their food supply could almost be considered instinct. The Native Americans were able to understand the great importance of hot or cold seasons, overlapping cycles of light and dark, high and low tides, waxing and waning moons. (37) This would ultimately result in knowledge crucial to human survival. The Native Americans maintained the ideal that they were to learn about and use their ecosystem to their advantage by seeking to obtain their food sources when their environment most graciously allowed. This was a major detail that the English colonists were lacking. The colonists proved to be unprepared when their vision of carrying over their identical lifestyles from England over to New England went from attainable to very unattainable.