Megan Geers- Gatta's 1st Chapter

So today we discussed the puritan's view of america when they first arrived. It was kind of funny to here that they thought the landscape was desolate, which makes me think of ugly. But then I found out that the wilderness was not as populated with trees as it is today. It must have been really ugly, because we're constantly clearing our natural resources to make room for more economically stimulating edifices today. Back then it must have looked like there were just little spots in the wilderness. In my head it looks really funny but I doubt it's exactly the way I am imagining it. But eventually I think the newcomers got into the land as per some of the very descriptive sections of writings from a few select puritans. Oh well, I just thought it was interesting...