How did the settlers feel when they came to America?

Of course, different groups of settlers came to this country at different times, but if we focus on two early groups, the Jamestown settlers and the Plymouth Plantation colonists who came over on the Mayflower, both realized that they had gotten themselves into a dangerous situation. Both groups experienced a good deal of fear. The Jamestown colonists, many of who came from well-to-do backgrounds, expected to find gold and easy living in Virginia. They thought they would come home rich. Instead, there was no gold and not enough food. They were not used to hunger and hard work, and they were fearful of the Indians. It was a harsh time of starvation, suffering, and death.
The Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts in November to cold weather and few sources of food. They too experienced fear, though they also had religious faith to sustain them. Nevertheless, many of them died—so many that they would bury the bodies at night for fear the Indians would find out how few of them were left. They also feared Indian attacks.
Both settlements came close to being wiped out in their early days, and the colonists had to come to grips with how difficult establishing a life on a new continent could be.