The winter of 1620 was brutal for the New World's newly arrived Pilgrims. Unprepared and unaware of how to provide for themselves in the wilderness, the Pilgrims would never have survived without the help of the Native Americans, who taught the settlers to rely on nature's cues. For instance, the natives knew when winter was over and corn-planting time had arrived when the oak leaves became the same size as a mouse's ear. They also showed the Pilgrims how burying fish alongside corn seed increased the crop yield. a. In the story above, who were the people acting as scientists