Elmer Fudd is funny as singing telegram messenger John Alden, trying to defend Priscilla from an Indian attack. There are a few enjoyable gags, but the negative depiction of Native Americans as dopey savages makes this difficult to watch and inappropriate for the children who are probably its primary target audience. As someone else correctly points out in the trivia for this cartoon, one of the Native American characters can be seen mouthing obscenities at a comrade who has shot him with an arrow. More valuable today for academic purposes than as entertainment, THE HARDSHIP OF MILES STANDISH is undone by its offensive content.