Native Americans: Relationship Between The Puritan Settlers

The relationship between the puritan settlers and the native Americans changed overtime between 1620 and 1676. In 1620, when the first Puritan settlers arrived on the mayflower, the two groups were apprehensive to meet each other. When they first truly met, they made agreements with each other. One group of natives, the Wampanoags, had a strong bond with the settlers. The group effectively saved the pilgrims from starvation and other hostile tribes. The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags had a strong bond and even aided each other against hostile natives. As more puritans migrated to the new world, more and more natives were being pushed out from there home land. When Massasoit and his predecessor died, his son Philip, took over as Sachem. In desperate need of money and power, Philip sold Native American land. The economical state was pressuring Philip and there was only one thing Philip could do. Philip started a war. When the Pilgrims first landed and built a town, it was around winter. Crops were not growing and food supplies were depleting fast. They
The Narragansett wanted war with the pilgrims. The Wampanoags aided the pilgrims and gave them safety. During this, Squanto had been conspiring against Massasoit. Squanto wanted to overthrow Massasoit and become the leader of the Wampanoags and Pokanokets. One day, a relative of Squanto tried warning the Pilgrims that the Pokanokets had joined the Narragansett against the Pilgrims. It was suspicious that this would occur after there were accusations against Squanto about the conspiracy against Massasoit. So another Native, Hobbamock, sent his wife to check on the Pokanokets. As suspected, the Pokanokets were not rallying against the pilgrims and that Squanto was really planning on the Pilgrims to attack Massasoit. This and Squanto's other plans had caused the bond and trust between the Wampanoags and Pilgrims to grow