and sold him into servitude in Virginia. While a prisoner‚ Mary Rowlandson travelled some 150 miles‚ from Lancaster to Menamaset then north to Northfield and across the Connecticut river to meet with King Philip/Metacomet himself‚ sachem of the Wampanoags. Next she traveled up into southwestern New Hampshire‚ south to Menamaset‚ and north to Mount Wachusett. According to Kathryn Derounian-Stodola‚ "Introducing her work in all four 1682 editions was an anonymous preface to the reader‚ signed only
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in over-seas travel at the time‚ pirates often raided ship and diseases like scurvy and dysentery were rampant. Finally‚ on November 11th ‚ 1620‚ they arrived at Cape Cod‚ then for a few weeks‚ they sailed up to Plymouth Rock. There‚ they met the Wampanoag Indians. Most construction happened
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Algonquian languages. Prominent tribes included the Abenaki‚ Penobscot‚ Pequot‚ Mohegans‚ Pocumtuck‚ and Wampanoag. Prior to the arrival of Europeans‚ the Western Abenakis inhabited New Hampshire‚ New York‚ and Vermont‚ as well as parts of Quebec and western Maine. Their principal town was Norridgewock‚ in present-day Maine. The Penobscot lived along the Penobscot River in Maine. The Wampanoag occupied southeastern Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
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which tolerated Quakers. Metacom: also called Metacomet‚ King Philip‚ or Philip of Pokanoket‚ was an intertribal leader of the Wampanoag and Narraganset. He was born in 1639 and died on the 12th august‚ 1676. He assumed the position of leader of the clan after his father Massasoit died and his older brother the following year. He became the leader of the Wampanoag in King Philip’s War against English colonists in New England. Glorious Revolution: also called the Revolution of 1688‚ resulted
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begins to approach‚ the food supply begins to run short and there are only a couple houses that are built within a span of one year: not enough for the whole population. Eventually‚ after the horrible winter‚ the Pilgrims meet Native Americans‚ the Wampanoag tribe in the area and they are able to form trading alliances with them which would benefit both parties. A celebration was had between the two parties in the Autumn of 1621‚ this would later be recognized as
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Massachusetts Bay‚ the colonization of Jamestown is failure. From 1607 to 1624‚ people in Jamestown died from 14‚000 to 1‚132. In Plymouth‚ after they settled the colony up‚ it still had many people died at the first winner. The colonists helped the Wampanoags‚ and colony became self-sufficient in the following year. Then‚ civil government also grew out of church government. As Plymouth’s success‚
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falls between that first thanksgiving and the time of Cowboys versus Indians. The name‚ King Philip’s War‚ most likely evokes an image of a stuffy European king who waged a battle long forgotten. The name is derived from King Philip‚ chief of the Wampanoag tribe‚ his Algonquian name was Metacom. The battle that ensued between the Algonquians and the English was the “most fatal war in all of American history but also one of the most merciless” (xiii‚ Lepore). Perhaps the name “Metacom’s Rebellion” might
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winter variety originates from northern Argentina in the Andes‚ and had a tough and strong rind. The winter variety was used as a food source during the winter‚ as they could be stored throughout the winter‚ and were especially important to the Wampanoag Indians. Impact on the New World In the beginning settlers did not appreciate squash. It was until that settlers realized that squash could be stored during the winter without much care‚ that they started to appreciate it more. Because squash
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Important people like Massasoit were infected by horrible diseases‚ the Wampanoag clan were alarmed that their leader was going to die. When Massasoit traveled through their land he noticed empty villages‚ many people died due to these infectious diseases. Evidence suggest‚ that because of these diseases being lured in‚ this affected
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The “discovery” by Columbus of the New World in 1492 was followed by the establishments of European colonies with French initially in the north and down the Mississippi. The arrival of European settlers in the late 1500s-early 1600s in North America disrupted the Native American tribes that had been living peacefully there for centuries. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. As a result‚ the Native Americans’ lives changed
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