TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. There are 563 separate Notes anchored in the main text; these anchors are indicated by [number]. The Notes remain in the same place as in the original book, after the main text. There are only two Footnotes in the book. These anchors are indicated by [A] and [B] and the Footnotes themselves have been moved to the end of the book, in front of the Notes. Minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. THE WAMPANOAGS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: An Ethnohistorical Survey/CATHERINE MARTEN [Illustration: (Ink drawing of Plimoth Plantation.)] OCCASIONAL PAPERS IN OLD COLONY STUDIES NUMBER 2/DECEMBER 1970 PUBLISHED BY PLIMOTH PLANTATION INCORPORATED $1.00 =OCCASIONAL PAPERS IN OLD COLONY STUDIES= is a multi-disciplinary journal, appearing at irregular intervals and publishing original contributions generally in the fields of Sociology, History, Anthropology, and Demography which treat as a subject Plymouth Colony prior to the 19th century. =OCCASIONAL PAPERS= are available for purchase at varying rates at Plimoth Plantation or by mail. Correspondence concerning the publication and its contents should be addressed to The Editor, Occasional Papers, Plimoth Plantation, Box 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360. Contributions of original material as described above will be accepted for reading and possible publication. Manuscripts and photographs or drawings are sent at the author’s risk and will be returned only when accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. Plimoth Plantation is a non-profit educational organization which receives no tax moneys and is supported principally by admissions to historical exhibits, contributions, and memberships. =OCCASIONAL PAPERS IN OLD COLONY STUDIES/NUMBER 2/DECEMBER 1970= EDITOR: CATHERINE MARTEN Cover Design: Eric G. Engstrom Map: Charles McCann Typesetting and Printing: R. E. Smith Printing Co., Inc., Fall River, Mass. [Illustration: This map showing the approximate locations of the various New England tribes in the early 17th century is based upon the following sources: Harold E. Driver and William C. Massey, COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, ns. Vol. 47, part 2, 1957; Douglas Edward Leach, FLINTLOCK AND TOMAHAWK: NEW ENGLAND IN KING PHILIP’S WAR, 1959; Charles C. Willoughby, ANTIQUITIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND INDIANS, 1935] PREFACE