[563] Elliot “The Day Breaking—,” pp. 19-20; Elliot and Mayhew, p. 186. As far as can be ascertained, the role of the powow was not formally hereditary. In practice the office probably remained closely tied to certain families, if only because association and heredity stimulated the appropriate dreams in the offspring of those who were powows. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ETHNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS FOR THE PLYMOUTH AREA 1. Allen, Z. NATIVE INDIANS OF AMERICA (Providence, 1881). Quotes standard primary sources and portrays the Indian as the “first settler” in the New World; nothing new is presented in the way of ethnographic data. 2. Altham, Emmanuel, “Emmanuel Altham to Sir Edward Altham, March 1623/1624; Emmanuel Altham to James Sherley, May, 1624,” letters in James, THREE VISITORS, etc. Relevant information not extensive; concerns general appearance, polygyny, distribution of Indian settlements in Plymouth region, Massasoit, and Indian guests and their dances on the occasion of Bradford’s wedding. 3. Anonymous, “A Description of Mashpee,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 2, Vol. III, 1846. A 1767 account of general census and welfare information. 4. Anonymous, “Saconet Indians,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, Vol. X, 1809. 18th century population records; no ethnographic information. 5. Archer, Gabriel, Archer’s Narrative of the Gosnold Voyage: (information may be found in H. Howe, PROLOGUE TO NEW ENGLAND). Contains a brief description of the general appearance of the Nausett Indians in the second year of the 17th. century. 6. Bacon, O. N., A HISTORY OF NATICK (Boston, 1856). Mentions the historical context of the praying town; no ethnographic information. 7. Badger, Rev. Stephen, “Historical and Characteristic Traits of the American Indians in General and those of the Natick in Particular,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, Vol. V, 1835. A report on the condition of the Indians around Natick in 1797. 8. Bartlett, J. R., ed. “Letters of Roger Williams,” PUBLICATIONS OF THE NARRAGANSETT CLUB, VI, 1874. The main relevance of these documents is Anglo-Indian relationships. 9. Bassett, B., “Fabulous Traditions and Customs of the Indians of Martha’s Vineyard,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, 1792, pp. 139-40. Contains information on 17th. century curing ritual. 10. Bennett, M. K., “The Food Economy of the New England Indians, 1605-1675,” THE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol. LXIII, No. 55 (October, 1955) pp. 369-395.