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History
The Wampanoags in the seventeenth century : $b An ethnohistorical survey
Marten, Catherine
Indians of North America -- New England -- History -- 17th century; Wampanoag Indians
27. Elliot, John, THE INDIAN PRIMER (Edinburgh) 1877.
Compiled for use in teaching reading and catechism to Indians by
the 17th century missionary. Contains no ethnographic information.
28. Elliot, John, and Thomas Mayhew, “Tears of Repentance: or, A
Further Narrative of the Progress of the Gospel Amongst the Indians
in New England,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series
3, Vol. IV, 1834.
Letters dating ca. 1653; information concerning aboriginal
religious beliefs and the way of becoming a powow.
29. Ellis, G.E., “The Indians of Eastern Massachusetts,” MEMORIAL
HISTORY OF BOSTON, J. Winsor, ed., Vol I. (Boston) 1880, pp. 241-71.
Deals with the history of Anglo-Indian relationships. Not much
ethnographic information.
30. Flannery, R., AN ANALYSIS OF COASTAL ALGONQUIAN CULTURE
(Washington, D. C.; The Catholic University of America Press) 1939.
Trait list for southern New England; very complete, but the
inclusion of tribes other than those in the immediate Plymouth
region—i.e. Connecticut—calls for cross checking before accepting
all things as true of local Indians.
31. Freeman, Frederick, CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM, (Cambridge: The
Riverside Press) 1878.
Running account of relations between Indians and white men from
1620 to the end of King Philip’s War. Ethnographic information
is nonexistent; however, a general picture of Indian-English
relationships as they unfolded can be gained.
32. Gookin, Daniel, “Historical Collections of the Indians in New
England,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, Vol
I, 1792.
This is a basic source, covering all aspects of Indian culture.
Concerns mainly the Massachusetts.
33. Guernsey, S.J., “Notes on the Exploration of Martha’s Vineyard,”
AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, ns. Vol. XVIII, 1916, pp. 81-97.
Discusses the investigation of some burials and the collection
of some typical artifacts (cord and fabric-impressed and incised
sherds).
34. Hawley, G., “Mashpee Indians,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
COLLECTIONS, Series 1, Vol. X, 1809, p. 113.
Contains 18th. century population records.
35. Hawley, Rev. Mr., “Account of an Indian Visitation, A.D. 1698,”
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, Vol. X, 1809,
p. 129.
Concerns the location and religious conditions of various Indian
congregations of 1698.
36. Haynes, H. W., “Agricultural Implements of the New England
Indians,” PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, Vol.
XXII, 1883, pp. 437-43.
Discusses shell and stone hoes and spades that might have been used
by the Indians in historic times. Information it contains is better
gotten in entirety from original sources than piecemeal here.
37. Higginson, F., “New England’s Plantation,” MASSACHUSETTS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, 1806, pp. 117-24.
Brief ethnographic sketch, dealing with appearance, weapons,
houses, seasonal mobility, religion, and labor.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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