The Wampanoags in the seventeenth century : $b An ethnohistorical surveyMarten, Catherine
History
The Wampanoags in the seventeenth century : $b An ethnohistorical survey
Marten, Catherine
Indians of North America -- New England -- History -- 17th century; Wampanoag Indians
63. Speck, F.G., “Territorial Subdivisions and Boundaries of the
Wampanoag, Massachusetts, and Nauset Indians,” INDIAN NOTES AND
MONOGRAPHS, no. 44, (Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation).
Data on tribal subdivisions is compiled, and most of it relates to
about the time of King Philip’s War. Also genealogical data.
64. Speck, F.G., and Ralph Dexter, “Utilization of Marine Life by
the Wampanoag Indians of Massachusetts,” JOURNAL OF THE WASHINGTON
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Vol. XXXVIII, 1948, pp. 257-65.
Information in regard to contemporary practices of the Wampanoag of
Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard, on use of sea products for food and
other purposes.
65. Tantaquidgeon, G., “Notes on the Gay Head Indians of
Massachusetts,” INDIAN NOTES, Vol. 7, no. 1 (Museum of the American
Indian, Heye Foundation) January, 1930.
Concerns 19th. century splint and grass basketry-making; describes
some techniques of manufacture.
66. Thatcher, James, HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH, FROM ITS FIRST
SETTLEMENT IN 1620, TO THE PRESENT TIME: WITH A CONCISE HISTORY OF
THE ABORIGINES OF NEW ENGLAND AND THEIR WARS WITH THE ENGLISH, &C.
(Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon) 1835.
Brief cultural summary includes diet, division of labor,
appearance, housing, attitude toward children, effects of strong
drink, treatment of captives, and the general character of Indians.
For its brevity it is quite complete, albeit non-analytical.
Includes history of Indian-Pilgrim contacts. Covers King Philip’s
War. Includes Indian anecdotes and sketches of character and
activities of some of the more well-known Indians of the 17th.
century.
67. Trumbull, J.H., “Natick Dictionary,” BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF
AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, XXV, 1903.
Linguistic material. No ethnographic data.
68. Vaughan, Alden T., NEW ENGLAND FRONTIER: PURITANS AND INDIANS
1620-1675 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company) 1965.
This is a history of relations between Indians and colonists, taken
from the point of view of the colonists. The section relevant to a
study of Wampanoag culture is the introductory chapter on general
Algonquian culture for the New England area. A most articulate and
applicable summary, it is basic reading for a general background in
Indian culture of the region.
69. Verrazano’s Narrative (contained in H. Howe, PROLOGUE TO NEW
ENGLAND).
This narrative represents the first account of contact with
Algonquians of the Plymouth region—area concerned is Narragansett
Bay, date is 1524. Information on general appearance and notation
of dwellings that do not fit the expected pattern for wigwam
construction.
70. Whitfield, Henry, compiler, “The Light Appearing More and More
Towards the Perfect day or, A Farther Discovery of the Present State
of the Indians in New England, Concerning the Progresse of the Gospel
Amongst Them,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series
3, Vol. IV.
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