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My final research topic covers the relations between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans in the Plymouth Colony and the surrounding New England area.
Primary Source #1: A Mapp of New England (1676)
Original in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
This primary source is a map of Plymouth Colony and the rest of the New England area in 1676. The map shows landmarks like trees and rivers, settlements throughout New England, and colonists and natives engaging in war.
Primary Source #2: William Bradford and the “First Encounter”
published in London, 1622: Pilgrim Hall Museum
This source is a letter written by William Bradford, early explorer of Plymouth and his first encounter with the native population. He writes that in December, 1620, him and a few others were attacked as they heard a horrible shout from the natives. Bradford and the other men sent the arrows left behind to England and called the place where both sides met the “First Encounter.”
Primary Source #3: Edward Randolph’s report of King Philip’s War in New England, 1675.
Smithsonian Source: Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies.
This source briefly discusses reasons for the aggression coming from the Native Americans. Randolph blamed the spread of Christianity to the natives and also blamed Massachusetts for teaching the natives how to use firearms.