...King Philip’s War was a conflict between the British and Wampanoag Indians that took place from 1675-1676. “King Philip” was the English settlers’ name for the chief of a Wampanoag band named Metacom. The war started when the Plymouth colonists arrested and executed three Wampanoag for murdering an Indian from a nearby praying town who acted as a spy for them. The Wampanoag were infuriated and began burning and looting colonial villages. The Indians had acquired enough muskets over the years so that in this war, both sides fought with guns and bullets. In the autumn of 1675, the English were demoralized by the total war the Natives were using against them. Indians did not hold back, often killing whole families and utilizing ambushes on unsuspecting...
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...Asha Brooks Khos 3 4/16/14 Pilgrims vs. Natives In their quest for religious freedom, the Puritans had to overcome many different obstacles. One of these obstacles was gaining and maintaining a peaceful relationship with the Indians in America. William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, and the video Desperate Crossing all explore this relationship in a different way, but each provides great detail and insight into the social dynamic and tension of the two parties. In William Bradford’s book, Of Plymouth Plantation, the Puritan relationship with the Indians is an underlying issue, but is brought up now and again. Before the Puritans traveled to America, they believed that the Indians were nothing more than barbaric savages. Although they had never met or even seen the natives, they made inferences from what they had heard from other travelers. “The place they had thoughts on was some of those vast and undeveloped countries of America, which are fruitful and fit for habitation, being devoid of all civil inhabitants, where there are only savage and brutish men which range up and down, little otherwise than the wild beasts of the same.”(10) Not only did the Puritans think that the Indians were uncivil, but they believed that they were dangerous and intimidating. It was made clear that they thought the natives were no better than the wild animals roaming the untracked land. After the Puritans...
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...Mike Karikari Canssandra Stancil Gunkel Culture, Race and Ethnicity September 17, 2015 Writing Assignment People with different worldviews encounter all the time, one example I would like to start with is in the story “THE SOVEREIGNTY AND GOODNESS OF GOD”. At the sunrise of Feb. 10, 1676 at Lancaster, Massachusetts was attacked by Indians. Mary Rowlandson was taken hostage with her three children. Mary and her children for more than 11 weeks and 5 days traveled through the wilderness with the indians as they ran away from the bloody scene. She traveled with them to over 20 places. Mary’s belief of a puritan was to clean the churches and she also believed in predestination. Which is the belief that God has already decided who goes to heaven or hell. The Narragansett indians belief was very different from the Puritan because they didn’t believe in a God, they had different gods and relied a lot on nature. [stereotyping: define] The part where I saw stereotyping was when Mary met the indians, she viewed the indians as savages at first because of the slaughter of her family members but as time went on she realized they were nice people, they fed her meals. They became cool with Mary and she started to make clothes for them in exchange for food. The beliefs of Mary colored the whole situation as a way to strengthen her faith in God and a quote to prove that is (Isaiah 43.2) “When thou passeth through...
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...Government 2305 Chapter 1 1. Describe the different early inhabitants and settlements or the New World: -Jamestown The founding of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607 – sparked a series of cultural encounters that helped shape the nation and the world. The government, language, customs, beliefs and aspirations of these early Virginians are all part of the United States’ heritage today. The colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a group of investors who hoped to profit from the venture. Chartered in 1606 by King James I, the company also supported English national goals of counterbalancing the expansion of other European nations abroad, seeking a northwest passage to the Orient, and converting the Virginia Indians to the Anglican religion. Initially, the colony was governed by a council of seven, with one member serving as president. Serious problems soon emerged in the small English outpost, which was located in the midst of a chiefdom of about 14,000 Algonquian-speaking Indians ruled by the powerful leader Powhatan. Relations with the Powhatan Indians were tenuous, although trading opportunities were established. An unfamiliar climate, as well as brackish water supply and lack of food, conditions possibly aggravated by a prolonged drought, led to disease and death. Many of the original colonists were upper-class Englishmen, and the colony lacked sufficient laborers and skilled...
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...King Philip’s War Frank T. DeNatale Dr. Wilkins American Military History I Columbia Southern University June 20, 2013 Frank T. DeNatale Dr. Wilkins American Military History I June 20, 2013 King Philip’s War Following the Pequots’ destruction, New England experienced nearly forty years of uneasy peace before King Philip’s War erupted in 1675. The war began in a small way in a limited area but eventually engulfed New England, bringing suffering to nearly all its English and native inhabitants. In June 1675, a few Wampanoags looted and burned several abandoned buildings in a frontier community. The destruction was more an act of vandalism than a military attack, but as so often in the relations between whites and Indians, seemingly inconsequential events had momentous consequences. Plymouth colonists mobilized to retaliate, the Wampanoags prepared to defend themselves, and before long a war was in progress. Fearful colonists wondered how many other tribes would join the Wampanoags and especially worried about the Narragansetts, the most powerful tribe in the area and the Wampanoags’ traditional enemies. Rather than abide fickle friends, the colonists delivered a preemptive strike against the Narragansetts, resulting in the war’s most famous battle, the Great Swamp Fight of December 19, 1675. The governor of Plymouth Colony, Josiah Winslow, commanded the 1,100 man force, composed of soldiers from Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Connecticut and a substantial contingent...
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... Not only did the Narragansett tribe grant land rights but another tribe called the Wampanoag helped Williams with the start of the colony. The Wampanoag Indians helped by showing Williams better farming techniques and by showing him good grounds for hunting and catching fish. Most tribes won’t even think about helping white folk, but Williams was special. This is one of the first times in American history where we see colonists and Indians living in harmony. One great representation of Roger Williams protecting the Indians is shown in his writing of the Rhode Island Royal Charter. This was a document providing recognition that Rhode Island or the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was officially a colony. It was signed by King Charles II in 1663. Williams wanted to protect his Indian friends with this document. He wrote, “And it is hereby declared, that it shall not bee lawfull to or for the rest of the Collonies to invade or molest the native Indians, or any other inhabittants, inhabiting within the bounds and lymitts hereafter mentioned (they having subjected themselves unto us. and being by us taken into our speciall protection), without the knowledge and consent of the Governour and Company of our Collony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.” This means that colonists could not hurt and Indians without the approval of Williams himself. Williams also wanted to protect the Indian lands so he wrote, “as shall bee thought Bitt; and to direct, rule, order...
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...Sara Ghuloum 10889 American Literature 1 The Unraveling of Truth Mary Rowlandson was an American woman who had the misfortune of being abducted by the Native Americans during King Philip’s war in 1675. She was also considered the most famous captive of that unfortunate event; as her narrative showed that she went through a series or sorrowful, and hurtful events such as the death of her 6 year old child who was shot and died a slow and painful death. Her narrative was also considered as the most popular prose work of the seventeenth century. However, I can’t help but question her motives behind writing her narrative, and whether her narrative was actually accurate. One of the main reason why I doubt her motives behind writing the...
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...Part 1: The attitude towards the Native Americans through the authors: Mary Rowlandson, John Smith and Cotton Mather. First off there is Mary Rowlandson, her experiences were experienced were nothing but unpleasant “I considered their horrible addictedness to lying, and that there is not one of them that makes the least con- science of speaking of truth” (Perkins,83). She was at her lowest and was praying for salvation from the English army, “About this time I began to think that all my hopes of Restoration would come to nothing. I thought of the English Army, and hoped for their coming, and being taken by them”(Perkins, 83). Mary had seen the Natives in a very vulnerable level compared to that of the other authors who were ether in a situation of power or instance of the same position of strength. Mary is going to have a negative attitude because of her village being attacked and her being taken hostage. Cotton Mather had a lot of the same views as the Indians with strong religious followings. “Mather himself has been viewed as a pedantic egotist, a reactionary, and a bigoted witch-hunter; yet it seems only just to remember also that he was fighting a losing battle for the survival of an ideal”(Perkins,109). Then there is the most compare able of the three to todays age and that is John Smith looked at them unlike the other to and that was more as equals. Part II: The best way to de Crevecoeur's writings are what are country was founded on and how far our country has come...
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...Created by the merciless and violent encounter between colonists and Indians Mary Rowlandson’s story “A Narrative of the Captivity” came to be one of the greatest tales ever written. The way that she describes the violence and brutality of the Native Americans is not only revealing but moving. Not to mention the imagery used to describe this horrible eleven weeks long captivity is astounding, giving you a understand of what exactly happened during this time. Mary Rowlandson was the wife of a well-loved minister. Indians pillaged though the town of Lancaster in February of 1675. They took twenty-four people captive, including Rowlandson and one of her three children. She believed that God was punishing them for “breaking his covenant as his...
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...on the first winter the Pilgrims spent in the newly created Plimouth Plantation. If the book had covered just the voyage and the first year, it certainly would have lived up to expectations and the title of work; instead, Philbrick goes much further and gives us the stories of the Puritans, who colonized in Masachussets Bay, and the Native Americans, who really owned the land that these English settlers encroached upon. Philbrick continues his tale through the end of King Philip's War (1674-1675), where the descendants of the original voyagers on board the Mayflower claimed New England as theirs and started the process of relegating the Native Americans to specific areas (the process that we would later call "resettling the Indians onto reservations"). At the tail end of the story of King Philip's War, Philbrick brings the original Mayflower passengers and their descendants back into the fold. Unfortunately, he strays a little too much from the original settlement when providing us with the story of the war, which is why I give the book just four stars instead of five. I truly expected the book to focus exclusively on the voyage and the people that were passengers on that maiden voyage, along with new arrivals into the Plymouth Colony rather than the direction that Philbrick chose to take. Regardless of the fact that he seemed to stray from the original topic somewhat, I really enjoyed the book and would heartily recommend it to anyone that is interested in early North...
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...however, the majority of the relationships were murderous. Prior to the French and Indian war, hundreds and hundreds of innocent American Indians were killed, among them women and children. Each region, New England, Chesapeake, Spanish Southwest, New France and New York proved to deal with different issues than a neighboring region. The settlers were not the only violent offenders. American Indians attempted to hold their ground, and a number of tribes even attacked English Colonists. Not only was there violence but many other factors contributed, including religion. Actions committed by both sides shaped the relations in different ways for different regions. New England relations with American Indians Initially, the relations between colonists in New England and the coastal Indians were friendly. The Indians offered a helping hand to the colonists. As the Englishmen were developing their colonies, the Indians helped shape the economy. Settlers were eager to move off the coast and more inland. When the settlers pushed farther and farther inland, they broke apart many Indian tribes and encroached onto their rightful land. Conflict was inevitable between the English and the Natives. Conflict rose quickly among the two groups. In 1637, a Pequot Indian was accused of murdering a settler by the Massachusetts colonists. The accusations led to a war between the two, and the Pequot War was initiated. English settlers lit fires in...
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...Nipmuc Nation A profile of the “fresh water people”. "The Creator looked down and saw Giant Turtle swimming in the waters that covered the earth and he was carrying Eagle, Owl, Crow, Deer, Fox, Turkey, Muskrat and Beaver on his back. He joined them in the form of a Hare and sent Crow to search the water, bidding him to find brown earth to make an island. But Crow came back without any earth. So the Great Spirit sent others, but they all returned to Giant Turtle without bringing any part of the earth's substance. Finally He sent Muskrat who was gone a long time and at last appeared on top of the waters holding send in his paws. From this the Creator fashioned the land, the animals and birds, and people to live in the forests, At this time the Great Snake came out from his hiding place under the sea. The muskrat still shows his knowledge of how the world was made by building his house in its shape, a dome. The people had learned from him and their houses were dome shaped also" - Excerpt from the Nipmuc Creation Myth Quinsigamond is a name that might strike some as odd. Who came up with it and what is it referring to? Quinsigamond in the Native American Algonquian Language means “the pickerel ( or long nose ) fishing place” and was the old name of what we now know as the city of Worcester, MA. Algonquian is the common language of the Nipmuc people who inhabited much of Worcester county along with the Pequot, Narragansett and Pennacook. They were the earliest...
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...Puritans and Native Americans Examine some of the Puritan beliefs revealed by the works we have covered that led to tensions, conflicts, and concerns among the colonists and/or the Native Americans. Colonization in America by the Puritans occurred in 1620. Unlike the pilgrims who had arrived in America earlier and settled in Jamestown, the Puritans came to reform the church. All Puritans had strong religious beliefs and wanted America to be a place for liberation. According to the article God in America, 2010 “Puritans did not break with the Church of England, but instead sought to reform it.” Also from the text, “The reign of James I (1603–1625), however, brought about the Separatist movement that sent the Pilgrims first to the Netherlands and then to Plymouth” (Puritanism, 58). The Puritans would settle and form the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Today this part of America is referred to as the New England States. Life at the beginning was hard for the Puritans and many tensions/conflicts would arise with the local Native Americans. Many of these conflicts would be documented through literary works, such as, William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, and St. John De Crevecoeur. Literary history has allowed society to gain an understanding of the conflicts between the Puritans and Native Americans. William Bradford was well known for his impact on the Plymouth colonies. In traveling to America he was a very religious man. “William Bradford was one of the greatest of colonial Americans...
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...King Phillip's war began in 1675. This historic moment was named after the Wampanoag Indian Chief, named Metacornet, also known as Philip. A name given by the English as a symbol of friendship and esteem. Philip was the son of Massasoit, who in 1621 signed a peace treaty with the English. The treaty was maintain up until the death of Massasoit, but in the years after his death, his tribe was forced to undergo increasing the domination of the English in 1621. The Wampanoag's hospitality ended up being hostility. As quoted there is evidence that points towards Philip's attempt to form an Indian confederation, but he fought as one of several important chieftains and not as the leader of confederation (Millet & Maslowski, 1994, p.15). In June 1675, a few Wampanoag's looted and burned down many abandoned buildings in a frontier community, but was disregarded as an act of vandalism than a military attack. Inconsequential events had consequences, the Plymouth colonies gathered to attack, but the Wampanoag's were prepared to defend themselves and not too long after a war had begun. Colonists feared about how many tribes would join the Wampanoag's (Millet & Maslowski, 1994, p.16)The colonist's were more concerned about the Narragansett's, because they helped the English eliminate the Pequot's in 1637 (Millet & Maslowski, 1994, p.16). The colonist's decided to attack the Narragansett's, this attack is known as the war's most famous battle called, the Great Swamp Fight of...
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...Another name for King Phillip’s War is the First Indian War. It took place between 1675-1678. The war was between the the colonists of New England and a group of Native Americans. The leader of the Native Americans was the new chief of the Wampanoag tribe. His name was Metacomet. Metacomet’s English nickname is King Phillip. Some of the tribes fighting on the Native American side were the Nipmuck, Podunk, Narragansett, and Nashaway. The tribes such as Mohegan and Pequot fought on the colonists sides. The war was fought in the present day states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine. About 50 years after the first colonists came to Plymouth Rock, the colonies started to expand into Native American territory which caused conflict....
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