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"At the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving in 1621, chief among the honored guests was Massasoit, the sachem of the Wampanoag. Half a century later, in 1676, colonial soldiers walked through Plymouth with their horrible spoils of war: the severed head of Massasoit's son, King Philip, on a stake. Philip had been shot at the end of a bloody two-year conflict which began as a skirmish between the Wampanoag and the English on the frontier of Plymouth colony...
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Norton library volume N830
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Examines the relationship between European settlers and Native Americans in colonial America, concentrating on New England, and argues that the European settlement should be viewed as a conquest.
3) Subjects unto the same king: Indians, English, and the contest for authority in colonial New England
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University of Pennsylvania Press
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Cambridge University Press
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1995.
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This study presents the first broad coverage of Indian experiences in the American Revolution rather than Indian participation as allies or enemies of contending parties. Colin Calloway focuses on eight Indian communities as he explores how the Revolution often translated into war among Indians and their own struggles for independence. Drawing on British, American, Canadian and Spanish records, Calloway shows how Native Americans pursued different...
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