Indian History, Biography and Genealogy: Pertaining to the Good Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag Tribe, and His Descendants. With an Appendix

by Ebenezer Weaver Peirce

My object in bringing this work before the public is not only to show that I am a lineal descendant, in the seventh generation, from the great and good Massasoit, whom both the red and white man now venerate and honor, but also to make record of the wrongs which during all these generations have been endured by my race. When the pale face first came to these shores, homeless and helpless outcasts, in the cold month of December, Massasoit was king and ruler over a large part of Massachusetts, with Rhode Island and part of Connecticut. When their scanty provisions were gone, and they were Jeft in a state of starvation, had tliey not received timely aid from the noble red man they would have perished then and there. But what has been the reward to Massasoit and his descendants, from the time of the landing of the Puritans down to the present hour. Nothing but deception and neglect.
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Hardcover

First published September 12, 2013

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1822-1903

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[Arnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting history of the Wampanoag . The language made it tough to slog through at times...but an excellent source of reference