Indian New England Before the Mayflower
Russell, Howard S.
Indian New England Before the Mayflower [electronic resource] - Lebanon : University Press of New England June 1983 - 296 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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Annotation In offering here a highly readable yet comprehensive description of New England's Indians as they lived when European settlers first met them, the author provides a well-rounded picture of the natives as neither savages nor heroes, but fellow human beings existing at a particular time and in a particular environment. He dispels once and for all the common notion of native New England as peopled by a handful of savages wandering in a trackless wilderness.
In sketching the picture the author has had help from such early explorers as Verrazano, Champlain, John Smith, and a score of literate sailors; Pilgrims and Puritans; settlers, travelers, military men, and missionaries. A surprising number of these took time and trouble to write about the new land and the characteristics and way of life of its native people. A second major background source has been the patient investigations of modern archaeologists and scientists, whose several enthusiastic organizations sponsor physical excavations and publications that continually add to our perception of prehistoric men and women, their habits, and their environment.
This account of the earlier New Englanders, of their land and how they lived in it and treated it; their customs, food, life, means of livelihood, and philosophy of life will be of interest to all general audiences concerned with the history of Native Americans and of New England.
Trade University Press of New England
9780874512557 0874512557 (Trade Paper) USD 22.95 Retail Price (Publisher)
9780874512557
00027531
79063082
New England--History
Indians of North America--East (U.s.)
Electronic books.
E78.N5
974/.00497
Indian New England Before the Mayflower [electronic resource] - Lebanon : University Press of New England June 1983 - 296 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
Available on campus and off campus with authorized login.
Annotation In offering here a highly readable yet comprehensive description of New England's Indians as they lived when European settlers first met them, the author provides a well-rounded picture of the natives as neither savages nor heroes, but fellow human beings existing at a particular time and in a particular environment. He dispels once and for all the common notion of native New England as peopled by a handful of savages wandering in a trackless wilderness.
In sketching the picture the author has had help from such early explorers as Verrazano, Champlain, John Smith, and a score of literate sailors; Pilgrims and Puritans; settlers, travelers, military men, and missionaries. A surprising number of these took time and trouble to write about the new land and the characteristics and way of life of its native people. A second major background source has been the patient investigations of modern archaeologists and scientists, whose several enthusiastic organizations sponsor physical excavations and publications that continually add to our perception of prehistoric men and women, their habits, and their environment.
This account of the earlier New Englanders, of their land and how they lived in it and treated it; their customs, food, life, means of livelihood, and philosophy of life will be of interest to all general audiences concerned with the history of Native Americans and of New England.
Trade University Press of New England
9780874512557 0874512557 (Trade Paper) USD 22.95 Retail Price (Publisher)
9780874512557
00027531
79063082
New England--History
Indians of North America--East (U.s.)
Electronic books.
E78.N5
974/.00497