23. Drake, S.G., TRAGEDIES OF THE WILDERNESS (also called INDIAN CAPTIVITIES in later editions), (Boston) 1841.
Contains the account of Mrs. Rowlandson, who was captured by the Wampanoags in the time of King Philip’s War. Evidence of residence patterns of polygynous household; also information as to dress at that time. Probably best to disregard some things (such as diet) as not being typical, since the conditions are not normal—this is a group of Indians moving rather rapidly across the landscape much of the time, living off what they can carry and pick up along the way.
24. Elliot, John, “An Account of Indian Churches in New England in a Letter Written A.D. 1673,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, Vol. X, pp. 124-29.
Concerns the requirements of Indians for church membership and their practices as members.
25. Elliot, John “The Day Breaking, if not the Sun Rising of the Gospell with the Indians of New England,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 3, Vol IV, 1834, pp. 1-23.
A good account of how shamans are chosen. Recounts the beginnings of Elliot’s missionary work—attitude toward conversion of the Indians, the things Indians were taught about Christianity, the establishment of praying towns, some of the regulations placed upon the way of life of would-be-converts.
26. Elliot, John, A GRAMMAR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INDIAN LANGUAGE, new edition (Boston) 1822.
Lexical information; no ethnographic data.
27. Elliot, John, THE INDIAN PRIMER (Edinburgh) 1877.