[443] Gookin, p. 149; Winslow, p. 364.
[444] Winslow, p. 364.
[445] Ibid.; Williams, p. 168; Wood, p. 91.
[446] Winslow, p. 364.
[447] Gookin, p. 149; Rowlandson, pp. 45-47.
[448] Ibid.; Wood, p. 91.
[449] Thus enhancing wealth and in turn the possibilities for displays of generosity.
[450] Williams, pp. 168-69. This practice is fairly common among pre-literate peoples on a world-wide basis. The reason usually given is the fear that should the mother conceive again before the child is weaned, her milk would dry up.
[451] Ibid., p. 34.