The Wampanoags in the seventeenth century

by Catherine Marten

18th century population records; no ethnographic information.

5. Archer, Gabriel, Archer’s Narrative of the Gosnold Voyage: (information may be found in H. Howe, PROLOGUE TO NEW ENGLAND).

Contains a brief description of the general appearance of the Nausett Indians in the second year of the 17th. century.

6. Bacon, O. N., A HISTORY OF NATICK (Boston, 1856).

Mentions the historical context of the praying town; no ethnographic information.

7. Badger, Rev. Stephen, “Historical and Characteristic Traits of the American Indians in General and those of the Natick in Particular,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, Vol. V, 1835.

A report on the condition of the Indians around Natick in 1797.

8. Bartlett, J. R., ed. “Letters of Roger Williams,” PUBLICATIONS OF THE NARRAGANSETT CLUB, VI, 1874.

The main relevance of these documents is Anglo-Indian relationships.

9. Bassett, B., “Fabulous Traditions and Customs of the Indians of Martha’s Vineyard,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 1, 1792, pp. 139-40.