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1637.] PLYMOU
H PLANTATION. 423
such
opinione of your good will towards us, as were fitt to
be
nurished among such neigbours & brethren as we are.
And
what ill consequences may follow, on both sids, wise
men
may fear, & would rather prevente then hope to re-
dress.
So with my harty salutations to you selfe, and all
your
counsell, and other our good freinds with you, I
rest
Yours most assured in ye
Lord,
JO: WINTHROP.
Boston,
ye 20. of ye 3. month, 1637.
In ye mean time,
the Pequents, espetially in ye win-
ter before, sought to
make peace with ye Narigansets,
and used very pernicious
arguments to move them
therunto: as that ye English were
stranegers and be-
gane to overspred their countrie, and
would deprive
them therof in time, if they were suffered
to grow
& increse; and if ye Narigansets did assist ye
English
to subdue them, they did but make way for
their
owne overthrow, for if they were rooted out,
the
English would soone take occasion to subjugate
them;
and if they would harken to them, they should
not
neede to fear ye strength of ye English; for
they
would not come to open battle with them, but
fire
their houses, kill their katle, and lye in ambush
for
them as they went abroad upon their occasions;
and
all this they might easily doe without any or
litle
danger to them selves. The which course being
held,
they well saw the English could not long subsiste,
but
they would either be starved with hunger, or be
forced
to forsake the countrie; with many ye like things;
in-
Object Description
| Document Number | AJ-025 |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-025/ |
| Document Title | Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation" |
| Author | Bradford, William, 1588-1657 |
| Document Source | Bradford, William. Bradford's History Of Plimouth Plantation. From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts. Printed under the Direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, by Order of the General Court. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1898). Pages i-lxxviii, 1-555. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-025/print/ |
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| Genre | memoir; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Northeast |
| State / Province | Massachusetts; |
| Event Date | 1608-1650 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Plymouth Settlement, 1620 |
| Ethnicity | English; Dutch; Indian; French; |
| Indian Tribe | Narranganset; Pequot; Mohegan; Penobscot; Massachuset; Niantic; |
| Key Persons & Places | Cape Cod; Leyden Holland; Masschusetts Bay; Plymouth; John Robinson; John Smith; William Brewster; Robart Cushman; John Carver; Massasoyt; Massasoit; Squanto; William Bradford; Isaak Allerton; Myles Standish; Thomas Weston; Roger White; Salem; Connecticut River; Penobscot River; Kennebec River; Uncass; |
| Encounters | arrival / landing; |
| Social Relations | Indian-white relations; white attitudes; crime; sexuality; |
| Life Stages | death; courtship & marriage; |
| Daily Life | health & illness; |
| Religion & Beliefs | morality; Protestant; settlers' practices; |
| Politics | colonization; diplomacy & treaties; emigration & migration; governance & laws; intertribal relations; warfare & battles; |
| Economics | banks & finance; commerce; fur trade; trade & barter; prices; |
| Science & Technology | engineering; transportation; |
| Climate | earthquakes; storms; |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-025 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
Description
| Document Number | AJ-025 |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-025/ |
| Document Title | Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation" |
| Author | Bradford, William, 1588-1657 |
| Document Page | 423 |
| Document Source | Bradford, William. Bradford's History "Of Plimouth Plantation." From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts. Printed under the Direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, by Order of the General Court. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1898). Pages i-lxxviii, 1-555. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-025/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-025/summary/ |
| Genre | memoir; letter; |
| Page Type | text |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Northeast |
| State / Province | Massachusetts; |
| Event Date | 1637 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Plymouth Settlement, 1620 |
| Digital Format | jpeg |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-025-0523 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
| Full Text |
1637.] PLYMOU H PLANTATION. 423 such opinione of your good will towards us, as were fitt to be nurished among such neigbours & brethren as we are. And what ill consequences may follow, on both sids, wise men may fear, & would rather prevente then hope to re- dress. So with my harty salutations to you selfe, and all your counsell, and other our good freinds with you, I rest Yours most assured in ye Lord, JO: WINTHROP. Boston, ye 20. of ye 3. month, 1637. In ye mean time, the Pequents, espetially in ye win- ter before, sought to make peace with ye Narigansets, and used very pernicious arguments to move them therunto: as that ye English were stranegers and be- gane to overspred their countrie, and would deprive them therof in time, if they were suffered to grow & increse; and if ye Narigansets did assist ye English to subdue them, they did but make way for their owne overthrow, for if they were rooted out, the English would soone take occasion to subjugate them; and if they would harken to them, they should not neede to fear ye strength of ye English; for they would not come to open battle with them, but fire their houses, kill their katle, and lye in ambush for them as they went abroad upon their occasions; and all this they might easily doe without any or litle danger to them selves. The which course being held, they well saw the English could not long subsiste, but they would either be starved with hunger, or be forced to forsake the countrie; with many ye like things; in- |