Historical-biographical data; no ethnographic information.
19. Chase H.E., “Notes on the Wampanoag Indians,” ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION for 1883 (Washington, D.C.: The
Smithsonian Institution).
Sort of a general 19th. century population survey, together with
notes of the location of sites and towns in the 17th. and 18th.
centuries. Quotes the standard sources.
20. Cotton, John, “Vocabulary of the Massachusetts (or Natik)
Indians,” MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, Series 3,
Vol. II, 1830, pp. 147-257.
Contains lexical data only; no ethnographic information.
21. Davidson, D.S., “Snowshoes,” AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
MEMOIR #6 (Philadelphia: the American Philosophical Society) 1937.
All inclusive on the subject of snowshoes in North America. This is
the only reference there seems to be on the style of snowshoes worn
by the Wampanoags.
22. Drake, S.G., CHRONICLES OF THE INDIANS (also called OLD INDIAN
CHRONICLE in some editions), (Boston: by the author) 1867.
Accounts of King Philip’s War, presumably written by
contemporaries; a chronology of events relating to the Indians. The
emphasis is historical rather than ethnographic.
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.