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The Kickemuit River in 17th century Sowams
The Kickemuit River ends at the Narrows in Bristol, RI, the site that was occupied by the Pokanoket Tribe for at least 7,000 years because of the abundance of seafood available at that location. Fresh water enters the salt water of Mount Hope Bay above dam at Child Street in Warren, RI, the location of […]
Settler Colonization and Indian Slavery in 17th Century Sowams
The goal of the English was to colonize New England by acquiring full or partial political control over Native societies and territories, founding a colony, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. Compared to other settlements on the East Coast of America, this was relatively easy to do in New England because of the […]
History of the Royal Pokanoket Burial Site in Warren, RI described
One of two Royal Pokanoket Burial Grounds in Southeastern New England was established in the 16th century in today’s Warren, RI, at what is now Burr’s Hill Park. The site has a long history of disturbance of the burials starting with the construction of the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad in 1854 and ending with […]
On-line tour of Leiden includes a correction of the Thanksgiving story
The Leiden400 organization offered a four-hour on-line tour of locations and museums linked to the Pilgrims on May 16, 2020 in lieu of the original planned live tour that had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Jori Zijlmans, Curator of the Museum de Lakenhal, speaking about the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth said at “. . […]
The Ring of the Green: Sowams’ Second English Settlement
Though Roger Williams was the first Englishman to settle in 17th century Sowams, he was quickly followed by Rev. Samuel Newman and his followers from Weymouth who purchased land from the Massasoit Ousamequin in 1643. After constructing a meeting house in what is now Rumford, RI, the settlers laid out over fifty farms, each fronting […]
The Massasoit and Edward Winslow: An Enduring Friendship
This presentation is designed to help you understand the history of cooperation that occurred in the 17th century led by the Massasoit Ousamequin and Pilgrim Separatist Edward Winslow and how that cooperation ended with each of their sons by the 1670s. The earnest efforts on the part of Edward Winslow to establish mutual trust and […]
Plagues, Pokanokets and Pilgrims in the 17th century YouTube presentation
Before the arrival of Europeans in the Americans in the late 15th century, the Pokanoket people lived in a relatively disease-free environment.Starting in 1616, those same people began to suffer from a series of pandemics that wiped out up to 90% of their numbers. So, how did these infectious diseases first come to New England […]
Living Godly Lives: A Look at Puritan Morality
Dr. Francis J. Bremer, Professor Emeritus of History at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and author of more than twelve books on Puritanism, examines what Puritans saw as the way to godliness and dispel common myths about their views on subjects such as drinking, sexuality, and dress. Click here for a 54-minute History Camp video of […]
Haile Farm Preserve in Warren, RI, gets ready to open trails for the Spring
On the former Bowen-Haile-Nunes Farmstead, a rare surviving representative of a 17th century Narragansett Bay saltwater livestock farm now given over largely to development, stands the oldest extant house in Warren. The Warren Land Conservation Trust acquired approximately sixty acres of the original farm land on the eastern shore of the Palmer River that now is […]