The Wampanoag III: Wampanoag Antebellum (1625-1671

An often overlooked period in Wampanoag history is the period of time between the height of Ousamequin's power among the Wampanoag in 1624-25 and his son Metacomet's decision to attack the settlers at Swansea in 1675. However, this period is full of Native politics, suspected poisonings, fraudulent wills, a rumors of war.

[IReallyLikeTreessmileyface]

I’m taking an indigenous history class at my college rn and I’m focusing on the Nonotuck people in the Pioneer Valley, be cool to see a video on John Pynchon and all the different settlements north of the town of Springfield :) ❤️

[outdoorsandnature]

Thank you so much for exposing me to so many new names and topics through your work. The history here is mind blowing.

[DeanMonsieur]

Great video, man. Been binging a lot of your stuff recently.

[Andy_Babb]

This is such a great series. Really hard to find quality documentaries on the Wampanoag. I live in Berkley, MA. My 9x great grandfather was Edward Bobet, one of the first colonists killed during King Philip’s War. I still live on the same land he purchased in 1648

[RUcookoo]

amazing account thank you - we never knew all this well

[hobotony]

Great video! I really appreciate what you do. I only wish you'd pronounce some tribes the right way.

[GoodWoman]

Excellent. Love your wide use of references. One of the problems of contagious diseases, then and now, is that some people do have immunity and some acquire immunity which often arises from either a small dose of the virus or bacteria or surviving a serious case of the illness or someone has a way to treat the physically, traditionally or modern medicine, and the live through the illness with this assistance. Yes, contact with new bacteria or virus can do serious harm to a population and there are stories of blankets, diseased carcasses, etc. having been used as weapons from far back into some of the ancient history stories. Wessagusset Is Weymouth MA if I recall correctly?

[lumberpilot]

I read about ten books on King Philip's War and I learned still more from this video. What I don't understand is the relationship between Weetamoe and her younger sister especially when Alexander suddenly died. Did the younger sister gain in status above Weetamoe given that her husband Philip replaced Alexander as Great Sachem. Or would Weetamoe retain her rank above her sister especially since she was the heir of Corbitant?