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Patuxet (Plymouth) 400 years on: Massasoit the statesman masterfully played the Plymouth Colony

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Stephen Carr Hampton

While the Pilgrims moved into the abandoned village of Patuxet and planted their fields, the Great Sachem Massasoit called together a council to hammer out policy toward the wayward colonists. Hammered by plague and pestilence, his Wampanoag Confederacy was vulnerable. … Continue reading →

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Local Paper Publishes Thanksgiving Story about “Redskins”

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Stephen Carr Hampton

My town, Davis, is known as a liberal college town, a bastion of progressive thought.  Nevertheless, the local paper, the Davis Enterprise, published this editorial a few days ago. Here is my letter to the editor in reply: Dear Editor, … Continue reading →

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What really happened: The account of the first Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Here is the original account of the first Thanksgiving. It’s only three short paragraphs. But first, a little context.  It’s 1621. The Pilgrims arrived the previous December, finally settling in the abandoned Native village of Patuxet.  A year or two … Continue reading →

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