Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Bonhomme Richard or Bon Homme Richard pronounced bun uhm ree SHAR , the French language equivalent of Goodman Richard . USS Bonhomme Richard 1765 , formerly Duc de Duras , was a frigate built in France and placed at the disposal of John Paul Jones in 1779. A Bon Homme Richard was to have been a USS Wampanoag 1864 Wampanoag class cruiser built at the Washington Navy Yard. However, her construction was canceled in 1864. USS Bon Homme Richard CV 10 , was renamed Yorktown prior to launch. USS Bon Homme Richard CV 31 , was an Essex class aircraft carrier that saw action at the end of World War II, throughout the Korean War, and through the Vietnam War. USS Bonhomme Richard LHD 6 , is a Wasp class amphibious assault ship currently in service. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Bonnhomme Richard DISPLAYTITLE USS Bonhomme Richard Category United States Navy ship names Bonhomme Richard de USS Bonhomme Richard fr USS Bonhomme Richard nl USS Bonhomme Richard ja pl USS Bonhomme Richard sl USS Bonhomme Richard sv USS Bonhomme Richard vi USS Bonhomme Richard ... more details
Infobox language name Etchemin states United States region Maine extinct 18th century familycolor Algic fam1 Algic languages Algic fam2 Algonquian languages Algonquian fam3 Eastern Algonquian languages Eastern Algonquian iso3 etc Etchemin was a language of the Algonquian languages Algonquian language family, spoken in early colonial times on the coast of Maine . The word Etchemin is a French language French alteration of an Algonquian word for canoe . The only known record of the Etchemin language is a list of the numbers from one to ten recorded by Marc Lescarbot in the early 17th century and published in his book The History of New France 16xx . The numerals in the list match those of Malecite Passamaquoddy language Malecite Passamaquoddy , Eastern Abenaki , as well as languages of southern New England such as Wampanoag language Wampanoag , but as a set they do not match any other Algonquian languages Algonquian language. The Etchemin language disappeared not long after Lescarbot s visit, and it is unknown what became of the tribe. All other language records called Etchemin under more detailed analysis appear to be the neighboring Malecite Passamaquoddy language . External links http linguistlist.org forms langs LLDescription.cfm?code etc Linguist List entry for Etchemin http www.native languages.org lostalg.htm Native languages.org Category Eastern Algonquian languages Category Indigenous languages of the Americas Category Languages of the United States Category Extinct languages of North America Category Algonquian loanwords na lang stub hr Etchemin jezik ... more details
Image General View, Nantasket Beach, MA.jpg thumb right 303px Nantasket Beach circa 1910 Nantasket Beach is a beach in Hull, Massachusetts . The shore has fine, light gray sand and is one of the busiest beaches in Greater Boston . At low tide, there are acres of tide pools . Name The name Nantasket is derived from Wampanoag language Wampanoag and means at the strait or low tide place. Nantasket was settled not long after Plymouth Colony and before Old Planters Massachusetts Mass Bay . Roger Conant Salem was in the area, after leaving the Plymouth Colony and before going to Cape Ann in 1625. Until Hull was incorporated in 1644, England English settlers referred to the whole local region as Nantasket Peninsula . History In 1825 Paul Warrick established The Sportsman Hotel on Nantasket Avenue. Later, more hotels were built and steamboats made three trips a day between here and Boston, Massachusetts Boston in the 1840s Later, an amusement park amusement area called Paragon Park was built adjacent to the beach. This was closed in 1984. External links http www.mass.gov dcr parks metroboston nantask.htm Nantasket Beach Reservation , MA Department of Conservation and Recreation http www.nantasketbeachhotel.com Nantasket Beach Resort Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston coord 42 16 13 N 70 51 17 W display title Category Landforms of Plymouth County, Massachusetts Category Beaches of Massachusetts Category Hull, Massachusetts sh Nantasket Beach ... more details
Image NH Heath.Pond.Bog 1024x682 edit nll.nps.jpg Heath Pond Bog, New Hampshire gallery Wampanoag canoes ... sea levels separated Nantucket from Cape Cod 5,000 BC, during the Middle Archaic Period. ref The Wampanoag people Wampanoag predominated among the indigenous peoples of Nantucket upon European contact. They acquired this identity from John Smith in 1616. At this time. there were 12,000 Wampanoag .... ref http www.tolatsga.org wampa.html Wampanoag populations The former territory of the Wampanoag was central ... before disease and war nearly exterminated the several Wampanoag tribes in the 17th century. At European contact there were about 4,000 Wampanoag on Martha s Vinyard and Nantucket. These island populations had been reduced to 700 by 1763 when a fever epidemic nearly wiped out everyone. The last Wampanoag ... thumb left 250px Wampanoag Canoe, Plimouth Plantation, Massachusetts Wampanoag resource procurement ... Wampanoag resource utilization In winter on Nantucket, ice fishing could be productive ..., geese, turkey Retrieved on Oct.3, 2008. ref There is little information available about Wampanoag ... when the Wampanoag were fishing and hunting. Canoes were also used for occasional trading trips ..., they were imported. The largest building in Wampanoag village architecture was the long house that housed ... trees disappeared for reasons that had nothing to do with Wampanoag ancestor s utilization of the forest ... to the early European and American colonists of Nantucket island, nor to the first nation Wampanoag ... Association . http www.tolatsga.org wampa.html Wampanoag history First Nations Site Index and Search Tool , 1996. http www.thetrustees.org documents.cfm?documentID 339 Wampanoag, culture and land use , Wampanoag history Indian Education Program, Anchorage School District, October 1993. http www.tauntonriver.org wamppassage.htm Wampanoag Canoe Passage , Taunton River Organization, nd. http ctacf.org ... closely related to the Wampanoag of Nantucket. Category Nantucket, Massachusetts Category Geography ... more details
File Nemasket River Middleborough.JPG thumb Nemasket River at East Main Street Image Nemasket River Massachusetts map.jpg thumb Nemasket River and environs The Nemasket or Namasket River see name on old USGS map is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts . It flows north convert 11.2 mi ref name NHD U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high resolution flowline data. http viewer.nationalmap.gov viewer The National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 ref from Assawompset Pond in Lakeville, Massachusetts Lakeville and through Middleborough, Massachusetts Middleborough where it empties into the Taunton River . ref USGS Map Check ref In Wampanoag people Wampanoag Nemasket means Place where the fish are , because it is the largest alewife run on the East Coast of the United States eastern seaboard . Citation needed date April 2011 The water is clear and there are several good places to put in, such as Old Bridge Street, Wareham Street and Oliver Mills on U.S. Route 44 . The Native American Wampanoag people Wampanoag Native Americans in the United States Indians would leave their winter encampments inland and navigate the Taunton River to the Nemasket River in the early spring to take advantage of the alewife run and relocate to their summer encampment on Betty s Neck on Assawompsett Pond. When Oliver Mills built the factory that spanned the river, it created contention with the Wampanoags by forcing them to portage around the facility. The remnants of Camp Joseph Hooker Joe Hooker , a training camp for Massachusetts regiment s during the American Civil War located on the left side of Staples Shore Road, and the tie up for the side paddle wheeler Assawompset can still be seen off the canal that cuts across the right hand side of the marsh between Bridge Street and Vaughn Street. This was a tourist destination before the dam was erected for folks that wanted to spend a day on Assawompset Pond. References Reflist Taunton River Watershed coord 41 56 11 N 70 56 34 ... more details
with Wampanoag tribal members. Rev. Peter J. Gomes chaired the project and was present with Harvard ... alumni Category Wampanoag people Category 1660s deaths Category Place of birth missing US academic bio ... more details
The Hockomock River is a convert 3.6 mi km adj mid long ref name NHD U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high resolution flowline data. http viewer.nationalmap.gov viewer The National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 ref stream in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts . It is a tributary of the Town River . Hockomock is said to mean Place where Spirits Dwell in the Wampanoag language . The river arises in the Hockomock Swamp , and flows south to its confluence with the Town River which eventually joins the Taunton River to empty into Mount Hope Bay . References Reflist http www.nrtb.org townriver twnrvrshrsrv.pdf Town River 2003 Shoreline Survey Result Taunton River Watershed coord missing Massachusetts Category Rivers of Plymouth County, Massachusetts Category Taunton River Watershed ... more details
refimprove date January 2011 Image Kingphilip.jpg thumb 250px right The site of King Philip s death in Miery Swamp on Mount Hope Image King Philip s Seat.jpg thumb 250px right King Philip s Seat, a meeting place on Mount Hope, Rhode Island Mount Hope originally Montaup in Pokanoket language is a small hill in Bristol, Rhode Island overlooking the part of Narragansett Bay known as Mount Hope Bay . The elevation of the summit is 209 feet, and drops sharply to the bay on its eastern side. ref http www.anyplaceamerica.com topographic maps rhode island bristol county mount hope 1583 Elevation of Mount Hope ref Mount Hope was the site of a Wampanoag people Wampanoag Pokanoket village. It is remembered for its role in King Philip s War . http books.google.com books?id V5YEGJjhIS4C&pg PA239&lpg PA239&dq montaup mount hope&source web&ots tNv1sZaj0P&sig 92 ng83FBCkMihMX4TSEMZ0yhZI PPA239,M1 Today, Brown University owns convert 376 acre km2 of woodland on Mt. Hope off Tower Street in Bristol. The university s grounds on Mount Hope include King Philip s Seat or chair , a large rock formation where Wampanoag sachem Metacomet King Philip held meetings. The site of King Philip s death in Miery Swamp is nearby. Mount Hope Farm is also nearby. The first battle of King Philip s War took place near here in 1675. Philip was eventually defeated. Metacom, a main road in Bristol was named after him, derived from his Massachusett language Wampanoag name Metacomet . King Philip made nearby Mount Hope his base of operations. King Philip s Chair, a rocky ledge on the mountain, was a lookout site for enemy ships on Mount Hope Bay. It can be seen as part of the Haffenreffer Museum grounds. The site where Benjamin Church military officer Captain Benjamin Church s men killed King Philip in 1676 is located in nearby Miery Swamp. Church eventually became an owner of Mount Hope. After the conclusion of King Philip s War, the town surrounding Mt. Hope was settled in 1680 as part of the Plymouth Colon ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Hopelands nrhp type image caption location Warwick, Rhode Island locmapin Rhode Island area built 1686 architect Unknown architecture Greek Revival, Colonial added August 18, 1983 governing body Private mpsub Warwick MRA refnum 83000173 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref Hopelands part of Rocky Hill School is an historic site on Wampanoag Road in Warwick, Rhode Island . The site was built in 1686 and added to the National Historic Register in 1983. References Reflist Registered Historic Places Category Buildings and structures completed in 1686 Category Schools on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Category Buildings and structures in Warwick, Rhode Island RhodeIsland NRHP stub ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2009 The United American Indians of New England UAINE is a Native Americans in the United States Native American activist organization founded by Frank James. Also known as Wamsutta , Frank James was the leader of the Wampanoag people Wampanoag people. He founded the United American Indians of New England after being uninvited to make a speech at a celebration hosted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Citation needed date April 2009 The Commonwealth wanted to celebrate the friendly relations of their forefathers and the Wampanoag people however, when the speech that Mr. James was going to give was reviewed it was deemed inappropriate for the celebration because it focused on the negative ways the Wampanoag people had been treated by the Pilgrim Plymouth Colony Pilgrim s at Plymouth Colony Plymouth and did not celebrate the brotherhood the planners wanted to show. Citation needed date April 2009 When he was given a revised speech that was written by a person in public relations, Mr. James decided that he would not attend the celebration. Instead he chose to protest the silencing of the Native Americans by gathering supporters, going to Cole s Hill overlooking Plymouth Harbor , and giving his speech there. Citation needed date April 2009 The supporters he gathered on that day became the United American Indians of New England this group still leads the National Day of Mourning each year to continue what James started. Citation needed date April 2009 UAINE Today Today UANIE is an organization of and led by Native people and their supporters. The goal of UANIE is to fight back against racism towards native people, the issues of the Pilgrim mythology perpetuated in Plymouth, and the United States assault on poor people. Citation needed date April 2009 They also are fighting for the freedom of Leonard Peltier as well as other political prisoner s. Citation needed date April 2009 They work to support Indigenous struggles in New England and throug ... more details
, our supposed enemy. After Massasoit s death, Wamsutta assumed leadership of the Wampanoag, becoming ... the power of the Wampanoag by selling land to colonists. In 1662 he was summoned to and seized ... of the Wampanoag suspected that he had been poisoned. Wamsutta s death was one of the factors that would ... more details
Wampanoag people Wampanoag Wangunk Connecticut Common dialects of the Algonquian languages Hammonasset ... knee Portland, Maine Portland Massachusetts Common languages Eastern Massachusett , Nipmuc , Wampanoag people Wampanoag southeast Western Natick, Nipmuck, Narragansett, Rhode Island Narragansett southwest ... River river Assabet River Nipmuck at the boggy place Assawompset Pond Narragansett trading place Wampanoag place of large upright rock Assinippi, Massachusetts Assinippi Wampanoag rocks in water Assonet ... being Dighton Rock Cataumet, Massachusetts Cataumet Wampanoag at the ocean or landing place Lake Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Mohegan boundary fishing place Chappaquiddick Island Wampanoag separated ... long fishing place Cotuit, Massachusetts Cotuit Wampanoag long planting field Cummaquid, Massachusetts Cummaquid Wampanoag harbor Cuttyhunk Wampanoag thing that lies out in the sea Gansett Harbor ... Tunnel Mahican rock place Humarock Wampanoag shell place or rock carving Hyannis, Massachusetts Hyannis Wampanoag name of a 17th century chief, Iyanogh s Jamaica Plain, Boston Jamaica Plain and Jamaica ... Point point Wampanoag portage place Mashpee, Massachusetts Mashpee Wampamoag place near great cove Mattapan ... Wampanoag resting place or edge of cove Megansett Harbor Merrimac, Massachusetts Merrimac Pennacook ... Point point Wampanoag look out place or deep water Muskeget Island and Muskeget Channel channel Wampanoag ..., Massachusetts Nahant Natick the point or almost an island Nantasket Beach Natick Wampanoag at the strait or low tide place Nantucket, Massachusetts Nantucket Island Wampanoag in the midst of waters Naragansett far off, among the waves Nashawena Island Wampanoag between Nashoba Brook Natick, Massachusetts Natick tribe the place I seek or home, place, clearing Naushon Island Wampanoag middle no clear translation Nemasket River Wampanoag place where the fish are Neponset River Natick possibly a good fall easy for canoe travel Nonamesset Island Wampanoag Nonquitt, Massachusetts Nonquitt Narragansett ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Assawompset Pond image lake Assawompsett Pond Map.jpg caption lake 1893 Map of Assawompset Pond image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Lakeville and Middleboro, Massachusetts coords coord 41 50 25 N 70 55 10 W type waterbody region US source gnis display inline,title type inflow Long Pond Lakeville, Massachusetts Long Pond , Pocksha Pond outflow Nemasket River catchment basin countries United States length width area convert 2404 acre ha abbr on depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands cities Assawompset Pond is a reservoir pond within the towns of Lakeville, Massachusetts Lakeville and Middleborough, Massachusetts Middleboro , in southeastern Massachusetts . It shares its waters with Long Pond Lakeville, Massachusetts Long Pond and openly connected with Pocksha Pond . ref USGS Quadrangle Map ref These lakes provides a source of drinking water to the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts New Bedford , the largest city in southeastern Massachusetts . At almost four square miles, it is the largest natural lake in Massachusetts. It is known in Wampanoag people Wampanoag as Place of the White Stones and is host for the largest Alewife Herring run in the eastern seaboard. In the early spring the Nemasket River runs black with fish heading for the spawning grounds. The area known as Betty s Neck was one of the Indian summer encampments, who would traverse the Taunton River and Nemasket River to enter the pond. The Nemasket being known as Where the fish are , explains the significance as a food source. The origins of the King Philip s War started with the discovery of John Sassamon s body and the subsequent trial of his suspected murderers. His body was slipped under the ice on the pond and found the following spring. The outcome of the trial sparked the beginning of hostilities. The pond was dammed in 1894 at the Nemasket River, which raised the existing water level about five feet. References Reflist Taunton River Watershed ... more details
King Phillip s Cave is a cave in Norton, Massachusetts near Lake Winnecunnett . It may be accessed from Stone Run Drive off Plain Street near Bay Road and sits on a convert 7 acre m2 sing on parcel of land owned by the Land Preservation Society a non profit , independent conservation organization chartered in 1970 by the State of Massachusetts. ref http www.nortonlandpreservation.org page16 page16.html NortonLandPreservation.org ref The cave is so named because Metacomet , the Wampanoag people Wampanoag Native Americans in the United States Indian sachem also known as King Phillip , is said to have hid here near the end of King Philip s War before meeting his death in the Great Miery Swamp in Bristol, RI . ref name MGA Links at Mamantapett http www.mamantapett.com about mgalinks history.html MGA Links at Mamantapett ref blockquote According materials published by The Patriot Ledger blockquote The town forest, where King Philip s Cave is located, and Lake Winnecunnett are both popular recreation sites. ref http media.townonline.com patriotledger documents answerbook norton.pdf Norton Your Town ref blockquote According to another source blockquote Every Norton school child has been entertained with the legend of King Phillip s Cave. ref name MGA Links at Mamantapett blockquote References reflist External links http www.nortonlandpreservation.org page16 page43 files page43 1.pdf PDF file of hand drawn map showing area of King Phillip s Cave coord missing Massachusetts Category Landforms of Bristol County, Massachusetts Category Caves of Massachusetts Category Show caves in the United States Category Native American history Category Protected areas of Bristol County, Massachusetts ... more details
No footnotes date March 2011 Infobox nrhp name Mount Hope Farm nrhp type image caption location Bristol, Rhode Island locmapin Rhode Island area built 1745 architect architecture Colonial added May 2, 1977 governing body Private refnum 77000023 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref Mount Hope Farm also known as Gov. William Bradford House is an historic estate on Metacom Avenue in Bristol, Rhode Island , USA. The farm is located near the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island , and the grounds have been farmed since the 1680s. The farm house, built around 1745, was owned by Governor William Bradford Rhode Island William Bradford , and the farms has over convert 200 acre of land with many historic buildings. Numerous Wampanoag people Wampanoag artifacts have been found on the grounds. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as building 77000023. References reflist External links http www.mounthopefarm.com Mount Hope Farm site http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com ri Bristol state.html NPS site http www.visitrhodeisland.com attractions propertyDetail.aspx?id 1624&ref attractions index.aspx VistRI info coord 41 40 43 N 71 14 13 W display title Registered Historic Places Category Landmarks in Rhode Island Category Houses completed in 1745 Category Archaeological sites in Rhode Island Category Museums in Bristol County, Rhode Island Category Historic house museums in Rhode Island RhodeIsland NRHP stub ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Poppasquash Farms Historic District nrhp type hd image Bristol harbor.jpg caption View from Poppasquash peninsula location Off RI 114, Bristol, Rhode Island lat degrees 41 lat minutes 40 lat seconds 45 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 17 long seconds 44 long direction W locmapin Rhode Island area built 1680 architect Multiple architecture Greek Revival, Colonial, Queen Anne added June 27, 1980 governing body State refnum 80000075 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Poppasquash Farms Historic District is a historic district United States historic district in Bristol, Rhode Island . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. ref name nris The district is located off Route 114 Rhode Island Route 114 . The area was occupied by Wampanoag people Wampanoag Indians for hundreds of years and eventually settled by British colonists in the 17th century after King Phillip s War . There is a broad array of architecture in the district including Greek Revival and Colonial houses. ref Richard V. Simpson, Bristol Montaup to Poppasquash, Arcadia Publishing, 2001 ISBN 0738523569, 9780738523569 http books.google.com books?id 1K80MXVMyEUC&dq Poppasquash Farms&source gbs navlinks s ref References reflist http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com RI Bristol state.html National Register See also List of Registered Historic Places in Rhode Island Registered Historic Places commonscat Category Historic districts in Bristol County, Rhode Island Category Farms in Rhode Island RhodeIsland geo stub RhodeIsland NRHP stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 Capt. Josiah Standish , son of Capt. Myles Standish , was born abt 1633 in Plymouth Colony , Massachusetts . He died on 19 March 1690 in Preston, Cotswold Preston , New London County , Connecticut . A Captain land and air Captain in the Plymouth Colony Militia who participated in King Philip s War , Standish, along with Captain Benjamin Church military officer Benjamin Church , led a raiding party that tracked the Wampanoag people Wampanoag chief, Metacomet to Mount Hope Rhode Island Mt. Hope , Rhode Island . Finding the chief hiding in a swamp, one of his men, an Native Americans in the United States Indian named John Alderman shot Metacomet . He married first in 1656 Mary Dingley of Marshfield, MA who died 6 months later, second he married Sarah Allen daughter of Samuel Allen around 1660. Josiah and Sarah Standish children Josiah, Reverend, lived died in Stafford, CT Mary, Mehitable, Martha, Samuel, Israel, Lois and Mercy Standish Mercy dau. of Rev. Josiah Standish of Stafford, CT , m. Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, b. 1711,of Windham, CT, who founded Dartmouth College . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Standish, Josiah ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1633 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1690 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Standish, Josiah Category 1633 births Category 1690 deaths Category Plymouth Colony Category People of the Plymouth Colony Category Connecticut colonial people US mil bio stub ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Chickatawbut Observation Tower nrhp type image Chickatawbut Observation Tower Quincy MA 02.jpg caption location Chickatawbut Rd., Quincy, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 13 lat seconds 30.2 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 3 long seconds 38.5 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts coord parameters region US type landmark coord display title,inline area built 1930 architecture added September 25, 1980 governing body Local mpsub http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 64000272.pdf Blue Hills and Neponset River Reservations MRA refnum 80000652 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref File Chickatawbut Observation Tower Quincy MA 01.jpg thumb left The Chickatawbut Observation Tower is a historic tower on Chickatawbut Road in Quincy, Massachusetts . Unlike Great Blue Hill Observation Tower , a similar tower at the opposite end of the Blue Hills Reservation , Chickatawbut tower is not open to the public. Although its National Register of Historic Places listing gives a 1930 date, the tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps , which wasn t founded until 1933. ref name dcr cite web url http www.mass.gov dcr recreate bluehills self guided trail.pdf publisher Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation title Great Blue Hill Self Guided Trail Brochure date 2009 10 28 ref Chickatawbut was a sachem of the Wampanoag people Wampanoag Indian tribe who was active in the area in the 17th century. The tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. References reflist National Register of Historic Places Category Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Buildings and structures in Quincy, Massachusetts Category Civilian Conservation Corps in Massachusetts Category Towers in Massachusetts NorfolkMA NRHP stub ... more details
Wiktionary Massachusetts Massachusetts is a state in the United States of America. Massachusetts may also refer to The Massachusetts Bay Colony 1629 1692 The Province of Massachusetts Bay 1692 1776 A name by which the Wampanoag language is also known Massachusetts Arlo Guthrie song , the official folk song of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Bee Gees song , a 1967 hit song by the Bee Gees USS Massachusetts USS Massachusetts , a name shared by several ships of the United States Navy State of Massachusetts A song by the Dropkick Murphys 4547 Massachusetts , an asteroid Massachusetts Heights, Washington, D.C. Massachusetts Heights , Washington, D.C. University of Massachusetts Amherst , the flagship and largest campus of the University of Massachusetts system University of Massachusetts , the entire University of Massachusetts system of schools UMass Minutemen , the athletics nickname of the flagship campus Streets Massachusetts Avenue , streets named after Massachusetts. See also lookfrom Massachusetts disambig cs Massachusetts rozcestn k ja nl Massachusetts doorverwijspagina pl Massachusetts ujednoznacznienie ro Massachusetts dezambiguizare ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Cleanup date August 2008 The wildfire potential of the forests of Cape Cod , located in southeastern Massachusetts , has been described as being the third most flammable area in the nation, behind southern California and the New Jersey Pine Barrens . ref cite web title State Forest Tapped for Massive Clearing author Dunlop, Tom url http harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu publications gazette92404.html accessdate 2009 10 26 work The Vineyard Gazette date September 24, 2004 ref Changed from second most flammable which was not referenced. Not a great ref, but at least it is one. With the development of the Cape from the 1960s to the present, the wildfire danger has diminished but thousands of acres are still capable of burning. History Pre European Before European ethnic groups Europeans settled the Cape, the forests were periodically burned by lightning strikes and the Wampanoag people Wampanoag version of the prescribed burn. This kept the amount of underbrush to a minimum, thus allowing the Cape to experience few, if any, major wildfires. Excavations of charcoal, pollen and sediment from Mary Dunn Pond, in Barnstable show that the Wampanoag people Wampanoag practiced periodic burns. ref name capecodextension.org http www.capecodextension.org pdfs WBarnstablePlan.pdf Wildland Fire and Preparedness Plan 2005. Retrieved August 28, 2009 ref The area around the Indian Ponds of Barnstable, including Mystic Lake, Middle Pond, and Hamblin Pond used to be burned by natives who would then subsequently use the land in small plots to farm. ref name capecodextension.org Colonization In the 1620s, the Cape was forever altered by the settlement of Europeans. Unfortunately, the settlers did not like periodic fires in their backyards and they put out any fire before it could really burn and do damage. This, and massive deforestation by the initial settlers, led to a large amount of brush accumulating in the surviving woods of the Cape. Unfortunately for the sett ... more details
the Wampanoag during the previous six years. The treaty included the confederates of the sachem ... 1621. File Wampanoag Treaty dollar coin advertisement.jpg thumb 200px left United States Mint US Mint advertisement for Wampanoag Treaty commemorative Sacagawea dollar Designs dollar coins According to English ... ensured that the Wampanoag remained neutral during the Pequot War in 1636. Children During this politically ... years, the Wampanoag and the English of Massachusetts Bay Colony maintained an increasingly uneasy ... into Wampanoag territory by his ally, Massachusetts Bay Colony , Wamsutta began to form an alliance ... of the Pokanoket, and chief sachem of the Greater Wampanoag Confederacy. Metacom, also known as Philip ... more details
Infobox Governor name Josiah Winslow image Josiah Winslow.jpg order 13th Governor of Plymouth Colony office term start 1673 term end 1680 lieutenant predecessor Thomas Prence successor Thomas Hinckley birth date 1628 birth place Plymouth, Massachusetts death date December 18, 1680 death place Marshfield, Massachusetts restingplace restingplacecoordinates nationality England English party otherparty spouse Penelope Pelham relations children 4 residence alma mater occupation profession cabinet committees portfolio religion signature website footnotes Josiah Winslow 1628 December 18, 1680 was an American Pilgrim Plymouth Colony Pilgrim leader. He served as governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680. Born in Plymouth Colony now Plymouth, Massachusetts , he was son of Edward Winslow and Susanna White. In 1651 in London, with his father, he married Penelope Pelham, daughter of Herbert Pelham, the first treasurer of Harvard College . She had previously lived in Plymouth Colony from 1638 1649. Edward, Josiah and Penelope had portraits painted in London that year. Josiah s mother had remained in Plymouth on their estate, Careswell , in the town of Marshfield, Massachusetts Marshfield . Josiah returned to Plymouth with his wife in 1655, the same year his father died on an excursion to the Caribbean against the Dutch. Josiah was the first governor of the colony born in the New World and served at the time of King Philip s War . Josiah took a harsher stand against the Indians than his father had done. Instead of relying on their allies, the Wampanoag, for survival, learning New World skills, and as trade partners, the second generation Plymouth settlers were now eager to dominate this new land and further expand the colony. In this endeavor, the Wampanoag now stood in the way. Metacom , chief of the Wampanoag aka King Philip and Josiah, did not have a relationship of trust as did their fathers. Josiah demanded concessions from the Indians and demanded they give up their arms ... more details
discovered that the Patuxet , as well as a majority of coastal New England tribes mostly Wampanoag people Wampanoag and Massachusett , had been decimated the year before by an epidemic pandemic plague ... Stephen Hopkins and Edward Winslow as they traveled upland on a diplomatic mission to the Wampanoag people Wampanoag sachem , known today as Massasoit . In a subsequent mission for Governor William Bradford that summer, Tisquantum was captured by Wampanoag while gathering intelligence on the renegade .... Although he worked at alliances, Tisquantum ended up distrusted by both the English and the Wampanoag ... damaged relations between the Wampanoag and Pilgrims, Tisquantum became sick with a fever. Some historians have speculated that he was poisoned by the Wampanoag because they believed he had been disloyal ... more details
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