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Scott, Richard

scurvy

Seaflower,
xiv

Sea Venture

Seekonk Plain

Seekonk River

Seeley, Captain Nathaniel

Separatists, English

Scrooby congregation of

see also
Pilgrims

Simon, Simeon

slavery

Cromwell and

King Philip’s War and enslavement of Indians

smallpox epidemic of 1634

Smith, Captain John

map of New England

Smith, Richard

Smith’s garrison, Wickford

snaplock

Sons of Liberty

South Deerfield, battle of

Southworth, Alice,
see
Bradford, Alice Southworth

Southworth, Constant

Southworth, Nathaniel

Southworth, Thomas

Sovereignty and Goodness of God, The
(Rowlandson)

Sowams

Indian burial ground at

visits by Plymouth delegation to

Speedwell:
leaks and repairs

purchase of

tracks of, July–November 1620

Sprague, Captain

Springfield, town of

Squannakonk Swamp

Squanto

Corbitant and

death of

delegation to visit Massasoit in summer of 1621, guides

as Dermer’s guide

Indian agriculture, instructs Pilgrims on

Massasoit and

name of, significance of

Narragansett threat and

plotting for power

rescue of John Billington, Jr.

Standish, Miles

Canacum and

Corbitant, mission to confront

death of

described

exhumation of body of

exploration expeditions of 1620

and

first winter at Plymouth

health of

Hobbamock and

layout of Plymouth and

on the
Mayflower

as military leader

Thomas Morton, raid to seize

trading mission with the Massachusetts

wall around the settlement, building of

Wessagussett massacre and

Wituwamat and

Stanton, Robert

Sudbury, town of
Swan

Swansea, town of

King Philip’s War and

Talcott, Major John

Taunton, town of

events leading to King Philip’s war and

King Philip’s War and

Taunton River (Titicut River)

Tefft, Joshua

Tempest, The

Thanksgiving

established as national holiday

First

Thievish Harbor

Thirty Years’ War

Thompson, Edward

Tilley, Ann

Tilley, Edward

Tilley, Elizabeth,
see
Howland, Elizabeth Tilley

Tilley, John

Tinkers

Titicut River (today Taunton River)

Tobias (senior counselor to Philip)

Tokamahamon

Corbitant, mission to confront

rescue of John Billington, Jr

.

Totoson

Town Brook

town formation

trade

food shortages and

fur trade,
see
fur trade

importance of, to second generation of settlers

with the Massachusetts

between Merrymount and the Indians

trading posts, establishment of

wampum’s importance to

Wessagussett massacre, effect of

Treat, Major Robert

Treaty Rock

Turner, Captain William

Turners

Tuspaquin (Black Sachem of Nemasket)

head of

typhus

Uncas (Mohegan sachem)

King Philip’s War and

United Colonies of New England. 201

Verrazano, Giovanni da

Villiers, Captain Alan

Virginia Company

Wachusett Mountain.

Wadsworth, Captain Samuel

Wampanoag Homesite

Wampanoags

establishment of

legend of Maushop

wampum

Philip’s coat made of

Wamsutta,
see
Alexander of Pokanoket

Wannamoisett, town of

Warren, Elizabeth

Warren, Richard

Washington, George

Watts, Captain Thomas

Webster, Daniel

Weetamoo (Pocasset sachem)

Church and

death of

King Philip’s War and

Mary Rowlandson and

Wellfleet Bay

Wessagussett, settlement at

food shortages

fort built at

the Massachusetts’ plot against

massacre at

Weston, Thomas

the
Fortune
and

patent for competitive settlement

Wessagussett settlement and,
see
Wessagussett, settlement at

Weymouth, town of

whales: Atlantic right

Nantucket Indians and

pilot

White, John

White, Peregrine

White, Resolved

White, Susanna

as wife of Edward Winslow,
see
Winslow, Susanna White

White, William

death of

Wickford, town of

Smith’s garrison at

wigwam or wetu, description of

Willard, Major Simon

Willett, Anna Brown

Willett, Hezekiah

Willett, Thomas

land purchases

trade and

William (nephew of Philip)

Williams, Roger

founding of Rhode Island colony

King Philip’s War and

on land ownership

observations of

Pequot War of 1637 and

Winslow, Edward

death of

diplomacy of

on exploration expeditions of 1620

Good Newes from New England

Indian relations and

Mourt’s Relation, see Mourt’s Relation
(Bradford and Winslow)

Oldham and

portrait of

saves life of Massasoit

second marriage to Susanna White

visits Massasoit in summer of 1621

Winslow, Elizabeth

death of

Winslow, John

Winslow, Josiah

Alexander’s death and

becomes governor of Plymouth

as chief military officer of Plymouth

events leading to King Philip’s War and

Hungry March

King Philip’s War and

land purchases

Philip and

Winslow, Penelope Pelham

Winslow, Susanna White

Winthrop, John

letter of 1638 from William Bradford

Wituwamat (Massachusett Indian)

head of

Wood, William

Wootonekanuske (Philip’s wife)

Picture Credits

American Antiquarian Society:; Author’s Collection:; Collection Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), The Hague:; Fruitlands Museums, Harvard, Massachusetts:; John Carter Brown Library, Brown University:; Little Compton Historical Society, photo by Edward Denham:; Massachusetts Historical Society: end-paper,; Massachusetts State Archives—State House:; Photograph courtesy Peabody-Essex Museum:; Pilgrim Hall Museum:; Plymouth County Commissioners:; Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA):.

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