Title:
Copy of report of the Commission which met in September 1646 to discuss the tardiness of delivery of tribute from the tribes to the Commission and Joh
Date:
September 1646
Scope & Content:
Mimeograph transcriptionof letter in which the Narragansetts and the Niantics lay blame on one another for the delinquent delivery of fathomes of wampum to John Winthrop. Winthrop rejects a tardy payment of only part of the tribute. The Commission believes it has a good excuse for warfare against the tribes, but opts to "show how highly they prize peace with all men and particularly to manifest their forbearance and long sufferings to these Barbarians".
1 page
1 page
Object ID:
DOC.1646–09–00E
Object Name:
Letter
Collection:
Tribes – Mohegan
People:
Uncas
Winthrop
Cuchamakin
Winthrop
Cuchamakin
Search Terms:
Narragansett
Niantic
wampum
covenants
Mohawks
war
peace
Niantic
wampum
covenants
Mohawks
war
peace