Patuxet/Plymouth Leadership
Famous Dates
Peoples, Languages/Dialects
Mistreatments & Atrocities
Rumble
100
The Pilgrim who was second in command and who became friends with the Native Chief
Who is Edward Winslow
100
The years that an epidemic swept through the lands of the Wampanoag Confederacy, lands now referred to as New England
1617 to 1619
100
What was the language spoken by the Native Americans in After the Mayflower
What is Nipmuc, an Algonquian dialect.
100
The number of people that Massasoit would have seen perish from the rolling epidemics caused by alien diseases left behind by European sailors. AND The number/percentage of Pilgrims who died of disease, hunger, or exposure during their first Winter after arriving in North America?
9 of every 10 people
Nearly half or 50% (45 of the 102 perished including 13 of the 18 women)
100
The song, Come and Get Your Love, is by Redbone, a Native American Band that included Pat Vegas (Yaqui/Shoshone)
200
The son of Edward Winslow who disregarded the treaty that had been agreed upon by Natives and Pilgrims in the early 1620 and who had no respect of Native traditions or rights.
Who is Josiah Winslow
200
The month and year the Pilgrims arrived off of the coast near Patuxet (aka Plymouth).
December 1620
200
What are the six communities or tribes named in After the Mayflower, who spoke mutually intelligible yet different dialects of the Algonquian language
Who are the Wampanoag, Massachusetts, Nipmuc, Mohegan, Pequot, Narragansett
200
The neighboring tribe that were spared from the ravages of the epidemic, who began a series of raids on Wampanoag villages
Who are The Narragansett
200
Link Wray: One of the greatest guitarists of all times who invented the power, three-cord riff.
His song, Rumble was banned for fear that it would incite teenaged gang violence.
300
The leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy at the time that the Pilgrims first arrived in Patuxet (now known as Plymouth)
Who is Massasoit
300
The date believed to be the most likely time of the iconic “Thanksgiving” feast in American history.
Late Summer 1621
300
What does “The Wampanoag” mean
Who are The People of the First Light
300
What happened in 1650s New England that was an attempt to convert Indians/Natives to Christianity? And what were Natives in the Praying Towns require to do?
Establishment of Praying Indian Towns. Natives had to erase their culture, heritage, traditions, language (e.g., cut hair, convert to Christianity, live by Puritan codes, etc.)
300
In Dec 29 1890, U.S. military slaughtered over 300 Ghost Dancers at Wounded Knee (mostly women and children). What was this the start of
The beginning of banning Native music.
400
Who was the Native who acted as an English translator for Massasoit when he (Massasoit) spoke to the Pilgrims
Who is Tisquantum or Squanto
400
The season and year that a fleet of ships, led by the Arabella, brought 1000 new immigrants from England to Plymouth.
Spring 1630
400
What does “The Massachusett” mean
Who are The People of the Big Hill
400
What was the name of the set of documents that chronicled the experiences of Natives who “converted” to Christianity, which were also witnessed by a panel of ministers
TEARS OF REPENTANCE: Or a Further Narrative of the Prayers of the Gospel Amongst the Indians in New England.
400
One of the things Blues bluffs and scholars agree on as the most important Blues guitarist, singer, songwriter of the early 1900s
Charley Patton
(Choctaw/Cherokee and Black)
500
What were the two name’s of Massasoit’s son, who became the Chief of the Wampanoag after Massasoit’s death
Who is Metacom and Philip
500
What the English called the war led by Massasoit’s son against New England. And the year that war started
King Philip’s War of 1675
500
What does “The Nipmuc” mean
Who are The People of the Fresh Water.
500
Who was King Philip and what happened to him and his son after King Philip's War.
King Philip was Metacom (Massasoit's son). After the war the English dismembered him and placed his head on a pole in Plymouth for two decades. His 9 year old won was jailed in Plymouth and sold into slavery in the West Indies.
500
Link Wray (Shawnee): Guitarist, Rumble, 3 Cord Riff
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Piapot Cree): Singer, Songwriter, Activist
Charley Patton (Choctaw/Cherokee): Father of Blues
Mildred Bailey (Coeur D’Alene): Queen of Swing
Jimi Hendrix (Cherokee): Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer