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Subject:	Re: Problem with the Pilgrim story
From:	Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:07:43 -0500
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And don't forget our good Pilgrim friends and the Massacre at Mystic.

Randy Cabell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emmanuel Dabney" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:02 AM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Problem with the Pilgrim story


> We always look to happier stories, but the story of the Plymouth colony's
> interaction with Natives was not always happy. Perhaps the greatest of the
> Native/Colonial conflicts was King Philip's (Metacom) War.
>
> I think if one is going to tell the story of that first settlers who sit
> down to eat with the Natives in 1620, one should be equally ready to
> discuss the disintegration of Native culture as a result of Puritan
> settlement.
>
> Sincerely,
> Emmanuel Dabney
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