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Re: Problem with the Pilgrim story
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Jane Steele <[log in to unmask]>
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Jane Steele <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:30:01 -0500
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These are my personal feelings also.  Jane Steele.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Emmanuel Dabney <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Nov 10, 2006 10:02 AM
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>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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