The Nauset Indian Summary

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Summary The source is about the meeting of an Indian that came right into the colony. He spoke broken English. He asked them for a beer, instead they gave him food and water. Around evening time the colonists were ready for him leave. He described the area and the inhabitants there to the settlers. They also gave him a coat, a very nice coat. He was not ready to leave, so the colonists were going to put him aboard ship, but they could not get to the ship. So they gave him a room Stephen Hopkin’s home where they watched him carefully. The next day he went back to Massasoits, who was the Chief of the Indian tribe. He informed them that the Nauset Indian tribe were enemies of the Europeans because they had taken some of the Native Indians and sold them into slavery. As the Native American was leaving they gave him a bracelet, a knife and a ring, and he promised to return within a day or two. He was going to bring Massasoits and others from the tribe and beaver skins. He actually spoke broken English, he had learned some English being around English fishermen. He asked for a beer, and instead they gave him strong water, biscuit with butter and cheese, duck and some pudding. …show more content…

Works Cited AFAR Magazine, Monhegan Island, Monhegan, Maine, Retrieved September 23, 2015 Allen, John K. George Morton of Plymouth Colony and Some of His Descendants,

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