This is a study of a small American colonial outpost which, between 1665-1715, came under attack 30 times, culminating in a massacre which claimed the lives of over half of the town's population. The book is also a social history, portraying the lives of the first Puritan settlers and the effect of the colonies on the wars between France and England. The author describes the complexity of the Indians' role in all events, as the balance of power throughout the New England frontier was divided between many Indian tribes as well as the opposing English and French colonists.
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NEW ENGLAND OUTPOST: WAR AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL DEERFIELD, by Richard I. Melvoin is an excellent historical account of early Western MA. If you have ancestors who lived in Deerfield in the colonial era, it is fascinating to read about their lives. I visted Deerfield in June 2000 and reading the book is an excellent preparation for a visit.
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This is the best, most readable book about colonial Deerfield, Mass. It's challenging to navigate some of the old volumes about the 1704 massacre given the differences between current and 18th Century English, but everything you'd ever want to know about Indians in the Connecticut River Valley, the three (not just one) Indian attacks on the Deerfield settlement, and daily life in the settlement is right here in Mr. Melvoin's book. He knows Deerfield because he lived there - as did I. You will not be disappointed by this fine work.
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IN THE CENTER of the little village of Deerfield, Massachusetts, just off the town common, stands a huge buttonball tree. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cow commons, town governance, proprietary shares, fence viewers, town proprietors, wanting land, common fence, hereafter known, sheep commons, absentee proprietors, free estates, town book Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Court, John Williams, King Philip's War, Hampshire County, John Pynchon, Connecticut River, New York, Bloody Brook, New France, King William's War, Queen Anne's War, North America, John Sheldon, Massachusetts Bay, Pocumtuck Indians, Joseph Barnard, Sarah Smith, Covenant Chain, John Hawks, John Wells, Samuel Hinsdale, Thomas French, Benoni Stebbins, Cotton Mather, Godfrey Nims New!
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IN THE CENTER of the little village of Deerfield, Massachusetts, just off the town common, stands a huge buttonball tree. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cow commons, town governance, proprietary shares, fence viewers, town proprietors, wanting land, common fence, hereafter known, sheep commons, absentee proprietors, free estates, town book Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Court, John Williams, King Philip's War, Hampshire County, John Pynchon, Connecticut River, New York, Bloody Brook, New France, King William's War, Queen Anne's War, North America, John Sheldon, Massachusetts Bay, Pocumtuck Indians, Joseph Barnard, Sarah Smith, Covenant Chain, John Hawks, John Wells, Samuel Hinsdale, Thomas French, Benoni Stebbins, Cotton Mather, Godfrey Nims New!
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- Four Generations: Population, Land, and Family in Colonial Andover, Massachusetts by Philip Greven on 8 pages
- The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies by Francis Jennings on 4 pages
- The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century by Bernard Bailyn in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop (2nd Edition) by Edmund S. Morgan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Town Planning in Frontier America by John W. Reps in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- After King Philip's War: Presence and Persistence in Indian New England (Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas) by Colin G. Calloway on 8 pages
- People of the Wachusett: Greater New England in History and Memory, 1630-1860 by David P. Jaffee on 6 pages
- King Philip's War: Civil War in New England, 1675-1676 (Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, & the Contemporary) by James David Drake on 4 pages
- The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization (Institute of Early American History & Culture) by Daniel K. Richter on 4 pages
- Fissures in the Rock: New England in the Seventeenth Century (Revisiting New England) by Richard Archer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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