Five reasons for the raid...
Frontier Quarrels
Five reasons for the raid...
Hannah Dustin in the Snow
A wandering cartoonist visits the site of a massacre...
Hannah Dustin (1697)
"Famous example of frontier heroism." (sic)
Sabbath Hawks (Weare)
What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!
Journal of Martin Pring (cover + intro)
1603: Here's a color cover image of Pring's young guiternist...
Pring 16 ~ “Wee did behold to burne”
1603: The crew of Martin Pring's last ship watch the New England coast go up in flames...
Goody Cole, Witch of Hampton (Guest Post)
Here's one from the COMICS WORKSHOP archives -- an old mini-comic by Emma (grade 4) starring the only NH woman ever to be convicted of witchcraft: Notice how Emma works in her own brand of humor to dramatize the basic facts of Cole's life. Read an outline of this NH history unit HERE. MORE: Witches! … Continue reading Goody Cole, Witch of Hampton (Guest Post)
Pring 15 ~ Final Fire
1603: The dogs save the fort, communications break down, and the expedition heads for home in this EXCITING CONCLUSION of Martin Pring’s Journal!
Pring 14 ~ Two Shots
Pring’s last ship fires the first warning shots of a coming conflict …
Pring 13 ~ Sassafras Harvest
Things go quickly awry when Pring’s men exhaust the local supply of sassafras…
Pring 12 ~ As The Land is Full
Wherein we can perhaps glimpse the little gold “crownes” in Pring’s eyes as he ogles the natives’ pelts …
Pring 11 ~ Sassafras Forest
Pring notes some of the many potential applications of the New England forests …
Pring 10 ~ Rich and Fat Ground
After sailing around the New England coast for many weeks, the English run low on provisions, and so …
Pring 09 ~ We beheld their Gardens
Martin Pring ventures upriver in native canoes for a garden tour…
Pring 08 ~ Birchbarke Boats
Description of native canoes.
Pring 07 ~ These People in Colour
Native fashions of the 17th century, for men and women …
Pring 06 ~ Let Loose the Mastives
Martin Pring brings out his pets.
Pring 05 ~ Their Weapons are Bowes
The English visitors inspect their hosts...
Pring 04 ~ Sassafras Dance
Quite possibly the first world-fusion dance party in New England history...
Pring 03 ~ Meeting the Locals
The native people of NH's seacoast take some interest in Martin Pring's sassafras harvesting expedition ...
Pring 02 ~ Sassafras Bay
Pring's crew find what they're looking for on the New England seacoast ...
Pring 01 ~ Quest for Sassafras
Martin Pring details his visit to the New Hampshire seacoast in 1603.
Bounds of New Hampshire (Mason Grant, 1629)
This 1629 land grant by the Plymouth Company caused many headaches when everyone realized they'd ALREADY granted some of the same land to other people... not to mention the inhabitants already living thereupon! SOURCE: Text of grant as found in William Little's History of Weare, New Hampshire 7 November 1629
Darby Field Climbs Mount Washington (1642)
Two Indian guides lead the first European expedition to the top of the White Mountains... I first encountered this account in Colin G. Calloway's Dawnland Encounters, but the full text is available on pp. 62-63 of John Winthrop's Journal (1630-1649). In addition to keeping such detailed notes on New England history, John Winthrop was of course a … Continue reading Darby Field Climbs Mount Washington (1642)
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