Five reasons for the raid...
A wandering cartoonist visits the site of a massacre...
"Famous example of frontier heroism." (sic)
What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!
1603: Here's a color cover image of Pring's young guiternist...
1603: The crew of Martin Pring's last ship watch the New England coast go up in flames...
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)
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’s last ship fires the first warning shots of a coming conflict …
Things go quickly awry when Pring’s men exhaust the local supply of sassafras…
Wherein we can perhaps glimpse the little gold “crownes” in Pring’s eyes as he ogles the natives’ pelts …
Pring notes some of the many potential applications of the New England forests …
After sailing around the New England coast for many weeks, the English run low on provisions, and so …
Martin Pring ventures upriver in native canoes for a garden tour…
Description of native canoes.
Native fashions of the 17th century, for men and women …
Martin Pring brings out his pets.
The English visitors inspect their hosts...
Quite possibly the first world-fusion dance party in New England history...
The native people of NH's seacoast take some interest in Martin Pring's sassafras harvesting expedition ...
Pring's crew find what they're looking for on the New England seacoast ...
Martin Pring details his visit to the New Hampshire seacoast in 1603.
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
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)
Live Free and Draw 📖 