ASIN: B004TGUVJ6
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Pages: 176
John Sassamon was a Wompanoag Indian who lived in southeastern Massachusetts and died under mysterious circumstances in January of 1675. Sassamon was a translator, advisor, and power broker to both the English colonists and King Philip, the powerful Sachem of southeastern Massachusetts and, as such, found himself operating in two separate but adjacent cultures. The Sassamon Circle examines the inherent tensions and conflicts that arose between the English and Indian populations during the first fifty years after the arrival of the Pilgrims - tensions that led directly to Sassamon's death and culminated in the King Philip War.Using real historical figures and a fictional English family, The Sassamon Circle examines a lost period in our country's history, a period before English dominance was inevitable, a period when a mixed culture of English and Indian interests was both desired ... ...
