tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post116399658333783857..comments2024-03-28T01:33:17.573-04:00Comments on History Is Elementary: Squanto: A Coincidental Life, Part 1EHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-1164287079816901442006-11-23T08:04:00.000-05:002006-11-23T08:04:00.000-05:00Mr. Bangs, what a pleasant surprise to find a comm...Mr. Bangs, what a pleasant surprise to find a comment from you this morning! I hope you visit and comment often in the future.<BR/><BR/>I will agree with you that I generalized the information at that point, and per the research I had done to that point I should have simply referred to Weymouth and Hunt as they were the only two by name I located. I would also like to mention that Metaxes book/video I shared with students did not mention Squanto was taken twice....only once. I can't wait to share with this students after the break. <BR/><BR/>I felt I was safe in generalizing since my research also referred to the increasing feelings of resentment and fear due to numerous kidnappings along the coast. Were Weymouth and Hunt the only sea captains taking Native Americans? It didn't seem so to me, but of course I have not reviewed numerous primary sources. <BR/><BR/>I welcome the conversation, and would never consider your comments quibbling. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the compliment, and will visit the site you refer to.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-1164241759188398142006-11-22T19:29:00.000-05:002006-11-22T19:29:00.000-05:00You have presented this history very well, so I ho...You have presented this history very well, so I hope you will not mind a minor disagreement. You write "It was not uncommon for some of the European sea captains to take Native Americans back to Europe with them with or without their consent." (I think I recall this formulation as coming from a book put out a few years ago by Plimoth Plantation and the National Geographic Society - not your own mistake in any case.) Captains Weymouth and Hunt are here multiplied into a generality. Instead of "two English captains kidnapped Natives," the known events are inflated into 'not uncommon for some of the European sea captains..."<BR/>Contrasting with this generalized view is the abundant evidence that John Smith, William Bradford, and several English politicians objected strongly to the actions of Weymouth and Hunt, as being both illegal and impolitic. Kidnapping was illegal under English law, and to kidnap Natives was impolitic because everyone knew this would sour relations with the Indians whom the English desired to keep as trading partners. The interpretive consequence of generalizing in this way is an unintended tendentious depiction of Europeans as typically evil - unintended on your part, no doubt, but intended by the authors of the source in which the idea was launched. My review of the book, 1621, A New Look at Thanksgiving , is called "1621, A Historian Looks Anew at Thanksgiving." It is published on the website www.sail1620.org<BR/>where several other articles about the topic of Pilgrim history are published. Your site's information is among the best I've seen, so my specific comment might seem quibbling. If so, I apologize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-1164062872014025442006-11-20T17:47:00.001-05:002006-11-20T17:47:00.001-05:00We are blogging on the Pilgrims all week, so do st...We are blogging on the Pilgrims all week, so do stop by at <BR/><A HREF="http://wilmette.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://wilmette.blogspot.com/</A>Publiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889559967136070417noreply@blogger.com