Big News about Fort Mose

 

French lines at Basing House by Richard Howarth

 Probably 1997.

Mayflower, a voyage to war

 my local library has this. Might read it when I can

Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of ‘In the Heart of the Sea’, reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers’ settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fifty years after they first landed on American soil.

Behind the quaint and pious version of the Mayflower story usually taught in American primary schools is a tumultuous and largely untold tale of violence, subterfuge and epic drama.

For amidst the friendships and co-operation that sprang up between the settlers and indigenous people, whose timely assistance on more than one occasion rescued the Pilgrims from otherwise certain death, a dark conflict was brewing. It erupted in King Philip’s war, a terribly bloody conflict which decimated the English population and all but obliterated the Wampanoag.

Following the Pilgrims from their perilous journey from England on a battered, leaky ship, through their first bitter North American winter (during which half of them died), to their equally bitter battle against the native Wampanoag tribe, Philbrick paints a vivid and panoramic picture of conflict and colonialism, co-operation and betrayal. In so doing he brings to life a cast of compelling, even heroic, characters, and sets the scene for the development of the American nation.

New Worlds, Old Wars

 Picked this up the other day. Looks good.

Warriors of the Dawn

 Indigenous weapons and tactics of King Philip's War. Video here. It is about half an hour. I haven't watched this all the way through yet but looks fine. Let me know what you think.

Saki indian and Musquake indian between 1840 and 1843

 By Mark Bodmer

Fritz Kredel Common Militia 1830