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Season 1 Episode 89
This episode snips off some loose ends. We examine Squanto's ambiguous and controversial legacy, and look at a few interesting Pilgrim stories throu…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Pilgrims Play For Keeps
Season 1 Episode 88
By fall 1622, the new settlers sent by Thomas Weston – except those who were sick and remained in the care of the Pilgrims -- left to settle in Wessa…
3 years, 11 months ago
Opechancanough's War
Season 1 Episode 87
After some English killed one of Opechancanough's most celebrated warriors, Nemattanew, in the belief that he had killed an English trader, the great…
3 years, 11 months ago
Who Was Opechancanough?
Season 1 Episode 86
Opechancanough, successor to paramount chief Powhatan, deserves to be remembered as one of the great indigenous leaders in American history, on the s…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Pilgrims Confront the Enemies Within
Season 1 Episode 85
It is the fall of 1621. After the show of force at Nemasket, the cementing of relations with Massasoit, and the three day feast we now regard as "th…
4 years ago
1621 in New England Part 2
Season 1 Episode 84
In the spring of 1621, the Pilgrims have met Samoset and Tisquantum, and were learning from Squanto to feed themselves. This they would be able to do…
4 years ago
1621 in New England Part 1
Season 1 Episode 83
"Welcome, Englishmen!" The Pilgrims had had been building houses and establishing defenses for Plymouth for three months before Samoset, an Abenaki s…
4 years ago
The Pilgrims Go Ashore
Season 1 Episode 82
It is November 11, 1620. The Mayflower has anchored in the harbor at today's Provincetown, Massachusetts. The passengers and crew of the Mayflower …
4 years ago
The Mayflower Sails
Season 1 Episode 81
Who were the Pilgrims, and how was it that they settled in the Netherlands, only to sail on the Mayflower for the lower Hudson River? And having don…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Mayflower Moment in History
Season 1 Episode 80
This episode starts at the end of the story of the Pilgrims at Plymouth by looking at the famous "Mayflower Compact," and how Americans have spoken a…
4 years, 1 month ago