In 1630 William Bradford (1590-1657), who had arrived at the Wampanoag community at Patuxet a decade earlier, began to write a history of Plymouth. It was the first colony the English managed to plant ...

Mourning in America -- The Wampanoags' old world -- Danger on the horizon -- Golgotha -- Reaching out to strangers -- Ousamequin's power play -- A great man and a little child -- Ungrateful -- Ruining ...

If you don’t know the story of Merrymount, the long-ago, mostly-forgotten colony founded in parallel with — and in rivalry to — the Plymouth Colony, way back in 1627, hang on to tricorn your hat.