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Warpy

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9. I think the orgy stuff was kind of conflated with the goings on of his

Reply to wnylib (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 08:04 PM

Feb 2023

onetime sidekick, Wollaston, who left the Plimoth colony with him but proved, ahem, unworthy.

I've always had a grudging admiration for Morton because he wrote things down and published the book. Otherwise, people might have thought the Puritans were really saintly, when they were decidedly not.

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Rather than being peaceful, ancient hunter-gatherers engaged in violent warfare [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2023 OP

The beginnings of "GET OFF MY LAWN". Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #1

yep. small scale skirmishing between groups stopdiggin Feb 2023 #2

We are a violent race. No wonder aliens don't want to visit...😱....nt mitch96 Feb 2023 #3

"Rather than being peaceful, ancient hunter-gatherers engaged in violent warfare on LinkedIn" progree Feb 2023 #4

I can't help but think of all those lousy cowboy movies back in the 50s and 60s Warpy Feb 2023 #5

A similar scenario to the farmers and ranchers in the West wnylib Feb 2023 #6

Yes, the colonists just couldn't understand that the tribes had their own way Warpy Feb 2023 #7

Morton was, like most people, a mix of good and bad wnylib Feb 2023 #8

I think the orgy stuff was kind of conflated with the goings on of his Warpy Feb 2023 #9

Through one of my grandmothers, wnylib Feb 2023 #10

Then there was a rather famous letter from former Mass. governor Winthrop Warpy Feb 2023 #11

The story of those boys and their theft wnylib Feb 2023 #12

Was that a Miqmaq raid? Warpy Feb 2023 #13

No, not a Micmac raid. The Wampanoag were wnylib Feb 2023 #14