This episode snips off some loose ends. We examine Squanto’s ambiguous and controversial legacy, and look at a few interesting Pilgrim stories through the summer of 1623 that did not fit well into the timeline narrative of the last few episodes, including Indian gambling, a miracle of prayer during extreme weather, and the decision by the leaders of the colony to end collective farming and authorize private plots so each family would be better motivated to boost food production.

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Shawn’s Pictures of the Popham Colony Site

Selected references for this episode

Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: Voyage, Community, War

Nick Bunker, Making Haste From Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History

Edward Winslow, Good News From New England

William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

“Gambling,” The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology