Two more resources. the MURL logo leads to links related to New England Specifically. The Topozone logo leads to a source for creating topographical maps. We'll have cause to use that when we work in the book on New England Villages.
Note here the number of "plantations" Wood mentions. This will become significant as you begin to investigate town formation in early New England in the next unit of the course. In fact, why not make a list of them. (Lists help focus the mind).
Following his discussion of flora and fauna, Wood turns his attention to the indigenous Native American Population. Much of the material in Mourt's Relation also concerns contact with Native Americans.
I want you to be observant of attitudes and prejudices which the narratives contain.
What similarities are there and what differences between our sources?
Are there ways to explain the differences?
You'll find a mixed bag, here, with positive and negative observations. Take note (and notes, if that's helpful) of each.
The link takes you to the website of a private wildlife sanctuary. Prowl around the website to see what kinds of intormation it contains (and what it doesn't contain which surprises you).
It was established by a private individual and you will want to think about the motivation behind its establishment.
An internet resource for indigenous ethno-technology focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historical & contemporary background with instructional how-to's & references
The rather difficult to read button above highlights an idea we need to keep in mind. Commonly we think of the Europeans as being posessors of "technology" while the Native Americans were not. Both communities had technology of a sort, and many of the techniques used by Native Americans were more appropriate to New England than the technologies of the English colonists. Click on the button above and visit NativeTech.org. Investigate some of the ways Native Americans used the natural resources of their region. Some of these were adopted by Europeans, some not. The narrations in Mourt's Relation may offer some insight as to why more Native American technology wasn't adopted.
Further Internet Work. I'd like to have you see what you might be able to find about the plantations Wood mentions. Visit Google and one other research source, The second link above takes you to a number of research tools I've developed over the years, and plug in as many of the names mentioned as you can. Use the original spellings as well as Vaughan's modernizations
Read, in Wood, 
