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Mary Jemison

This white European enjoyed a typical colonist's life until she was abducted by Iroquois Indians at age fifteen in 1758.

Samson Occom

This individual was born in 1723 into the Mohegan Indian tribe and describes in his autobiography growing up as a heathen living off the land, hunting, and cultivating crops.

Client Chiefs

To help control Indian populations, Europeans would install these individuals who would support European interests, which included sending Indian warriors into European wars.

John Heckewelder

This individual was a Moravian missionary who wrote about the customs and history of native tribes.

John Eliot

This famous New England missionary established praying towns in order to educate and convert Indian communities to Christianity.

Penobscot

This Native American was involved in the Casco Bay land negotiation and stated that he never consented to land being transferred.

Atiwaneto

This Abenaki Indian delivered a harsh speech to a Massachusetts emissary...

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