Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 103! This week we continue our new series on Captain William Goodrich and talk about his relationship with the Mohicans in Stockbridge and his “not so honest” land dealings. The May 1766 Indian Proprietor Records, page 56, contains the following entry:“Granted to William Goodrich in consideration of the loss he sustained in...
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Bidwell Lore – The Dispossession of the Mohican Land in Stockbridge
Welcome to week 50 of Bidwell Lore! This week we begin the story of the dispossession of the Mohicans land in Stockbridge. Wnahtukook [1]“A small council meeting in July of 1734 in a simple village along the Housatonic River in Massachusetts would affect the course and survival of a nation. The issue under consideration would demand four long...
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Bidwell Lore – The Mythology of Indiantown
Welcome to week 36 of Bidwell Lore where we discuss the Mythology of Indiantown (now Stockbridge). We will be off next week and back with a new post on January 5th. “History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.” [1] “A plat of 23,040 acres of land lying...
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Bidwell Lore – Muh-he-con-neok or “People of the Waters that are never still,” Part II
Welcome to week 35 of Bidwell Lore! This week we continue our introduction to the Mohican story with Part II of our article Muh-he-con-neok or “People of the Waters that are never still.” We will stay with this topic through early next year and it coincides with our winter lecture series, Hidden in Plain Sight: Native Peoples and the...