Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on the Text xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. “The Place of Their Desires”: Hassanamesit 9
7. 2. “Prask That Was Wife to John Wompas”: The Pequot War and the Enslavement of Ann Prask 31
8. 3. “To Bee Trained Up Among the English”: John Wompas and the Civilizing Project 50
9. 4. “My Proper Right & Inheritance”: John Wompas and the English Land Market 85
10. 5. “I Cherish a Desire to Be at Sea”: John Wompas and the Maritime Atlantic 110
11. 6. “New England Hath Lost the Day”: John Wompas Protests to the English Crown 129
12. 7. “Hee Had Lost a Great Many Men in the Warr”: The Nipmucs and Ann Wompas in King Philip’s War 157
13. 8. “The English Did Wrong Them About Their Lands”: The Political Awakening of John Wompas 176
14. 9. “Royall Protection”: John Wompas, Subject Status, and the English Crown 203
15. 10. “One Piece of Land to Cling on To”: The Hassanamisco Reservation 224
16. Appendix 1. Land Transactions of John Wompas and Ann Prask Wompas, 1662–1679 255
17. Appendix 2. People and Places Connected to John Wompas 262
18. Chronology of Key Events 267
19. Notes 271
20. Index 353