Sowams: with Ancient Records of Sowams (Rhode Island) and Parts Adjacent

by Thomas Williams Bicknell

Book Overview

The traditional Wampanoag Indian lands known as Sowams are located in present day Bristol County, Rhode Island, on an irregular peninsula extending Southward between Narragansett and Mount Hope Bays. Sowams was sold to the English in 1653 for the sum of thirty-five pounds, in close succession with the nearby tracts of Rehobeth, Taunton and Wannamoisett. This text provides an enlightening history of the first European settlement in this region and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0788412477
• ISBN13: 9780788412479
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Heritage Books
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"