Weetamoo, heart of the Pocassets
About this book
The 1653-1654 diary of a fourteen-year-old Pocasset Indian girl, destined to become a leader of her tribe, describes how her life changes with the seasons, after a ritual fast she undertakes, and with her tribe's interaction with the English "Coat-men" of the nearby Plymouth Colony.
Subjects
- children's fiction
- diaries
- fiction
- history
- indians of north america
- indians of north america, fiction
- juvenile fiction
- massachusetts, fiction
- pocasset indians