After King Philip''s War: Presence and Persistence in Indian ...
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Resistance and Survival of Indian Women in EighteenthCentury New England Jean M. O''Brien In 1624, Edward Winslow, Governor of Plymouth colony, observed about Native Americans that “[t]he women live a most slavish life; they carry all their burdens, set and dress their corn, gather it in, and seek out for much of their food, beat and make ready the corn to eat and have all household care lying upon them.”1 Winslow''s use of the term “slavish” in this passage is instructive.