Native resources (commodity) Flashcards
Secoton (an open settlement)
Cultivation and evidence of staggered planting
Meant their were always provisions
John White’s illustrations of Algonquin relationship with the land
Can see evidence of different crop growth
Ripe corn
Grown corn
Newly sprung corn
Fruit in the region
Pineapple
Banana/plantain
Apples
Vegetables in the region
Squash/pumpkin
Maize corn
Pulses (beans and peas)
Powhatan Algonquin was not a
Hunter-gather society
Europeans listed
The natural produce of the region they encountered
Patawomeck
Most northerly of Powhatan Confederacy
1608: John Smith encountered them
John Smith observation of Patawomeck society
Village on the hill
Individual gardens (cleaner than English gardens)
Also communal gardens
English reconfiguration of the land
Land was not settled (by people or crop) open for English to claim
Indigenous people passed through
Land was not cultivated
Land not cultivated was a waste
Indigenous people could lose their right to their land if
They attacked the English settlers
Indian gardens became highly prized land
Awarded for services to the state
Usually military
English belief their presence was considered right
Those who challenged it were opposing God
Therefore forfeited their right to it
God created the land in common
Not to be un-used, under-used or mis-used