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Quotation from Mourt's Relation by William Bradford and Edward Winslow
“We have found the Indians very faithful in their covenant of peace with us, very loving and ready to pleasure us.”
Mourt's Relation, Letter of 11 December 1621, following the harvest (Young 1841 typography, harvest letter collated)
Winslow’s next sentence describes the Wampanoag as faithful to the covenant of peace. It is a 1621 report, and it should be read with later evidence in Good Newes and in Bradford.
Citation: "We have found the Indians very faithful in their covenant of peace with us, very loving and ready to pleasure us." — William Bradford and Edward Winslow, Mourt's Relation, Letter of 11 December 1621, following the harvest (Young 1841 typography, harvest letter collated). (id mourts-relation-q5)
