to acquire more Indian land and to rid themselves of the last tribes. The Quakers vision of harmony was trampled under the feet of selfish intruders.The Puritans at first had the most interaction with the Algonkian tribes. Living between the Kennebeck River and Cape Cod, the tribes numbered more than 100,000, consisting of the Pawtucket, Massachusetts, Abenaki, Pequot, Narragansett, and Wampanoag. The puritans arrived in 1620, initially settling in the Cape Cod area in a place called Plymouth. The Pilgrims had come with a fear of the natives. Their fear was to be nurtured, as death had soon rendered the colony to 50 people, Their vulnerability led to Indian attack. The Wampanoag soon signed a treaty with the Colonists in 1621 which included mutual assistance and protection from the Narragansett. The English saw the treaty as a weakening of the Wampanoag. With the mischief of just a small number of new colonists, an offensive was raised against the unsuspecting Massachusetts. The goal was to encourage fear and dominance among the natives so that the English could gain power and land.The Massachusetts Bay Company had a goal to convert all heathens and to wynn and incite the natives of (the) country, to the knowledge and obedience of the onlie true God and Savior of mankinde, and the Christian fayth. As Nash highlights. Yet no missionary actions were to take place for another 13 years. The sachems (leaders) of the Algonkian, tried to develop a tentative relationship with the Puritans, yet disease ended this relationship within a few years.Puritans claimed the land by right of discovery. They believed that Christians were privileged to be able to dispossess non Christians of their land. If the land was not being used in the way in which they saw fit, they simply claimed the land as theirs. The remaining Massachusetts were not willing to put up a fight and forfeited their land to settlers. John Winthrop, the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay...
