Massasoit's Town Sowams in Pokanoket, Its History Legends and Traditions

** "Massasoit's Town Sowams in Pokanoket, Its History Legends and Traditions" by Virginia Baker is a historical exploration that resurrects the world of Massasoit, the great leader of the Wampanoag, and his town of Sowams. Baker's work, born in 1904, vividly illustrates the landscape and traditions of the Pocanoket region, now Rhode Island, spotlighting the interactions between the Wampanoag people and the first European settlers. Baker retells the moments of diplomacy and conflict, treaties struck, and the everyday challenges faced by Massasoit’s people as their lives intertwined with the colonists. The book casts Massasoit not just as a figure in history, but as a skilled leader whose decisions shaped a nation. **