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| Plimoth Plantation Is Plymouth as it was in the 17th century; the poetic language of Shakespeare, the smell of wood smoke and roasting meat, and muskets being fired during a practice drill. Nearby is a Wampanoag homesite where a man wearing deerskins is burning out a log to make a mishoon (canoe), women are cultivating a garden, and a fish is roasting on a wood spit over an open fire. The village is a re-creation of the site as we believe it to have looked in 1627. The original village was located on Leyden Street in downtown Plymouth. |
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| Plymouth Massachusetts U S A |
| August 27, 2000 |
| In the Pilgrim Village, each day corresponds to a day in 1627. The inhabitants show us how to build a timber frame house, cook a pottage. At the Nye Exhibition Barn, we learn about the rare breed animals at Plimoth Plantantion, some of whom are descendants of 17th-century livestock. Adjoining the Village is Hobbamock's Homesite where Native intepreters in a 17th-century setting speak from a contemporary point-of-view about the experiences of their ancestors as well as Wampanoag life today. Food is part of the Plimoth Plantation experience whether it's watching cooking in the Village and Homesite. At the Crafts Center, artisans demonstrate how 17th-century goods were made. Many of these reproductions are available for puchase in the Crafts Center Museum Shop. Hobbamock's Homesite A re-created Historic Site with Modern Interpretation. Hobbamock, counselor to the sachem (chief) Massasoit of Pokanoket (Bristol, RI), moved to Plymouth with his family as an ambassador from his people to the English. His position came about as a result of the 1621 treaty between Massasoit and the English. (Massasoit allied with the English because the epidemic of 1616-1618 put the Wampanoag in a weakened political position with other Native groups). Hobbamock and his family were the only known Wampanoag family to have lived alongside the colonists in the 1620s. There were many Wampanoag communities, but none within fifteen miles of Plymouth. After visited the plantation, we stopped for lunch at the oldest restaurant in town near the harbor. We can see the harbor while we've eating. Also we can see Mayflower II, the re-creation of the type of ship that brought the colonists to new Plymouth. |
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