Samson Occom

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William Love talks about the Brothertown Indians who were descendants of the Mohican and Pequot tribes and how they were forced out of their territories as white settlers pushed west. As a result of this they moved to Wisconsin in the 1820s. This article goes over the early history of the tribe and Love particularly focuses on Samson Occom a Mohican leader who played a big role in organizing the move to New York. This source illustrates the project’s theme of settlers unfairly taking land away from the Native Americans as they continue their push for westward expansion.