1 April 1621 A.D. Plymouth Colonists Form Defensive League with Massasoit, Chief of Wampanoags
1 April 1621 A.D. Plymouth Colonists Form Defensive League with Massasoit, Chief of Wampanoags Editors. “ 1621 – At the Plymouth settlement in present-day Massachusetts, the leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, make a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/april-1/ . N.d. Accessed 1 Apr 2015. 1621 – At the Plymouth settlement in present-day Massachusetts, the leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, make a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags. The agreement, in which both parties promised to not “doe hurt” to one another, was the first treaty between a Native American tribe and a group of American colonists. According to the treaty, if a Wampanoag broke the peace, he would be sent to Plymouth for punishment; if a colonist broke the law, he would likewise be sent to the Wampanoags...