Editing Massasoit (section)

==Lasting alliance==
[[File:Sowams - with ancient records of Sowams and parts adjacent-illustrated (1908) (14784453735).jpg|left|thumb|239x239px|Part of an old map of New England, Morton's Memorial, 1677. The crown, indicating the royal seat of Massasoit, lies between the two branches of the [[Warren River|Sowams River]]]]
Some tension continued between Massasoit and the colonists when they refused to give up [[Squanto]], whom Massasoit believed to have betrayed him.  This was resolved in March 1623 when Massasoit was gravely ill and Edward Winslow nursed him back to health.<ref>Alvin G. Weeks, [http://www.nanations.com/massasoit/index.htm ''Massasoit of the Wampanoags''], 1919.</ref>  After his recovery, Winslow reports that Massasoit said, "the English are my friends and love me... whilst I live I will never forget this kindness they have showed me."<ref>Winslow, ch. 4</ref> In return for their kindness, Massasoit warned them of a plot against them. He had learned that a group of influential [[Massachusett]] warriors intended to destroy both the [[Wessagusset]] and Plymouth colonies, and he warned the Pilgrims in time.

[[Image:Wampanoag2.jpg|thumb|Massasoit smoking a [[ceremonial pipe]] with Governor [[John Carver (Mayflower passenger)|John Carver]] in [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]], 1621]]

The alliance came under other tension in later years, as the colonists expanded into new lands in order to support their growing colony.  Massasoit sold a tract of land 14 miles square to Myles Standish and others of [[Duxbury, Massachusetts|Duxbury]] in 1649 to alleviate tension and maintain the peace. The sale took place atop [[Sachem Rock Farm|Sachem Rock]], an outcropping on the [[Satucket River]] in [[East Bridgewater, Massachusetts]].  The site is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].