The Other States of America: History Podcast

This podcast series will explore the often overlooked American stories, forgotten because they occurred under a different flag, in nations now part of the United States.

In this episode we break down the intricacies of Haudenosaunee government as it may have been before the arrival of Europeans, the episode ends with the story of first contact given from the point of view of a young Mohawk warrior.

In this episode, Eric mostly rambles on about this mostly undocumented period in early New Netherland history and the fur trade. Troubles with the French, kidnappings, boat fires, Pilgrims and shifty dealing all around, this is the Wild West of period of the East Coast.

An indentured servant boy with a questionable origin story, supposedly inherits a large piece of Long Island from a Native American leader, selling much of it each new buyer has a vested interest in John Scott's claim being legitimate. What follows is a story of conflict and takeover of the New Netherland Colony, treason against the Connecticut colony as its' Long island settlements pull away, pregnant women smuggling objects into prison, all the while John Scott reinventing himself, often falling upwards in life, and helping to shape the boundaries (and existence) of three US States. Believe as much or as little of this story as you wish...

Roger Williams, ill and alone, wanders the winter wilderness of New England until finding Ousamequin of the Wampanoag who offers him shelter. Exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony Williams plans to make the most radical settlement in the New World.