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Samoset, the Indian visitor – Historic Reproduction

Samoset, the Indian visitor, [1857] — antique engraving
Samoset, the Indian visitor, [1857]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Samoset, the Indian visitor, preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Samoset, the Indian visitor

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This wood engraving depicts Samoset, the Abenaki visitor who walked into the Plymouth colony in March 1621 and greeted the English in their own language, an encounter often cited as one of the first contacts between Pilgrims and Native people in New England. He had reportedly learned English from fishermen who sailed the coast of what is now Maine. The print comes from *Harper's Monthly*, volume 57, published in 1857, when American magazines often used engravings like this to illustrate colonial history for a broad readership. The title's phrase "the Indian visitor" reflects how a nineteenth-century audience usually framed him.

Created / published[1857]
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
NotesEngraving from Harpers Monthly, v. 57, 1857. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,103 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120268

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