Alignment on the Mayflower
by Steve Melendez, President, American Indian Genocide Museum
On November 11, 1620, 41 men signed the Mayflower Compact so that all would fall in line in a proper relationship as allies under law. It was a strange new world that they were venturing into and they had a plan that was formulated over 40 years ago for planting colonies in the new world. They were to make friends with one tribe and play them against their enemies. The thinking was that, “…if change of religion or civil wars should happen in this realm, which are things of great benefit”.