▁he ▁and ▁the ▁younger ▁Thomas ▁established ▁Mar tha ' s ▁V ine yard ' s ▁first ▁settlement ▁and ▁called ▁it ▁Great ▁Har bor , ▁now ▁Ed gart own . ▁ ▁Rel ations ▁with ▁the ▁n atives ▁May hew ▁and ▁his ▁fellow ▁sett lers ▁found ▁a ▁large ▁and ▁econom ically ▁stable ▁native ▁population ▁of ▁about ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁living ▁in ▁permanent ▁villages , ▁led ▁by ▁four ▁s ach ems ▁( ch ief s ). ▁Rel ations ▁between ▁the ▁first ▁sett lers ▁and ▁their ▁W amp ano ag ▁neighb ors ▁were ▁peace ful ▁and ▁cour te ous . ▁Under ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁his ▁son , ▁a ▁minister , ▁they ▁instit uted ▁a ▁policy ▁of ▁respect ▁and ▁fair ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁W amp ano ag ▁n atives ▁that ▁was ▁une qu aled ▁anywhere . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁May hew ' s ▁orders ▁was ▁that ▁no ▁land ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁native ▁island ers , ▁the ▁W amp ano ags , ▁without ▁their ▁consent ▁or ▁without ▁fair ▁payment . ▁From ▁this ▁time ▁forward , ▁the ▁colonial ▁sett lers ▁and ▁Indians ▁lived ▁without ▁the ▁blood sh ed ▁that ▁marked ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁European ▁colon ies ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁World . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁beginning , ▁May hew ▁had ▁worked ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁original ▁political ▁institutions ▁of ▁the ▁Indians . ▁Religion ▁and ▁government ▁were ▁distinct ▁matters , ▁he ▁told ▁the ▁Indian ▁chief s . ▁When ▁one ▁of ▁your ▁subjects ▁becomes ▁a ▁Christian , ▁he ▁is ▁still ▁under ▁your ▁juris diction .