The Wampanoag have a separate history; their creation myth tells that their ancestors reached the island after traveling on an ice floe from the far North. They sided with the English settlers in King Philip's War. They performed whaling from small boats."Aquinnah (previously known as Gay Head)", Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. Retrieved August 14, 2012. The character Tashtego in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick is a Native American harpooner from Aquinnah.Melville, H., "Moby-Dick", chapter 27. The Folio Society, 2009. A Limited Edition with 281 illustrations by Rockwell Kent.
The Wampanoag have a separate history; their creation myth tells that their ancestors reached the island after traveling on an ice floe from the far North They sided with the English settlers in King Philip's War. They performed whaling from small boat.s."Aquinnah (previously known as Gay Head)", Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. Retrieved August 14, 2012. The character Tashtego in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick is a Native American harpooner from Aquinnah.Melville, H., "Moby-Dick", chapter 27. The Folio Society, 2009. A Limited Edition with 281 illustrations by Rockwell Kent.