Note 562 — THE WAMPANOAGS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY An Ethnohistorical Study (continued 2)

Some of the historical sources and the example of other Algonquian groups suggest that this power varied in its nature from one powow to another, depending upon the kind of spirit which gave it, thus the abilities of powows would vary accordingly as to what sorts of things they were able to do. This in turn was displayed in various individualized types of tricks.