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Massasoit, 1580-
King of the Wampanoag Indians; born in the present limits of Massachusetts about 1580.
h left only 300 persons alive.
On March 15, 1621, Massasoit appeared at New Plymouth with sixty of his followettle behind.
Leaving Winslow behind as a hostage, Massasoit approached with twenty armed warriors, and met Stauded, which was never broken by either party while Massasoit lived.
The old sachem sent messengers to other tr Bradford sent two envoys (Winslow and Hopkins) to Massasoit, at Pokanoket, near Narraganset Bay, 40 miles fromople who had gathered around him, saying, Am not I Massasoit, commander of the country around you?
Is not suchlive without a wife (for the Queen was then dead). Massasoit had just returned home, and had no food to offer t our lodging than of our journey.
In 1623, when Massasoit was very sick, Winslow again visited him, and, in ards Narraganset Bay, he was kindly entertained by Massasoit for several weeks.
A contemporary writer says the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
Samoset, 1590-
Chief of the Pemaquid Indians; born in New England about 1590.
In March, 1621, a naked Indian, who had learned a few words of English from the fishermen at Pemaquid, suddenly appeared in the streets of Plymouth, Mass., and startled the Pilgrims by the exclamation, Welcome, Englishmen!
Welcome, Englishmen!
He was Samoset, and gave them much information.
He told them of the plague that had swept off the Indians about four years before, and that the place where they were seated was called Patuxet.
He told them of Massasoit (q. v.). He brought to the settlement some of the friendly Indians, among them Squanto, whom Weymouth had kidnapped and given to Gorges.
Squanto taught them how to plant maize, to catch a certain fish wherewith to manure their lands, and late in the season he guided ambassadors from Plymouth to the court of Massasoit at pokanoKet, afterwards Warren, R. I.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wampanoag , or Pokanoket , (search)
Wampanoag, or Pokanoket,
Indians; one of the most powerful of the Massachusetts tribes of the Algonquian nation.
Massasoit was their sachem when the English came to the New England shores.
Their domain extended over nearly the whole of southern Massachusetts, from Cape Cod to Narraganset Bay, and at one time the tribe numbered 30,000.
Just before the landing of the Pilgrims a terrible disease had reduced them to less than 1,000.
While Massasoit lived the Wampanoags were friendly to the English; but a growing discontent ripened into war in 1675, led by King Philip, a son of Massasoit, which involved many of the New England Indians.
The result was thived the Wampanoags were friendly to the English; but a growing discontent ripened into war in 1675, led by King Philip, a son of Massasoit, which involved many of the New England Indians.
The result was the destruction of the tribe.
King Philip's son, while yet a boy, with others, was sent to the West Indies and sold as a slave.
Winslow, Edward 1595-
Colonial governor; born in Droitwich, England, Oct. 18, 1595; became a Puritan in his youth; married the daughter of a Dissenter; came to America from Holland, in the Mayflower, in 1620; and soon afterwards buried his bride here.
He then married Susannah, widow of William White, and one of his fellow-passengers.
Winslow offered himself to Massasoit, the Indian sachem, as a hostage, at the first conference between the English and the natives, and won his respect and affection, especially by his curing the old ruler of an illness in 1623.
He made two voyages to England
Edward Winslow. (1623-1624) as agent for the colony, and in 1633 he succeeded Bradford as governor.
He again visited England, where he was imprisoned by Archbishop Laud seventeen weeks for teaching in the church and performing the marriage ceremony as a magistrate.
Winslow was one of the most active men in the colony, and was governor three successive terms.
On his return from England,