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  1. Nov 17, 2020 · Chief Massasoit (1580–1661), as he was known to the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the leader of the Wampanoag tribe. Also known as The Grand Sachem as well as Ousemequin (sometimes spelled Woosamequen), Massasoit played a major role in the success of the Pilgrims. Conventional narratives of Massasoit paint the picture of a friendly Indigenous ...

  2. Massasoit Ousemequin. Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag when the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth in 1620. Although he is not mentioned by name in any English accounts prior to 1621, he and his brother Quadequina are undoubtedly the "two Kings, attended with a guard of fiftie armed men" that met Captain Thomas Dermer at Pokanoket in May 1619, when he was returning Tisquantum ("Squanto") to ...

  3. Nov 30, 2020 · Massasoit (l. c. 1581-1661) was the sachem (chief) of the Wampanoag Confederacy of modern-day New England, USA. Massasoit (also given as Massasoyt) is a title meaning Great Sachem; his given name was Ousamequin of the Pokanoket tribe of modern-day Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He is best known for his interaction with the pilgrims of the ...

  4. Nov 19, 2020 · Massasoit's strategic diplomacy kept peace with the Pilgrims for decades. Facing threats from local rivals and deadly epidemics, the Native American leader used his alliance with the English to ...

  5. Apr 21, 2017 · Massasoit made it possible for the colonization of this continent." According to Jennifer McDermott at the Associated Press, the repatriated objects associated with Massasoit include a pipe, a ...

  6. www.encyclopedia.com › north-american-indigenous-peoples-biographies › massasoitMassasoit | Encyclopedia.com

    May 17, 2018 · Massasoit. Massasoit (died 1661) was a principal leader of the Wampanoag people in the early 1600s who encouraged friendship with English settlers. As leader of the Wampanoag, Massasoit exercised control over a number of Indian groups that occupied lands from Narragansett Bay to Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts.

  7. Dec 2, 2020 · The Pilgrim-Wampanoag Peace Treaty is the document drafted and signed on 22 March 1621 CE between governor John Carver (l. 1584-1621 CE) of the Plymouth Colony and the sachem (chief) Ousamequin (better known by his title Massasoit, l. c. 1581-1661 CE) of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The treaty established peaceful relations between the two ...

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