Skip to content
Massasoit
EntityQ739194· pop 18· linked from 302 articles

Also known as Massasoit Sachem, Ousamequin, Chief Massasoit

thumb|1904 photo of Profile Rock in [[Assonet, Massachusetts; local Wampanoags believe it represents Massasoit.]] Massasoit Sachem ( ) or Ousamequin (1661) was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem. Although Massasoit was only his title, English colonists mistook it as his name and it stuck.

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Wholesale price list of choice gladioli and planting stock
  • Wholesale price list of choice gladioli and planting stock
  • Wholesale price list of choice gladioli and planting stock
  • Price list of choice gladioli

via Open Library + Wikidata

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
18
Total plays
58

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Massasoit">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Massasoit

Key facts

Native American leader.name
Massasoit
Native American leader.native_name
Ousamequin
Native American leader.image
File:Indian history for young folks (1919) (14752985292).jpg
Native American leader.image_size
250px
Native American leader.caption
Massasoit and his Warriors
Native American leader.tribe
Wampanoag
Native American leader.birth_name
Ousamequin
Native American leader.birth_place
present-day Bristol County, Rhode Island
Native American leader.death_date
1661 (aged 80)
Native American leader.death_place
likely present-day Rhode Island
Native American leader.successor
Wamsutta
Native American leader.office
Sachem
Native American leader.children
Wamsutta, Metacomet
Native American leader.mother_tongue
Wampanoag

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Image
Chief Massasoit.jpg
Show 3 more facts
Commons category
Massasoit
date of death
1662-01-01
date of birth
1580-00-00
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~7 min read

Article

10 sections
Contents
  • English at Plymouth
  • Lasting alliance
  • Children
  • Legacy
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|1904 photo of Profile Rock in [[Assonet, Massachusetts; local Wampanoags believe it represents Massasoit.]] Massasoit Sachem ( ) or Ousamequin (1661) was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem. Although Massasoit was only his title, English colonists mistook it as his name and it stuck.

Massasoit's people had been seriously weakened by a series of epidemics and were vulnerable to attacks by the Narragansetts, and he formed an alliance with the colonists at Plymouth Colony for defense against them. It was through his assistance that the Plymouth Colony avoided starvation during the early years.

Gallery (6)

Connections

Categories