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Updated: May 17, 2025
Two envoys sent by the general court in May, 1644, to the wigwam of Canonicus, were compelled to stay out in the rain for two hours before being admitted, and Pessacus, instead of giving them satisfaction, persisted in his threat of hostilities against Uncas, agreeing only not to attack Uncas "till after next planting-time," nor then till after due notice given to the English.
Then, when summoned by the general court of Massachusetts to Boston, Canonicus and Pessacus, the two leading chiefs, pleaded the king's jurisdiction and declined to appear.
I found no proposal to stir me up against the English, my friends." Mixam, another of these chiefs, replied, "I do not know of any plot that is intended by the Dutch governor against the English, my friends." The third of the chiefs, who was conferred with, Pessacus, was still more emphatic in his denial.
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