Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 21, 2025
Rowlandson soon sold her to a celebrated chieftain named Quinnapin, a Narraganset sachem, who had married, for one of his three wives, Wetamoo, of whom we have heretofore spoken. Quinnapin is represented as a "young, lusty sachem, and a very great rogue." It will be remembered that Wetamoo, queen of the Pocasset Indians, was the widow of Alexander and sister of Wootonekanuske, the wife of Philip.
Evidence of slaughter. A great feast. Endeavors to see her children. Bravery of Mr. John Hoar. Assurance of freedom. Dress for a grand dance. Dress of Wetamoo. Interview with Philip. Her release. Appearance of the country. Return to her friends.
By the first week in August of 1676, she had only twenty-six men left, out of her three hundred. Then there came to the colonists at Taunton, which lay up the river Taunton from Pocasset, another deserter, with word that he could lead them to the little Wetamoo camp, not far southward. Twenty armed English descended upon her, August 6, and easily overcame her camp. She alone escaped, in flight.
The treaty had been signed on October 28, and on November 2 an army from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Plymouth was ordered out, to march against the Narragansetts, and seize King Philip and Queen Wetamoo, and punish Canonchet. It was known that Queen Wetamoo was with Canonchet, but not certainly that King Philip had "kenneled" there.
The charge against him never was pressed, because his rage and shame at the insult threw him into a fever, from which he soon died. He had reigned only a few months. In this year 1662 Philip or Metacomet took his place as grand sachem of the Pokanokets. The death of his brother grieved him. Wetamoo, the young widow, said that Alexander had been poisoned by his captors, the English.
The tragic death of Alexander introduced to the throne his brother Pometacom, whom the English named King Philip. Much has been written respecting the Indian's disregard for woman. The history of Wetamoo proves that these views have been very greatly exaggerated, or that they admit of very marked exceptions. Wetamoo immediately became the unrelenting foe of the English.
He had married Wetamoo, who was the young squaw sachem of the neighboring village of Pocasset, to the east. Philip married her sister, Woo-to-ne-kau-ske. When late in 1661 the sage Massasoit died, Alexander became grand sachem of the Pokanoket league. Now the long reign of Massasoit had been broken.
Regal repast. Preparations for an attack. The queen invited to dinner. An interview between the captives. Unaccountable conduct. A journey commenced. Hardships endured. Kindness from an old Indian. False report about her son. Dismal life. Visions of liberty. Slow march. Gentlemanly conduct of Philip. Queen Wetamoo. Wampum, and how made. Kindness to the captive. Proposition for her ransom.
These two young men had married sisters, the daughters of the sachem of Pocasset. The name of the wife of Alexander was Wetamoo, an unfortunate princess who became quite illustrious in subsequent scenes. The wife of Philip had the euphonious name of Wootonekanuske. Upon the death of Massasoit, his eldest son Alexander was invested with the chieftainship.
The papers engaged the Narragansetts not to harbor any of King Philip's people, nor to help them in any way against the English, nor to enter a war without the permission of the English. He was to deliver the Philip and Wetamoo people, when they came to him. Canonchet was not that kind of a man. He had no idea of betraying people who may have fled to him for shelter from a common enemy.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking