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Massasoit
Sign in to savethumb|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
- Born
- 1580-01-01
- Died
- 1662-01-01
- 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
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- Listeners
- 18
- Total plays
- 58
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1580
- Died
- 1 January 1662
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- traditional leader or chief
- Image
- Chief Massasoit.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- P1366
- Wamsutta
- P172
- Wampanoag people
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- 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.