Weetamoo
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Weetamoo (pronounced Wee-TAH-moo) (c. 1635–1676), also referred to as Weethao, Weetamoe, Wattimore, Namumpum, and Tatapanunum, was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief. She was the sunksqua, or female sachem, of the Pocasset tribe, which occupied contemporary Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1620. The Pocasset, which she led, was one of the tribes of the Wampanoag.
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- Native American leader.name
- Weetamoo
- Native American leader.image
- Wettimore aka Weetamoo Native American from Massachusetts.png
- Native American leader.tribe
- Pocasset Wampanoag
- Native American leader.term_start
- Unknown
- Native American leader.birth_name
- Namumpum Weetamoo
- Native American leader.birth_place
- present day North Tiverton, Rhode Island
- Native American leader.death_place
- Taunton, Massachusetts
- Native American leader.death_cause
- Drowning
- Native American leader.predecessor
- Corbitant
- Native American leader.battles
- King Philip's War
- Native American leader.spouse
- Winnepurket, Wamsutta (Alexander), Quequequanachet, Petonowit, and Quinnapin
- Native American leader.parents
- Corbitant (father)
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- date of death
- 1676-00-00
- date of birth
- 1635-00-00
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Weetamoo (pronounced Wee-TAH-moo) (c. 1635–1676), also referred to as Weethao, Weetamoe, Wattimore, Namumpum, and Tatapanunum, was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief. She was the sunksqua, or female sachem, of the Pocasset tribe, which occupied contemporary Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1620. The Pocasset, which she led, was one of the tribes of the Wampanoag.
== Early life == Weetamoo was born in the Mattapoiset village of the Pokanoket or at Rhode Island's Taunton River area. Her father was Corbitant and he was sachem of the Pocasset tribe c. 1618–1630. She had a younger sister named Wootonekanuske and no brothers. From an early age, Weetamoo was exposed to the diplomatic duties of the Pocasset sachem. She adopted her father's views regarding the colonists. Unlike other sachems of the time, Corbitant rejected colonist and native relations. He believed that the land should remain in the hands of Native Americans and that the colonists must abandon the territory.