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Image Credit: WikiCommons. By Amy-Jane Humphries. Weetamoo (c. 1635-1676) was a ‘sunksqua’, or chief, of the Native American Pocasset tribe. She was the daughter of Corbitant, who had been chief of the tribe himself, and was born in present-day Rhode Island. She was killed during King Philip’s War, after military defeat.
Weetamoo was a military and political leader in her own right. However, Rowlandson defines her social standing by her husband and brother in law, Metacom. The Squaw Sachem is depicted as a spoiled European gentlewoman, preening over her face paint and beads and ill-treating her servants (Rowlandson) rather than as an important woman in her own right.
Timeline. c. 1635 - 1676. Life of Weetamoo, warrior and chief of the Pocasset tribe of north-eastern North America. 1675 - 1676. Weetamoo commands her own troops, defending Native American lands during King Philip's War against the English immigrant invaders. Aug 1676. Weetamoo drowns in a river; her head is taken and placed as a trophy of war ...
Weetamoo's father, Corbitant, is sachem, or chief, of the Pocassets. He is mistrustful of the colonists and imparts his beliefs about them to his daughter, who is next in line to become chief. Weetamoo must learn the fundamental values and disciplines of a true Pocasset chief, but she must also be prepared for
Weetamoo, intentando escapar de una batalla perdida, falleció ahogada en el río Taunton el 6 de agosto de 1676. Le temían tanto los soldados ingleses que mutilaron su cuerpo y su cabeza fue exhibida en un poste en Taunton, Massachussets como prueba que había sido derrotada. La visión de su cabeza llevó a los guerreros nativos a un ...
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24 de may. de 2019 · FALL RIVER — In the end, the 26 soldiers Weetamoo had left stayed and fought, knowing they would lose. They fought to give her a chance to escape and she did. The Taunton River had other ideas. …
