Northeastern Indian Lives, 1632-1816 title: Native Americans of the Northeast author: Grumet, Robert Steven. publisher: University of Massachusetts Press isbn10 | asin: 1558490000 print isbn13: 9781558490000 ebook isbn13: 9780585083551 language: English Indians of North America--Northeastern subject States--Biography. publication date: 1996 lcc: E78.E2N67 1996eb ddc: 974/.00497/00922 Indians of North America--Northeastern subject: States--Biography. Page i Northeastern Indian Lives Page ii Page iii Northeastern Indian Lives, 16321816 Edited By Robert S. Grumet FOREWORD BY Anthony F. C. Wallace Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, and the Contemporary Colin G. Calloway and Barry O'Connell Series Editors UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS Amherst Page iv A VOLUME IN THE SERIES: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, and the Contemporary EDITED BY Colin G. Calloway and Barry O'Connell Copyright © 1996 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 95-55144 ISBN 1-55849-000-0 (cloth); 001-9 (pbk.) Designed by David C. denBoer Set in 10/14 Linotype Walbaum Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Northeastern Indian lives, 16521816 / edited by Robert S. Grumet; foreword by Anthony F. C. Wallace. p. cm. (Native Americans of the Northeast) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1-55849-000-0 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 1-55849-001-9 (paper: alk. paper) 1. Indians of North AmericaNortheastern StatesBiography. I. Grumet, Robert Steven. II. Series. E78.E2N67 1996 974'.00497'00922dc20 95-55144 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. Page v IN MEMORY OF Gordon F. Day Page vii Contents Foreword ix Anthony F. C. Wallace Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Robert S. Grumet Chapter One 13 Lost Opportunities: Miantonomi and the English in Seventeenth-Century Narragansett Country Paul A. Robinson Chapter Two 29 Uncas and the Politics of Contact Eric S. Johnson Chapter Three 48 Wyandanch: Sachem of the Montauks John A. Strong Chapter Four 74 The Legacy of Robin Cassacinamon: Mashantucket Pequot Leadership in the Historic Period Kevin A. McBride Chapter Five 93 Chief Rawandagon, Alias Robin Hood: Native "Lord of Misrule" in the Maine Wilderness Harald E. L. Prins Chapter Six 116 Suscaneman and the Matinecock Lands, 16531703 Robert S. Grumet Chapter Seven 140 Putting a Face on Colonization: Factionalism and Gender Politics in the Life History of Awashunkes, the "Squaw Sachem" of Saconet Ann Marie Plane Page viii Chapter Eight 166 "Standing by His Father": Thomas Waban of Natick, circa 16301722 Daniel Mandell Chapter Nine 193 Daniel Spotso: A Sachem at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, circa 16911741 Elizabeth A. Little Chapter Ten 208 Theyanoguin Dean R. Snow Chapter Eleven 227 Shickellamy, "A Person of Consequence" James H. Merrell Chapter Twelve 258 Moses (Tunda) Tatamy, Delaware Indian Diplomat William A. Hunter Chapter Thirteen 273 Pisquetomen and Tamaqua: Mediating Peace in the Ohio Country Michael N. McConnell Chapter Fourteen 295 Molly Brant: Her Domestic and Political Roles in Eighteenth-Century New York Lois M. Feister and Bonnie Pulis Chapter Fifteen 321 Walking the Medicine Line: Molly Ockett, a Pigwacket Doctor