Massasoit
c. 1580
Pokanoket, near present-day Bristol, Rhode Island
1661
Rhode Island
Wampanoag tribal leader
Portrait: Massasoit. Reproduced by permission of The Library of Congress.
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Massasoit (1580-1661) was a principal leader of the Wampanoag people in the early 1600s who encouraged friendship with English settlers. As leader of the Wampanoag, Massasoit exercised control over a ...
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