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Awashonks (date of death and birth unknown)

In 1675, Awashonks, a skilled diplomat and fierce warrior, became chief of the Sakonnet tribe. She and her tribe supported Chief Metacom when he broke a treaty between the New England colonists, after being humiliated for many years. This eventually lead to what is known as King Philips War. The war ended in a white victory. But Awashonks was able to restore peace between her tribe and the colonists.

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Posoonckcum his mark

Presumably at home in Wampanoag homelands, at Sakonnet, near Narragansett Bay and Patuxet, in and around the place known today as Little Compton, Rhode Island. Posoonckcum’s mark appears here with the mark of Awashonks (shared in an earlier post) on a 1674 deed for Sakonnet land.

This document details one of many interactions Awashonks and her council had with colonizers in the lead up to King Philip’s War. Between 1671 and 1675, settlers made multiple attempts at usurping Awashonks’ authority at Sakonnet and denying the sovereignty of Wampanoag people (and in particular, Wampanoag women) there.

This deed signed May 23, 1674. Seen at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Peter Pamshawt his marke.

Presumably Wampanoag and kin to Awashonks, whose homelands at Sakonnet include the place today called “Little Compton, Rhode Island.”

Peter Pamshawt’s name appears here alongside many others as co-signatories to a document dated May 23, 1674. The document, principally signed by Awashonks, details the dispossession of land from Sakonnet to white settlers.

So far, we’ve uncovered little-to-no additional information about Peter Pamshawt to be able to further contextualize his life. If you know more, feel free to share in the comments!

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Awashonks. Awawsuncks. Her Mark.

Sachem of the Sakonnet. Her home there, near Narragansett Bay and Patuxet, in and around the place known today as Little Compton, Rhode Island. Created a hopeful alliance with colonizers at Plimoth to spare her people from enslavement during and after King Philip’s War. Endured the dispossession of lands and several attempts by colonizers to usurp her role as leader at Sakonnet.

Some of her kin (also appearing on this document): Samponock (alias Amos), Wawwooyowwitt, Soonchas (identified as her son). Names spelled as they appear.

This deed for Sakonnet land, signed May 23, 1674. Seen @ Massachusetts Historical Society.