Sachemus his mark
Presumably Wampanoag. Unfortunately, the top left portion of this land transfer document, and therefore much of the text, is missing from the Newberry Library’s copy. Another deed (also a later copy of an original) signed on the same date, complete but with different wording (so perhaps another land transfer facilitated by the same people on the same day) is part of the collection of the Sturgis Library (third slide). The Sturgis deed identifies Sachemus as the “Sachem of Satuckett” [sic] and the pictograph mark is the same. Here, Satuckett or Satucket is suggested to be the place now commonly referred to as “Dennis, Massachusetts.” Both signed December 3, 1663.
A copy of the original (first and second slides), seen at the Newberry Library.
