the marke of George Wampe
George Wampe, identified here as being “of Mattakeeis Indean Plantation,” added his pictograph to this exchange for “...a tract of land containing three miles + a halfe mile square…lying and being between two rivers in the Nipmug Country…and knowne…by the name Tohkecommumwachcuck.” The deed transacts the land for the low, low, price of “great good will and respect, …and many curtesies time to time heretofore rece’d" to two white settlers in the area.
George Wampe’s signature appears on the document alongside that of Josias Wampatuck (also known as Josias Chickatabut), and they are identified as transacting the deed with additional consent from “Andrew a Indian knowne by that English name & Pawmhoset another Indian cheife men of the place herein mentioned.” Presumably, the Andrew and Pawmhoset named in the document are Nipmuc Christian Indians, named to justify the transfer of land in Nipmuc country by Chickatabut and Wampe, whose tribal territories are located along and around the place commonly known today as “Cape Cod.” It's likely that Chickatabut and Wampe also maintained kinship ties to Andrew, Pawmhoset or other Nipmucs.
I’ve so far not been able to sort out where the place of Tohkecommumwachcuck is located.
Signed June 26, 1668, seen at the Massachusetts State Archives
