The marke of Moihanuae [Mixan] Cannonitus his son.
Mixan or Mixanno, Narragansett. His home along the shores of Narragansett Bay, in so-called Rhode Island, and into so-called eastern Connecticut. Son of Canonicus. This document appears to show yet another recorded version of Mixan’s name.
This deed describes land on the island of Acquidneck and north to Kitackamuckqutt, but excludes Chibachuwesa or present-day Prudence Island (place names spelled as they appear in the document).
The islands of Aquidneck, and the areas of Kickemuit and “the grass upon the rivers and coves about Kitackamuckqutt” and to Paupausquatch were exchanged for “40 fathom of white beads” plus ten coats and twenty hoes. Narragansett inhabitants of the island were then also told to “remove themselves” before the next winter.
Mixan’s kin: Father, Canonicus. Cousin, Pessicus. Partner, Quaiapen (sister of Ninigret), and their children, Scuttup Quequakanewett, and Quenimiquit.
Signed March 24, 1637. Seen at the Massachusetts State Archives.
