Kancamagus

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Kancamagus was a late 17th-century Pennacook leader and sagamore known for his role in Native American resistance during King William’s War in what is now New Hampshire.

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Kancamagus Highway 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American person
Pennacook leader
sagamore
scenic highway
activeInPeriod late 17th century
approximateFloruit circa 1680s–1690s
associatedWith Pennacook migration northward toward Abenaki country
abandonment of some Pennacook villages along the Merrimack River
commemoratedBy Kancamagus Highway NERFINISHED
conflict King William’s War NERFINISHED
Native resistance to English colonists in northern New England
countryOfCitizenship Wabanaki Confederacy NERFINISHED
culturalContext Algonquian-speaking peoples of northeastern North America
era Colonial American period
ethnicGroup Pennacook NERFINISHED
hasNamesake Kancamagus Highway NERFINISHED
historicalRegion northern New England
historicalRole leader in Native alliances against English expansion in northern New England
knownFor breaking with English colonists after earlier diplomacy
leading Pennacook and allied warriors against English settlements
ordering or leading attacks on frontier settlements in New Hampshire and Maine
resisting English encroachment on Pennacook lands
languageFamily Algonquian languages
languageSpoken Pennacook NERFINISHED
legacy symbol of Native resistance in New Hampshire history
locatedIn New Hampshire
namedAfter Kancamagus NERFINISHED
notableFor leadership during King William’s War
occupation tribal leader
opponent English colonists in New England
Province of Massachusetts Bay authorities NERFINISHED
placeOfActivity Merrimack River valley NERFINISHED
upper New England NERFINISHED
what is now New Hampshire
positionHeld sachem of the Pennacook
sagamore of the Pennacook NERFINISHED
region Abenaki–Pennacook territory NERFINISHED
relative Passaconaway NERFINISHED
Wonalancet NERFINISHED
relativeType grandson of Passaconaway
nephew of Wonalancet
religion traditional Pennacook spiritual beliefs

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Kancamagus Highway namedAfter Kancamagus