Massasoit

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Native American leader Wampanoag leader person

Massasoit was the 17th-century Wampanoag leader who forged a crucial peace alliance with the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grand Sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy	1
Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoag	1
Ousamequin	1
Ousamequin Massasoit	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American leader ⓘ Wampanoag leader ⓘ person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Massasoit ⓘ surface form: Ousamequin Massasoit ⓘ surface form: Ousamequin Massasoit
child	Metacom ⓘ Metacomet ⓘ Mooanam ⓘ Philip (King Philip) ⓘ Sunoho ⓘ Wamsutta ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Wampanoag people ⓘ surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
dateOfBirth	circa 1581 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	circa 1661 ⓘ
dateOfEvent	1621 peace treaty with Plymouth Colony ⓘ
durationOfAlliance	approximately 40 years ⓘ
ethnicity	Wampanoag people ⓘ surface form: Wampanoag
hasRole	diplomat ⓘ peacemaker ⓘ tribal chief ⓘ
historicalEra	17th century ⓘ
influenced	early relations between Native Americans and English colonists in New England ⓘ
languageSpoken	Wampanoag language ⓘ
maintainedPeaceWith	Plymouth Colony ⓘ
mentionedIn	Mourt’s Relation ⓘ Of Plymouth Plantation ⓘ
metWith	Edward Winslow ⓘ Samoset ⓘ Squanto ⓘ William Bradford ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Wampanoag language ⓘ
notableFor	forging a peace alliance with the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony ⓘ signing a peace treaty with Plymouth Colony in 1621 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Pokanoket region ⓘ area around present-day Bristol, Rhode Island ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Pokanoket region ⓘ surface form: Pokanoket territory
positionHeld	Massasoit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grand Sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy sachem of the Pokanoket ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island ⓘ
religion	traditional Wampanoag religion ⓘ
residence	Sowams ⓘ area of present-day Warren, Rhode Island ⓘ
roleInEvent	ally of Plymouth Colony ⓘ protector of Plymouth settlers ⓘ
signedTreatyWith	Pilgrims ⓘ Plymouth Colony ⓘ
spouse	Unnamed Wampanoag woman ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massasoit → alsoKnownAs → Massasoit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ousamequin

Massasoit → alsoKnownAs → Massasoit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ousamequin Massasoit

Mayflower landing at Plymouth → associatedWith → Massasoit ⓘ

Patuxet → associatedWith → Massasoit ⓘ

Pokanoket → associatedWith → Massasoit ⓘ

Samoset → associatedWith → Massasoit ⓘ

Sowams → associatedWithPerson → Massasoit ⓘ

Sunoho → childOf → Massasoit ⓘ

Mourt’s Relation → describesPerson → Massasoit ⓘ

Metacom → father → Massasoit ⓘ

Metacomet → father → Massasoit ⓘ

Mooanam → father → Massasoit ⓘ

Philip (King Philip) → father → Massasoit ⓘ

Wamsutta → father → Massasoit ⓘ

Pokanoket → governedBy → Massasoit ⓘ

First Thanksgiving (1621) → hasAssociatedPeople → Massasoit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoag

Sunoho → hasFather → Massasoit ⓘ

First Thanksgiving (1621) → hasParticipant → Massasoit ⓘ

Pilgrims → interactedWith → Massasoit ⓘ

Samoset → introduced → Massasoit ⓘ

Wampanoag people → leader → Massasoit ⓘ

Edward Winslow → negotiatedWith → Massasoit ⓘ

Massasoit → positionHeld → Massasoit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy

Metacom → relative → Massasoit ⓘ

Weetamoo → relative → Massasoit ⓘ

Sowams → wasSeatOf → Massasoit ⓘ

Squanto → workedWith → Massasoit ⓘ