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Squaw Sachem of Mistick
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'''Squaw Sachem of Mistick''' (c.1590-1667) was a powerful leader of a [[Massachusett]] tribe who deeded large tracts of land in eastern Massachusetts to early colonial settlers.
Squaw Sachem was the widow of [[Nanepashemet]], the Sachem of the Pawtucket Confederation of Indian tribes, who died in 1619<ref>"Queen of the Mystic: Squaw Sachem" Arlington Historical Society, http://bit.ly/2Wo7emw> Her given name is unknown and she was known in official deeds as the "Squaw Sachem."<ref>"Queen of the Mystic: Squaw Sachem" Arlington Historical Society, http://bit.ly/2Wo7emw> Squaw Sachem ruled the Pawtucket Confederation lands aggressively and capably after Nanepashmet's death. In 1635 along with several other Native Americans, she deeded land in [[Concord, Massachusetts]] to colonists and was married to Wompachowet at that time.<ref name=Shattuck>Shattuck, Lemuel, [http://bit.ly/2Mir3Iv ''History of the Town of Concord, Mass.''] (Boston, 1835)</ref> In 1639 she deeded the land of what was then [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] and [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]] to the colonists,<ref></ref> an area in present-day terms that covers much of the Greater Boston area, including [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]], [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]], [[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]], and [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]]. She lived her last years on the west side of the Mystic Lakes, where she died in 1650. She is remembered on the [[Boston Women's Heritage Trail]].<ref></ref> Her sons, [[Wonohaquaham]], [[Montowampate]], and [[Wenepoykin]] were tribal leaders as well.
==References==
[[Category:1600s births]]
[[Category:17th-century Native Americans]]
[[Category:Native American leaders]]
[[Category:Pre-statehood history of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:People of colonial Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Native American people from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Native American history of Massachusetts]]
Squaw Sachem was the widow of [[Nanepashemet]], the Sachem of the Pawtucket Confederation of Indian tribes, who died in 1619<ref>"Queen of the Mystic: Squaw Sachem" Arlington Historical Society, http://bit.ly/2Wo7emw> Her given name is unknown and she was known in official deeds as the "Squaw Sachem."<ref>"Queen of the Mystic: Squaw Sachem" Arlington Historical Society, http://bit.ly/2Wo7emw> Squaw Sachem ruled the Pawtucket Confederation lands aggressively and capably after Nanepashmet's death. In 1635 along with several other Native Americans, she deeded land in [[Concord, Massachusetts]] to colonists and was married to Wompachowet at that time.<ref name=Shattuck>Shattuck, Lemuel, [http://bit.ly/2Mir3Iv ''History of the Town of Concord, Mass.''] (Boston, 1835)</ref> In 1639 she deeded the land of what was then [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] and [[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]] to the colonists,<ref></ref> an area in present-day terms that covers much of the Greater Boston area, including [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]], [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]], [[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]], and [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]]. She lived her last years on the west side of the Mystic Lakes, where she died in 1650. She is remembered on the [[Boston Women's Heritage Trail]].<ref></ref> Her sons, [[Wonohaquaham]], [[Montowampate]], and [[Wenepoykin]] were tribal leaders as well.
==References==
[[Category:1600s births]]
[[Category:17th-century Native Americans]]
[[Category:Native American leaders]]
[[Category:Pre-statehood history of Massachusetts]]
[[Category:People of colonial Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Native American people from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Native American history of Massachusetts]]
May 23, 2019 at 07:24AM
