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Definition of Massasoit
1. Noun. Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661).
Literary usage of Massasoit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1899)
"SO WAMS, THE HOME OF massasoit : WHERE WAS IT? By Miss VIRGINIA BAKER, of Warren,
EI THE relations of the early settlers with the Indians give us many ..."
2. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1899)
"massasoit, conducted with his men to an unfinished building, where a rug and
cushions were spread for them, gave audience to the Governor, ..."
3. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1889)
"A further opportunity for befriending massasoit soon arose. ... He had already
once visited massasoit, and his clear and graphic account of his journey is ..."
4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1884)
"massasoit The Pilgrims landed from the Mayflower on Plymouth rock, Dec. 21 (Dec.
n os), 1620. They numbered about one hundred persons, nearly one half being ..."
5. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1884)
"massasoit The Pilgrims landed from the Mayflower on Plymouth rock, Dec. 21 (Dec.
n os), 1620. They numbered about one hundred persons, nearly one half being ..."
6. Questions and Supplement to Goodrich's History of the United States by Joseph Emerson, Charles Augustus Goodrich (1851)
"Who was first sent to massasoit ? What wish did M. express ? What did Mr.
Winslow carry to massasoit ? Two knives and a copper chain with a jewel in it. ..."
7. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"It was Squanto who put the Plymouth settlement into great alarm with the report
that the Narragansetts were coming with massasoit to destroy the settlement. ..."
8. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"To improve the friendship with massasoit, Edward Winslow, one of time most
intelligent and energetic of the colonists, was sent across time country with a ..."
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