Canonchet
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Indian History
Article abstract: Canonchet is best known for his interactions with the British colonists during{$IKing Philip's War} King Philip's War.
Initially the settlers persuaded Canonchet, sachem of the Narragansett, to remain loyal to the British cause. He signed a treaty in July, 1675, promising to turn over to the British their enemies and agreeing to fight against those Indians the colonists deemed enemies. Canonchet evidently agreed, however, to shelter women and children of the Wampanoag tribe, thereby breaking the agreement. The following December (1675), in...
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