Canonicus
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, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606)
Article abstract: Canonicus kept the Narragansetts at peace with the British colonists for the twenty-seven years between their arrival in 1620 and his death; he befriended Roger Williams, giving him the land on which stands present-day Providence, Rhode Island.
Canonicus shared the leadership of the Narragansetts with his nephew Miantonomo at the time of English arrival. While Miantonomo dealt with the colonists and the other tribes, Canonicus ruled at home. Colonist Edward Winslow gives an account of how Canonicus had a bundle of arrows wrapped in snake skin...
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