Title:
Attempted murder of the Sagamore of Shinnecock
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Typewritten paper regarding the Long Island
Indians charge that Ninecraft and another Narragansett sagamore had in a treacherous way attempted to murder the Sagamore of Shinnecock. The killer claimed it was an accident buth the Long Islanders suspected that it was not and they carried him to Connecticut where with the approbation of the court he had been put to death. It was claimed that Ninegret's made an assault on the Long Islanders in retaliation for this.
Fisher's Island, Long Island
5 pages
Indians charge that Ninecraft and another Narragansett sagamore had in a treacherous way attempted to murder the Sagamore of Shinnecock. The killer claimed it was an accident buth the Long Islanders suspected that it was not and they carried him to Connecticut where with the approbation of the court he had been put to death. It was claimed that Ninegret's made an assault on the Long Islanders in retaliation for this.
Fisher's Island, Long Island
5 pages
Object ID:
DOC.ND01065
Object Name:
Document
Collection:
Tribes – Fisher's Island – Long Island
People:
Ninigret
Waite, Richard
Barrel, John
Stanton, Thomas
Wightman, Valentine
Pessacus
Misam
Winthrop, John
Young, Capt.
Waite, Richard
Barrel, John
Stanton, Thomas
Wightman, Valentine
Pessacus
Misam
Winthrop, John
Young, Capt.
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