Title:
Background information on Awashonks, squaw sachem of the Sogkonat
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Copy of typewritten notes on Awashonks, "the woman chief of Seconet, R. I. whose fame obscured that of Tolony, her husband. Her name is signed to the Plymouth agreement of 1671. She was drawn in to King Philip's war in support of that chief, but afterward made her peace with the English.
Rhode Island
2 page
Rhode Island
2 page
Object ID:
DOC.ND01215
Object Name:
Notes
Collection:
Tribes – MISC. ME, NH, RI, VT, CAN
People:
Awashonks
Sogkonate
Sogkonet
Tolony
Sassamon
George
Church
Sogkonate
Sogkonet
Tolony
Sassamon
George
Church
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Philip's War
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Philip's War