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Massasoit

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Massasoit (c. 1590-1661)

American Indian chief of the Wampanoag, a people inhabiting the coasts of Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod. He formed alliances with Plymouth Colony 1621 and Massachusetts Bay Colony 1638. After his death, his son Metacomet, known to the English as ‘King Philip’, took over his father's leadership.

Massasoit was born in the area of modern Bristol, Rhode Island.



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When Winslow, afterward governor of the Plymouth Colony, went with a companion on a visit of ceremony to Massasoit on foot through the woods, and arrived tired and hungry at his lodge, they were well received by the king, but nothing was said about eating that day.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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