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Canonchet

American  
[kuh-non-chet, -chit] / kəˈnɒn tʃɛt, -tʃɪt /

noun

  1. Nanuntenoo, died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.


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Presently Canonchet stripped off his lacy coat, and dropped it.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

Miantonomo was less hostile, but Canonchet manifested the spirit of his grand uncle.

From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by George S. Boutwell

By this chief's belt they knew that he was the great Canonchet, and faster still they ran.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

Canonchet was both, and might yet have fought loose, to liberty.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

In fact, running hard around the hill, Canonchet wellnigh ran into the Niantics of Chief Catapazet, who were coming down right over the hill.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

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