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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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Grants were awarded to install signs at a park in Westerly and along the Canonchet Nature Trail.

From Washington Times

With only a single pursuer to be feared, Canonchet turned sharply and leaped into the river, to cross by a strange trail.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Chief Canonchet, great leader of the Narragansetts, was captured and executed.

From Project Gutenberg

This brings to the surface the tale of Canonchet, the big-hearted.

From Project Gutenberg