Canonchet
Americannoun
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That Indian was a Pequot named Monopoide—the best runner of all, and better than Canonchet himself.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
Canonchet had lost a third of his nation; large numbers surrendered to the English; but, like his friend Philip, with his warriors who remained true he carried the war to the English themselves.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
Nor did Williams or Eliot, by kindness or religion, ever command the fierce spirits of Miantonomo, Canonchet and Philip.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
The colonies did not wait for Canonchet to surrender the King Philip people.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
The colonial army meanwhile hastened to the Narragansett country, and compelled Canonchet, chief of the Narragansetts, upon whom King Philip had relied for aid, to make a treaty of friendship.
From The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country by Mann, Henry
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