Miantonomo
Americannoun
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Miantonomo was strong and a swift runner, but that day he wore for protection a coat of mail which an Englishman had given him and the heavy garment impeded his flight.
From Once Upon a Time in Connecticut by Newton, Caroline Clifford
As yet the Narragansetts, bravest of all the southern New England Indians, whose chief was Canonchet, son of the murdered Miantonomo, had taken no part in the war.
From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Andrews, Charles McLean
It is said that one of Uncas' dependent sachems attacked Miantonomo, who referred the matter to the English and was told to take his own course, and invaded the Mohegan country with a thousand warriors.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
After the loss of their chief Miantonomo their attitude became so sullen and defiant that the Federal Commissioners, in order to be in readiness for an outbreak, collected a force of 300 men.
From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by Fiske, John
According to English law there was no good reason for putting Miantonomo to death.
From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by Fiske, John
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