Miantonomo
Americannoun
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“At a place since called ‘Sachem’s Plain,’ Uncas took him by the shoulder and Miantonomo sat down, knowing Uncas.
From Once Upon a Time in Connecticut by Newton, Caroline Clifford
Canonchet, son of Miantonomo and grand nephew of Canonicus, was chief of the Narragansets.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
The decision was prompt that Miantonomo must die.
From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by Fiske, John
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
Neither Sessaquem, Sassacus, Pumham, Uncas, nor Miantonomo had been able to quiet tribal jealousies and draw to his standard against the English others than his own immediate followers.
From The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths by Andrews, Charles McLean
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