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Massasoit (?1580-1661) A sachem of the Wampanoag or Pokanoket Indians. "On March 22, 1621, he visited Plymouth with 60 warriors and on behalf of the Wampanoags concluded a treaty of peace and mutual protection with Governor Carver. This was sacredly kept by both sides for more than 50 years." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. XV (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920) 219-220.)
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. III (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 472. (Treaty of the Pilgrims with Massasoit.)
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