Weetamoo | |
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Pocasset Wampanoag leader | |
In office ? –1676 | |
Preceded by | Corbitant |
Personal details | |
Born | Namumpum Weetamoo 1635 present day North Tiverton, Rhode Island |
Died | August 6, 1676 Taunton, Massachusetts | (aged 40–41)
Cause of death | Drowning |
Spouse(s) | Winnepurket, Wamsutta (Alexander), Quequequanachet, Petonowit, and Quinnapin |
Parent | Corbitant (father) |
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Military service | |
Battles/wars | King Philip's War |
Weetamoo (pronounced Wee-TAH-moo)[1] (c. 1635–1676), also referred to as Weethao, Weetamoe, Wattimore, Namumpum, and Tatapanunum, was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief. She was the sunksqua, or female sachem, of Pocasset tribe, which occupied contemporary Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1620.[2] The Pocasset, which she led, was one of groups of the Wampanoag.