Wequash Cooke | |
|---|---|
| Wequash Cook, Weekwash, Weekwosh, or Wequashcuk | |
| Pequot leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1642 |
| Relations | Uncle, Ninigret |
Wequash Cooke (also known as: Wequash Cook or Weekwash or Weekwosh or Wequashcuk) (died 1642) was allegedly one of the earliest Native American converts to Protestant Christianity, and as a sagamore he played an important role in the 1637 Pequot War in New England.[1]
- ^ New England's First Fruits, London, Printed by R. O. and G.D. for Henry Overton, 1643 (republished 1865) (Google Books)