• Wamsutta (c. 1634–1662), also known as Alexander Pokanoket, as he was called by New England colonists, was the eldest son of Massasoit (meaning Great Leader)...
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    Wamsutta Mills is a former textile manufacturing company and current brand for bedding and other household products. Founded by Thomas Bennett, Jr. on...
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  • Wamsutta Oil Refinery was established around 1861 in McClintocksville in Venango County near Oil City, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was the first...
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    first National Day of Mourning demonstration was held in 1970 after Frank "Wamsutta" James's speaking invitation was rescinded from a Massachusetts Thanksgiving...
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    Massasoit. His older brother Wamsutta (or King Alexander) briefly became sachem after their father's death in 1661. However, Wamsutta also died shortly thereafter...
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    death, Wamsutta and Metacomet went to Plymouth and asked the Pilgrims to give them English names. The court named them Alexander and Philip. Wamsutta, the...
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  • USS Wamsutta was a steamer constructed for service with the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support...
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  • The Wamsutta Club is a private social club in New Bedford, Massachusetts, founded in 1866. It was a club for the affluent members of New Bedford's community...
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    female sachem Awashonks. Weetamoo was also close friends with brothers Wamsutta and Metacomet as young girl. Weetamoo went on a vision quest that "kills...
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    Township in Venango County, Pennsylvania. In 1861, it was the site of Wamsutta Oil Refinery, the first business venture of Henry Huttleston Rogers, who...
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    diplomacy with the settlers fell apart, as colonists tried negotiating with Wamsutta in the same role they did with Ousamequin, but slighted female Native rulers...
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    the Wampanoag, represented by Chief Ousamequin (Massasoit) and his son Wamsutta, and John Winslow, William Bradford, Myles Standish, Thomas Southworth...
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    Attleboro. The deed that granted them the land was written by Native American Wamsutta. The land. It included the towns of Cumberland, Rhode Island, until 1747...
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    including the former office building, were torn down on January 14, 2014. Wamsutta Mills List of mills in New Bedford, Massachusetts Official American Textile...
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    the tribe whose leaders (the Massasoit Ousemequin until 1661, his son Wamsutta from 1661 to 1662, and Metacomet from 1662 to 1676) led the Wampanoag confederation...
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    thousands of years prior to European colonization. The Paleo-Indian site Wamsutta, radiocarbon dated to 12,140 years before present, is located within the...
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  • Wabanquot Wabis Waubonsie Wahbanosay Wahunsunacock Wainchemahdub Wampage Wamsutta Wanchese Wasson Wequash Watseka Wâs Wâce Wâcegämi Wâsabi Waubojeeg Wawasee...
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    Philip, and he became sachem upon the sudden death of his older brother Wamsutta in 1662, who was also known as Alexander.: 205  Indian leaders such as...
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  • sheets, pillows, bedspreads, towels and bath rugs, under the Springmaid and Wamsutta brands. Other well-known brands from Springs Global include Regal, Beaulieu...
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  • Refinery, United Refining Company, Warren, 65,000 bbl/d (10,300 m3/d) Wamsutta Oil Refinery (historical), McClintocksville Memphis Refinery (Valero),...
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    United American Indians of New England, a protest group led by Frank "Wamsutta" James (Aquinnah Wampanoag, 1923−2001), accused the United States and European...
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    area was inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes. The Wamsutta site (19-NF-70) is a paleoindian site, which was dated to 10210 ± 60 BP)...
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    oil pioneer Charles Pratt, who purchased the entire output of the tiny Wamsutta Oil Refinery. In 1867, Rogers joined Pratt in forming Charles Pratt and...
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    Ousamequin was succeeded as Great Leader of the Pokanoket by his sons, first by Wamsutta, (also known as Alexander), and then by Metacomet (also known as Philip)...
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  • Manufacturing Corporation, Mechanics' National Bank, the Potomska Mills and Wamsutta Mills and other mills in the New Bedford and Fall River area. Hathaway...
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    began east of the Indian village in 1653. Massasoit and his oldest son Wamsutta sold to Plymouth Colony settlers what is now Warren and parts of Barrington...
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    well as parts of Rhode Island—from land sold to them by the Pokanoket Wamsutta. John Woodcock established a settlement in the territory in 1669 which...
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    CNN Chandler, Jim (Fall 2001). "On the Shore of a Pleistocene Lake: The Wamsutta Site (19-NF-70)". Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society...
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  • eventually selling his shares to Warren Buffett after a meeting at the Wamsutta Club. Stanton was a miller and a manager with an overriding aim to keep...
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    hometown. He purchased the entire future output of their small venture, Wamsutta Oil Refinery, at McClintocksville, near Oil City at a fixed price.[citation...
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