Tantamous

Petition by Harmon Garrett for Jethro's land along the Elizabeth River (Assabet) near what is now Maynard, Massachusetts

Tantamous (also known as Old Jethro or John Jethro[1]: 137 ) (c. 1580[2]–1676) was a well-known Native American Nipmuc leader in seventeenth century Massachusetts. Tantamous was a powwow (healer and spiritual leader) who lived near the Assabet River,[3]: 19–20  [1]: 80  later in Nobscot (now Framingham). Tantamous "...may have gotten his English name for his good advice."[4]

  1. ^ a b Drake, Samuel Gardner (1841). The Book of the Indians, Or, Biography and History of the Indians of North America: From Its First Discovery to the Year 1841. Antiquarian Bookstore. ISBN 9780665348549. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  2. ^ White, Bruce A. (1976). Tantamous: The Powwow from Penobscot. Keefe Tech Graphic Arts Department.
  3. ^ Barry, William, A History of Framingham, Massachusetts (Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1847)
  4. ^ Wayland Historical Tours re-publication of 1976 Wayland Historical Tours (2013), pg 21 https://www.waylandmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Wayland-Historical-Tours-Final.pdf