Wampage

Wampage I
Anhōōke
Siwanoy leader
Succeeded byWampage II
Personal details
Diedc. 1680[1]
Spouse(s)Prasque (Anne), daughter of Romaneck
Children
  • Wampage II (Ninham-Wampage)
  • John Wampage White
Known forMassacre of Anne Hutchinson
Mother tongueMunsee[2]

Wampage I (/ˈwɒmpɒɡiː/),[3] also called Anhōōke[1][4]: 18  and later John White,[1][5][4]: 8  was a Sagamore[a] (or chieftain) of the Siwanoy Native Americans, who resided in the area now known as the Bronx and Westchester County, New York. He was involved in the murder of Anne Hutchinson and her fellow colonists in 1643.

Some time after 1636, he married Prasque, daughter of Romaneck, the paramount chief over the Wappinger "confederacy".[1] The Siwanoys, one of the western bands of the Wappingers, were involved in Kieft's War and numerous disputes with the colony of New Netherland during Wampage's chieftaincy.[7] He was later involved in a legal dispute with Connecticut Colony, which ultimately required Privy Council intervention.[5] His name was variously spelled as Wamponneage, Wampage, Wampus and Wampers.[1][4]: 8 

  1. ^ a b c d e Pell, Robert T. (1965), "Thomas Pell II (1675/76-1739): Third Lord of the Manor of Pelham", Pelliana: Pell of Pelham, New Series, vol. I (3): 25–48
  2. ^ Goddard, Ives (1978). "Delaware". In Bruce G., Trigger (ed.). Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 15: Northeast. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-0160045752.
  3. ^ Bradhurst, A. Maunsell (1910). My Forefathers: Their History from Records & Traditions. London: De La More Press. p. 16.
  4. ^ a b c d Bell, Blake A. (2004). Thomas Pell and the Legend of the Pell Treaty Oak. New York: iUniverse.
  5. ^ a b "Foreign correspondence, 1st series, 1661-1748". Connecticut State Archives. Vol. I. p. 14a.
  6. ^ "sagamore". Merriam-Webster. 2020.
  7. ^ Hodge, Frederick Webb (1912). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Vol. 4. Digital Scanning. ISBN 9781582187518. Retrieved 2020-06-06.


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