Ninigret | |
|---|---|
 Ninigret in 1681 (collection of Rhode Island School of Design Museum) | |
| Niantic leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Resting place | "Burying Hill" near Charlestown, Rhode Island |
| Relations | Nephew Miantonomo |
| Children | Son Ninigret; daughter |
| Nickname | Juanemo |
Ninigret (also known as Juanemo according to Roger Williams) (c. 1610[1]-1677[2]) was a sachem of the eastern Niantic Indian tribe in New England at the time of colonization, based in Rhode Island. In 1637, he allied with the colonists and the Narragansetts against the Pequot Indians.
Ninigret is credited with keeping the Niantics out of King Philip's War, in which the colonists fought to prevent their homes and settlements from being destroyed by certain Indian tribes.[3]
- ^ Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. This source confirms 1662 as the date of his land sales.
- ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana. This source suggests a date of 1667 for his land sales and a 1647 war against the Mohegans.
- ^ Frederic Denison, Westerly (Rhode Island) and Its Witnesses: For Two Hundred and Fifty Years, 1626-1876: Including Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Richmond Until Their Separate Organization, with the Principal Points of Their Subsequent History, (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence: 1878), pg.22 [1] (accessed June 19, 2009)