Weetamoo

Weetamoo
Pocasset Wampanoag leader
In office
? (?)–1676 (1676)
Preceded byCorbitant
Personal details
Born
Namumpum Weetamoo

1635 (1635)
present day North Tiverton, Rhode Island
DiedAugust 6, 1676(1676-08-06) (aged 40–41)
Taunton, Massachusetts
Cause of deathDrowning
Spouse(s)Winnepurket, Wamsutta (Alexander), Quequequanachet, Petonowit, and Quinnapin
ParentCorbitant (father)
Nicknames
  • Weetamoe
  • Wenunchus
  • Tatapanunum
Military service
Battles/warsKing Philip's War

Weetamoo (pronounced Wee-TAH-moo)[1] (c. 1635–1676), also referred to as Weethao, Weetamoe, Wattimore, Namumpum, and Tatapanunum, was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief. She was the sunksqua, or female sachem, of Pocasset tribe, which occupied contemporary Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1620.[2] The Pocasset, which she led, was one of the groups of the Wampanoag.

  1. ^ "Life Story: Weetamoo". Women & the American Story. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  2. ^ Martinez, Donna; Williams Bordeaux, Jennifer L., eds. (2016). 50 Events That Shaped American Indian History: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 139.