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Massasoit

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Mas·sa·soit  (ms-soit) 1580?-1661.
Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrim colonists and signed a peace treaty with them at Plymouth.
Massasoit [ˈmæsəˌsɔɪt]
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(Biographies / Massasoit (death date: 1661) M, American Indian, POLITICS: tribal leader) died 1661, Wampanoag Indian chief, who negotiated peace with the Pilgrim Fathers (1621)
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Noun1.MassasoitMassasoit - Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661)


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When Winslow, afterward governor of the Plymouth Colony, went with a companion on a visit of ceremony to Massasoit on foot through the woods, and arrived tired and hungry at his lodge, they were well received by the king, but nothing was said about eating that day.
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