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in R. I. Col. Rec, I, 473, 1856. Massechuset,— 

 Brewster (1635) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., iii, 

 338, 1856. Massetusets.— Cleeve (1646), ibid., 

 VII, 371, 1865. Masstachusit— Dermer (1619) in 

 Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 2, 20, 1848. Matachuses.— 

 Tinker (1639) in Mass Hist. Soe. Coll., 4tli s., 

 Vir, 220, 1865. Matachusets. — Doe. of 1665 in R. I. 

 Col. Rec., II, 128, 1857. Matathusetts.— Weare 

 (1690) in N.H.Hist. Soc. Coll., l, 1.38,1824. Matha- 

 tusets.— Clark (1652) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 4th 

 s., II, 22, 1854. Mathatusitts.— Records (1662) in 

 R. I. Col. Rec., I, 468, 18.56. Mathesusetes.— God- 

 frey (1647) in Ma,ss. Hist. .'-loc. Coll., 4th s., 

 VII, 378, 186-5. Mattachucetts.— Robinson (1632), 

 ibid., 94, note. Mattachusetts.— Downing (1630), 

 ibid., VI, 37, 1863. Mattachussetts,— Pelham 

 (1648), ibid., vil, 140, 1865. Mattacusets.— 

 Whitfield (1651), ibid., 3d .s., iv, 118, 1834. 

 Mattathusetts.— Weare (1690) in N. H. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., I, 138, 1824. Mattatusetts.— Nowell (l(i45) 

 in R. I. Col. Rec, i, 133, 1S.56. Messachusetts. — 

 Maverick (1666) in Ma.ss. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., 

 VII, 312,1865. Messachusiack. — GorKes patent {ra. 

 1623), ibid., 3d s., vi, 75, 1837. Messathusett.— 

 Shurt (1638), ibid., 4th s., vi, .571-2, l.S(B. Mess- 

 thusett. — Ibid. Passonagesit. — Morton (ca. 1625) 

 in Drake, Bk. Inds., bk.2, 43, isis (mentioned as 

 the village over which Chickataljot was sachem). 



Massachuset. One of the villages of the 

 tribe of the same name in 1614, according 

 to Capt. John Smith; probably the chief 

 settlement of the tribe, which then held 

 their territory about ]\Iassachusetts Imy, 

 Mass. In 1617 that portion of the coast 

 extending northward into ]\laine was rav- 

 aged by a pestilence, so that the tribe was 

 almost extinct before the arrival of the 

 Puritans in 1620. 



Massachuset.— Smith (1629) , Hist. Va., ii, 183, repr. 

 1819. 



Massapequa ('great pond,' from masso, 

 'great,' and peag or peqiia, 'pond.' 

 It occurs frequently in dialectic forms 

 in New England and on Long Island). 

 An Algonquian tribe formerly on the 

 s. coast of Long Island, N. Y., about 

 Seaford and Babylon, extending from 

 Ft Neck E. to Islip. Their chief village, 

 which was probably of the same name as 

 the tribe, appears to have been at Ft 

 Neck. "Under constant fear of attack 

 from their more warlike neighbors, the 

 Indians at each end of the island had 

 built at Ft Neck and at Ft Fond, or 

 Konkhongauk, a place of refuge capal)le 

 of holding 500 men" (Flint, Early Long 

 Island, 1896). The stronghold of the 

 Massapequa was destroyed in 1653 by 

 Capt. Underbill in the only great In- 

 dian battle fought on Long Island. The 

 women and children took refuge on 

 Squaw id. during the battle. Until 

 lately the remains of a quadrangular 

 structure, its sides 90 feet in length, 

 marked the place where the fort stood. 

 Tackapousha, the Massapequa sachem, 

 was a thorn in the flesh of the settlers in 

 his vicinity, it being impossible to satisfy 

 his demands. The records show that 

 both the English and the Dutch were 

 obliged to pay tribute to him time and 

 again. He was one of the most turbulent 

 characters known to the aboriginal his- 

 tory of Long Island. (.t. m. c. t. ) 



Marospinc— Doc. of 1644 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 XIV, 56, 1883. Marossepinck. — Deed of 1639, ibid., 

 15. Marsapeag. — l)(>c. of ](j(i9, ibid., 621. Marsa- 

 peague.— Wood in Macauley, N. Y., Il, 252, 1829. 

 Marsapege.— Doc. of 1657 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 XIV, 416, 1883. Marsapequas.— Ruttenber, Tribes 

 Hudson R., 73, 1872. Marsepain, — Doc. of 16.55 in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., xill, 58, 1881. Marsepeack. — 

 Stuyvesant (1660), ibid., xiv, 460, lss3. Marse- 

 peagues. — Note, ibid... XIII, 341, 1881. Marsepeake. — 

 Doc. of 1675, ibid., xiv, 705, 1883. Marsepeqau, — 

 Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 155, 1872 (misprint?). 

 Marsepin. — Stuvvesant (1660) in N. Y. Doe. Col. 

 Hist., XIV, 474. 1S83. Marsepinck.— Doc. of 16.56, 

 ibid., 369. Marsepingh.— Treat v of 1660, ibid.,xill, 

 147,1881. Marsepyn.— Ddc.of liiilO, il)id.,184. Mar- 

 sey.— Addam (165:!) in Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 2, 79, 

 1848 (same?). Masapequa. — Thompson, Long Is- 

 land, 68, 1839. Masepeage.— Deed of 1643 in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist.. XIV. .5oO, l.s,s3. Mashapeag. — Doc. 

 of 1683, ibid.. 774. Masha-Peage.— .\ndr(^s (1675), 

 ibid., 706. Mashpeage.— Doc. of 1675, ibid., 696. 

 Massapeags. — Macauk-y, N. Y.. li, 164, 1829. Mas- 

 sapege. — Deed (1657) in Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson 

 R., 344, 1S72. Massapequa. — Thompson, Long 

 Island, 67, 1839. Massepeake, — Doc. of 1675 in N. 

 Y. Doc. Col. Hist., XIV, 705, l,s,s3. Mersapeage. — 

 Doc. of 16.57, ibid.. 416. Mersapege. — Treaty of 

 16.56 in Ruttenber, Tribes Hud.son R., 125, 1872. 



Massassauga. A western species of rat- 

 tlesnake (Sistrurvs catena! ks). This rep- 

 tile is more properly termed Mississauga 

 and derives its appellation from the place 

 and ethnic name Missisauga (Chamber- 

 lain, Lang, of Mississagas, 59, 189^), from. 

 tlieChippewa»ii>(, 'great,' and.s'o^orsai(Z-, 

 'river mouth.' (a. f. c. ) 



Massassoit ('great chief; proper name, 

 Woosamequin [Wasamegin, (Jsamekin, 

 etc.], 'Yellow Feather'). A principal 

 chief of the Wampanoag of the region 

 about Bristol, R. I., who was introduced 

 by Samoset to the Puritans at Plymouth 

 in 1621. He was preeminently the friend 

 of the English. Drake (Aborig. Races, 

 81, 1880) says of him: "He was a chief 

 renowned more in peace than war, and 

 was, as long as he lived, a friend to the 

 English, notwithstanding they commit- 

 ted repeated usurpations upon his lands 

 and liberties." He had met other Eng- 

 lish voyagers before the advent of the 

 Puritans. While ill in 1623 he was well 

 treated by the English. In 1632 he had 

 a brief dispute with the Narraganset un- 

 der Canonicus, and in 1649 he sold the site 

 of Duxbury to the English. His death 

 took place in 1662. Of his sons, one, 

 Metacomet, became famous as King 

 Philip (q. V. ), the leading spirit in a long 

 struggle against the English. (a. f. c. ) 



Massawoteck. A village of the Pow- 

 hatan confeileracy, in 1608, on the n. bank 

 of Rappahannock r., King George co., 

 Va. (.T. M. ) 



Massawoteck.— Smith (1629), Virginia, i, map, 

 repr. 1819. Massawteck.— Simons, ibid., 1, 185. 



Masset. A Haida town on the e. side 

 of Masset inlet, near its mouth, Queen 

 Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. Its name in the 

 Masset dialect is Ataiwas (%t*^e'was, 

 'white slope', which in the Skidegate 

 dialect appears asGatgai'xiwas). Accord- 

 ing to the inhabitants the sea formerly 



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