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Canonchet

[ kuh-non-chet, -chit ]

noun

  1. Nanuntenoo, died 1676, Narragansett leader: executed by colonists.


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Example Sentences

A few days before the capture of Canonchet he had surprised a party of Plymouth men near Pawtuxet.

Through all his captivity, Canonchet evinced a pride of soul that danger could not fright nor suffering bend.

He then retreated to the Narragansett country, and was hospitably received by Canonchet.

The great swamp fight; burning the Indian wigwams; what the Chief Canonchet said.

Canonchet, the chief sachem of the Narragansetts, was the son of Miantonomoh; and could he forget his father's wrongs?

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