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Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin (c. 15811661),〔"Native People" (page), "Massasoit (Ousamequin) Sachem" (section),''MayflowerFamilies.com'', web page:(MFcom-Native )〕 was the sachem, or leader, of the Wampanoag, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term ''Massasoit'' means ''Great Sachem''.〔Bicknell, p. 12〕 ==Background== Massasoit Ousamequin lived in Montaup, a Pokanoket village at the site of what is now the town of Warren, Rhode Island. He held the allegiance of a number of lesser Pokanoket sachems. As outbreaks of smallpox had devastated the Pokanoket, Massasoit sought an alliance with the English against the neighboring Narragansett, who controlled an area the west of Narragansett Bay in present-day Rhode Island. Massasoit forged critical political and personal ties with the colonial leaders John Carver, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Winslow, William Bradford, and Miles Standish – ties which grew out of a negotiated peace treaty on March 22, 1621. Massasoit's alliance ensured that the Wampanoag remained neutral during the Pequot War in 1636.〔("Pokanoket Wampanoag Leaders", Wampanoag Nation )〕 According to English sources, Massasoit prevented the failure of Plymouth Colony and the almost certain starvation that the Pilgrims faced during the earliest years of the colony's establishment.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Massasoit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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