{Transcriber's Note: Quotation marks have been standardized to modern usage. Footnotes have been placed to immediately follow the paragraphs referencing them. Transcriber's notes are in curly braces; square brackets and parentheses indicate original content.} INDIAN BIOGRAPHY; OR, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DISTINGUISHED AMONG THE NORTH AMERICAN NATIVES AS ORATORS, WARRIORS, STATESMEN, AND OTHER REMARKABLE CHARACTERS. * * * * * BY B. B. THATCHER, ESQ. * * * * * IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. * * * * * NEW-YORK: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER, NO. 82 CLIFF-STREET, AND FOR SALE BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOK SELLERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES * * * * * 1832. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1831, by J. & J. Harper, in the office of the Clerk of the Southern District of New York. CONTENTS. * * * * * CHAP. I.--Notices of Indians who submitted to Massachusetts, continued--The Squaw-Sachem of Medford--Her history, family, &c.--Sagamore John and Sagamore James--Their intercourse with the English--Anecdotes of them--Complaints, services, death and character--Chickatabot, Sachem of Neponset--His war with the Squaw-Sachem--Visits Boston several times--Appears in court against Plastowe--Anecdotes of his Government--Indian policy of Massachusetts compared with that of Plymouth--Anecdotes of Chickatabot--His death. Page 9 CHAP. II.--Farther account of Master Weston's settlement, and the movements of the Indians against him--Aspinet, the Nauset, supposed to be engaged in that affair--His tribe and power--Provocations from the English--Magnanimous revenge of the Sachem--His hospitality and kindness--Friendly intercourse with Plymouth--Is visited by Governor Bradford--By Captain Standish--Is suspected of hostility by Plymouth, and pursued by Standish--His death--Career and character of Itanough, the "Courteous Sachem of Cummaquid"--Is suspected and pursued--His death. 94