Amenquin – Western Etchemin, Sagamore (Penobscot). Visited the Popham colony for a day and a half in 1607 with Tahánedo and Skidwares. They were feasted and attended a religious service. Given copper beads and knives.
Amooret – Western Etchemin (Penobscot). Captured by George Waymouth in 1605 and taken back to England. May have been sent with Tahánedo on an expedition of Hanham and Pring to Maine in 1606.
Anassou – Western Etchemin, Sagamore (Kennebec). Bartered with Samuel Champlain in 1605 at a location not specified. Told him about Waymouth’s abductions.
Assacomet – Western Etchemin (Penobscot). Captured by Waymouth and taken back to England. Sent on a mission to Cape Breton with Captain Henry Challons in 1606, and was captured on a detour to the West Indies. Eventually, he was ransomed, moved back to England, and stayed at Ferdinando Gorges’s estate. In 1614, is sent to New England as a guide for Captain Nicholas Hobson to explore Martha’s Vineyard and search for gold.
Asticou – Western Etchemin, Sagamore (Penobscot). Visited by Father Baird on Mt. Desert Island in 1611. He is very sick but recovers after the Jesuits’ visit. Replaces Bashaba as Grand Chief of Mawooshen in 1615, when he is killed.
Bashaba – Western Etchemin, (Penobscot). Grand Chief of Mawooshan Confederacy, which covered a 120-mile stretch of Maine from the Narraguagus River in the northeast to the Mousam River (at Kennebunk). Met Champlain in 1604, Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt and Father Baird in 1611, and John Smith in 1614.. Killed in a Tarrentine raid in 1615.
Cabbison – Western Etchemin, Sagamore (Penobscot). Met de Mont and Champlain near Bangor in 1604, along with Bashaba.
Cogawesco – Armouchiquois,Sagamore (Aucocisco). Met Christopher Levett in 1623 at Casco.
Honemechin – Armouchiquois, Sagamore (Saco). Met de Monts and Champlain in 1604 near Saco.
Iouaniscou – Sagamore (Souriquois). Murdered some Armouchiquois near Mt. Desert Island and carried off some women as prisoners. The women are later put to death.
Manido – Western Etchemin (Penobscot). Captured by Waymouth and taken back to England. Sent in 1606 on a mission with Captain Henry Challons to Cape Breton. The Spanish captured him in a detour to the West Indies, and he died there.
Manthoumermer – Western Etchemin, Sagamore (Kennebec). Met Sier de Monts and Champlain at Wiscasset in 1605. They gave him biscuits and peas.
Marchin – Western Etchemin, Sagamore (Kennebec). Met Champlain at Prout’s Neck in 1606 and gave him a captive Etchemin. He met Champlain again the following year at the village of Chouacoet on the Saco River. In 1607, is killed in a raid on that village by Membertou and Messamouet.
Membertou – Paramount Chief of Souriquois (Port Royal, Nova Scotia), and a great friend to early French visitors. Claimed he met Jacques Cartier. Taken to France in the 1570s and hosted by the mayor of Bayonne. Father-in-law of Panonias, who was murdered in 1607 in the Terrantine War. In revenge, he leads an attack on the Saco village of Chouacoet, killing 20 of their people, including two of their leaders, Onmechin and Marchin. In 1610, he entered a formal alliance with the French and was the first Indigenous leader to be baptized as a Catholic. Died of dysentery in 1610, supposedly over one hundred years old.
Menawormet – Western Etchemin, Sagamore (Aucocisco). Met Christopher Levett in 1623 at Casco.
Messamouet – Eastern Etchemin (La Have, Nova Scotia). Befriended the French colonists in 1605; traveled with them to Saco, presented gifts to Onemechin of copper beads and knives, and was unhappy with the corn, beans, and squash he received in return. Made a long, angry oration. In 1607, he raided Onemechin’s village of Chouacoet with Quagimout. Onmechin and local leader Marchin were killed during the raid.
Meteourmite – Western Etchemin Sagamore (Kennebec). Ambushed and killed eleven Popham colonists in 1607 in retaliation for the shooting of several Wabanaki who had come to Fort St. George for trade. In 1611, has a peaceful meeting with the Frenchmen Pounticourt and Baird.
Opparunwit – Armouchiquois, Sagamore (Aucocisco). Met Christopher Levett in 1623 at Casco.
Onemechin – Armouchiquois, Sagamore (Saco). Champlain’s group visited him in 1606, and he gave them an Etchemin prisoner. Messamount made him a gift of copper beads and knives, and he was unhappy with the corn, beans, and squash he received in return. He was killed in a later raid on his village by Membertou.
Ouagimout – Eastern Etchemin (St.Croix). Met Champlain, Marc Lescarbot, and Father Baird. Captured by Captain Argall in 1611, he showed him the way to Port Royal and the French settlement. Delivered Ouagimout’s body to Bashaba after he was killed in the Tarrentine War. Participated in Membertou’s raid of Chouacoet in 1607.
Panonias – Souriquois. Guided Champlain down the coast of Maine in 1605. Killed by Armouchiquois in revenge for the murders of Iouaniscot.
Passaconaway – Pennacook sagamore (Merrimac). Met with Christopher Levett in 1623 at Casco.
Sadamoyt – Western Etchemin Sagamore (Penobscot). Met Christopher Levett in 1623 at Casco.
Sasinou – Western Etchemin sagamore (Kennebec). Described to Champlain by Manthoumerer in 1605.
Sebenoa – Western Etchemin sagamore (Penobscot). Met Captain Gilbert of the Popham colony in 1607 and showed him his village.
Secodont – Souriquois Sagamore (Ouigoudi at mouth of St. John River). Befriended the Sieur de Mont’s group at Port Royal in 1605; Rescued Champdoré and Champlain in a shipwreck; traveled to Saco with them as a guide. Participated in Memberton’s raid of Chouacoet in 1608.
Skitterygusset – Armouchiquois Sagamore (Aucocisco). Met Christopher Levett in 1623 at Casco. Accused of murdering trader Walter Bagnall in 1631. Sold 200 acres on the northern side of Capisic Brook in Scarborough to Francis Small in 1657.
Skidwarres – Western Etchemin (Penobscot). Captured by Waymouth and taken back to England. Sent to Maine in 1607 as a scout and pilot and allowed to stay. Interacted with Popham colonists on several occassions.
Tahánedo – Western Etchemin sagamore (Penobscot). Brother of Bashabes. Captured by Waymouth in 1605 and taken back to England. Sent out as a pilot and scout on a mission to Maine in 1606, led by Captain Thomas Hanham and Martin Pring. At the end of the voyage, he is allowed to rejoin his Etchemin band. Later in 1606, he interacted with Popham colonists and their guide, Skidwares, who was also an abductee of Waymouth. Served as John Smith’s guide and interpreter in his trip down the Maine coast in 1614.
Tisquantum (Squanto) – Wampanoag (Patuxet). Abducted by Thomas Hunt in 1614 and sold as a slave in Spain. Rescued by monks and eventually finds his way to England and then Newfoundland. Joined Thomas Dermer there in 1619 as a guide and traveled along the coast of Maine and New England with him. Tisquantum (as Squanto) later plays a central role as an interpreter and guide when the Mayflower landed in Cape Cod Bay in 1620.
Illustration: Canadian stamp honoring Membertou
Turmoil in Dawnland 