Weetamoo
Weetamoo | |
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| Pocasset Wampanoag leader | |
| In office Unknown – 1676 | |
| Preceded by | Corbitant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Namumpum Weetamoo 1635 present day North Tiverton, Rhode Island |
| Died | August 6, 1676 (aged 40–41) Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Cause of death | Drowning |
| Spouse(s) | Winnepurket, Wamsutta (Alexander), Quequequanachet, Petonowit, and Quinnapin |
| Parent | Corbitant (father) |
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| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | King Philip's War |
Weetamoo (pronounced Wee-TAH-moo) (c. 1635–1676), also referred to as Weethao, Weetamoe, Wattimore, Namumpum, and Tatapanunum, was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief. She was the sunksqua, or female sachem, of the Pocasset tribe, which occupied contemporary Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1620. The Pocasset, which she led, was one of the tribes of the Wampanoag.