Madokawando
Madockawando (born in Maine c. 1630; died 1698) was a sachem of the Penobscot, an adopted son of ''Assaminasqua,'' whom he succeeded. He led the Penobscot on the side of the French against the English during King William's War. Biography The Penobscot lands, lying east of Penobscot River, were a part of the French colony of Acadia. The English returned this to France in the 1667 Treaty of Breda, though the English claimed that the territory between the Penobscot and the St. Croix Rivers was included in the Duke of York's patent. The Native Americans in the region were brought under French influence by Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin, known as Castin in the ''New England Chronicles,'' who was a trader who did much to gain influence with the Abenaki, Penobscot, and other local tribes. He settled among them, and married a daughter of ''Madockawando,'' a Penobscot chief. When King Philip's confederacy entered into a state of war with the Plymouth Colony, the eastern Penobs ...
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