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Miantonomi
Miantonomoh (1600? – August 1643), also spelled Miantonomo, Miantonomah or Miantonomi, was a chief of the Narragansett people of New England Indians. Biography He was a nephew of the Narragansett grand sachem, Canonicus (died 1647), with whom he associated in the government of the tribe, and whom he succeeded in 1636. Miantonomoh seems to have been friendly to the English colonists of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Rhode Island, and Connecticut Colony, Connecticut, though he was accused of being treacherous. In 1632 Miantonomoh and his wife Wawaloam travelled to Boston to visit with Governor John Winthrop. In 1636, when under suspicion, Miantonomoh went to Boston to prove his loyalty to the colonists. In the following year, during the Pequot War, he permitted John Mason (c. 1600–1672), John Mason to lead his Connecticut expedition against the Pequot Indians through Narragansett country. The Pequot were defeated in thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miantonomi Memorial Park
Miantonomi Memorial Park is a public park between Hillside Avenue and Girard Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The Narragansett Indians used the area around the park for hundreds of years and the park (and the hill it is on) is named after Sachem, or Chief, Miantonomi. This hill was Miantonomi's seat of power until it was purchased by English colonists in 1637. The settlers used the hill as a lookout and in 1667 built a beacon on the hill. During the American Revolutionary War fortifications were built on the hill, fragments of which still survive. In 1921, the City of Newport received the property from the local Stokes family. Miantonomi Memorial Park's became part of the Aquidneck Land Trust through an easement in 200 Tower The Park Commission built a stone tower in 1929 as a World War I memorial. On September 27, 2017, the Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower was named an official WWI Centennial memorial and will receive grant funds towards restoration and maintenance. Ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |