page_title: Massasoit
hierarchical_section_title: Massasoit
caption_attribution_description: English: Sculpture entitled "Massasoit, Great Sachem of the Wampanoag, Friend and Protector of the Pilgrims, 1621". Near Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
context_page_description: Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem.
  Massasoit's people had been seriously weakened by a series of epidemics and were vulnerable to attacks by the Narragansetts, and he formed an alliance with the colonists at Plymouth Colony for defense against them. It was through his assistance that the Plymouth Colony avoided starvation during the early years.
context_section_description: Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin (c. 1581 – 1661) was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem.
  Massasoit's people had been seriously weakened by a series of epidemics and were vulnerable to attacks by the Narragansetts, and he formed an alliance with the colonists at Plymouth Colony for defense against them. It was through his assistance that the Plymouth Colony avoided starvation during the early years.
caption: Sculpture of Massasoit in Mill Creek Park, Kansas City, Missouri by Cyrus E. Dallin
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