who were the wampanoags?
Wampanoag means People of the First Light. In 1616, John Smith erroneously identified the Wampanoags as Pakanoket. The Pakanoket tribes were centered around present day Bristol, Rhode Island. In 1614, Adriaen Block identified the Wampanoag's on his map as Wapanoos. Other names used to identify these tribes were Wapenock, Massasoit and Phillip's Indians.