Appointment of Wawowos and Shum as Tunxis Leaders and Pledge of Fidelity from Tunxis and Other Indians

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With all of the Tunxis leaders dead, two men are proposed by colonial authorities and accepted by the Tunxis and other Native people living among them
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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category: 
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Connecticut Collection, Leadership, Abstract Ideas, Authority, Friend Indians, Census/Enumerations -- Private/Informal, Temperance/Intemperance, Law, Jurisdiction, Relations, Colonial Affairs, Inter-Tribal Affairs -- Alliance, Tribal Affairs, Connecticut Historical Society
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Original Date: 
1688 September 17th
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Source: 
Connecticut Historical Society, Indian Documents, 1661-1773, Misc.
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Identifier: 
1688.09.17.00
Subject: 
Tunxis