Stiles' Miscellaneous Notes on Indian Words
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Suncks Indian name for “queen”[1]
Sachem Indian name for “king”[2]
Menunkatuck Guilford
Mattituck Waterbury
Cataloguing: 472
[1] Sauks “the queen or sachem’s wife,” sauncksquûaog “queenes (pl.)” Roger Williams, A Key to the Language, 141. See Kathleen Bragdon, Native People of Southern New England, 1500-1650 (University of Oklahoma Press, 1996), 161, 178.
[2] Sâchim-maûog “kings, kings (pl.). Roger Williams, A Key to the Language, 140. For a fuller discussion of the role of the sachem in Native society, see Kathleen Bragdon, Native People of Southern New England, 1500-1650 (University of Oklahoma Press, 1996), 140-148, 153-155.
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