Massasoit (c1581-1661)

Biography
Massasoit was the sachem or leader ("Massasoit") of the Wampanoags and also of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term Massasoit means Great Sachem. Massasoit Ousamequin lived in Montaup, a Pokanoket village at the site of what is now the town of Warren, Rhode Island. He held the allegiance of a number of lesser Pokanoket sachems.

Bradfords Journal
From the record made (Circa 1651) by Gov Wm Bradford about early Plymouth settlers: