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WEETAMOO

WEETAMOO . Heart of the Pocassets. Describing Weetamoo. This story is about a girl named Weetamoo . She lives with the Pocassets tribe. She is thirteen years old in the story. She is the daughter of a chief and her hair is dark.

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WEETAMOO

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  1. WEETAMOO Heart of the Pocassets

  2. Describing Weetamoo • This story is about a girl named Weetamoo. • She lives with the Pocassets tribe. • She is thirteen years old in the story. • She is the daughter of a chief and her hair is dark. • Soon she will have to take the burden of being in charge.

  3. Say Hi, to the Family • Weetamoo has two siblings. • Wootoneknuske is one of her sisters. • Snowbird is her baby sister. • Corbitant is her father and the chief. • Her mother is not named in the story but she has one. • She also has a dog named Okunk.

  4. Squant • Squant is a Goddess that watches over and protects girls in the world. • Squant watches over Weetamoo and protects her. • Weetamoo prays to Squant for blessings and thanks.

  5. Weetamoo’s Life • Weetamoo (unknown-1676) was the squaw-sachem (or warrior-leader) of the Pocassets. She exercised substantial power in the Wampanoag and Narragansett communities and was Metacom's sister-in-law. Weetamoo was perhaps the most powerful Native American woman of the colonial era, and allied with Metacom during his war against the colonists in 1675-76.

  6. Fastings • Weetamoos’s baby sister is sick and she is worried about her. • So Weetamoo goes on a fast. • A fast is going into the wilderness and praying for help or protection. • When you fast you go without food and water.

  7. Bibliography • http://www.scholastic.com • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weetamoo • http://royalwomen.tripod.com/id7.html • http://dearamerica.wikia.com • http://www.goodreads.com • Scholatic, 2011 “Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets”

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