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A Brief History. Early History of Narragansett. When Roger Williams fled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in l636 to found a settlement he named Providence in a region that became Rhode Island, he was befriended there by the dominant Narragansett Native American tribe and their great sachem Canonicus. As the most powerful tribe in the area ...
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- Origins of The Narragansett
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- King Philip’s War
Archaeological evidence places Narragansett peoples in the region that later became the colony and state of Rhode Islandmore than 30,000 years ago. They inhabited the area along Narragansett Bay from present-day Warwick to South Kingstown and were the largest of a number of native tribes living in the area. In 1524, the Italian explorer Giovanni da...
The first European settlers arrived in the region around 1635, and the following year the Narragansett sachems Canonicus and his nephew Miantonomi granted Roger Williamsland use rights to establish the settlement that would become the city of Providence. Williams had been banished by the civil authorities of Massachusetts Bay Colony due to his non-...
Good relations between the Narragansett and the European colonists lasted barely another decade before King Philip’s War—the first major war between colonists and Native Americans—broke out in 1675. Philip was the English name given to Metacom, the chief of the Wampanoag tribe and the son of Massasoit, the Native American leader who famously helped...
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Early History. The Narragansett Indians are the descendants of the aboriginal people of the State of Rhode Island. Archaeological evidence and the oral history of the Narragansett People establish their existence in this region more than 30,000 years ago. This history transcends all written documentaries and is present upon the faces of rock ...
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