The land along the east shore of Narragansett bay was the country of massasoit; that on the west side, and the islands, belonged to the Narragansetts.
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Orville O. Hiestand
Squanto, who could speak English, stated that massasoit was near at hand, and on invitation that chief appeared, and soon a treaty of peace and friendship was concluded; after which massasoit returned to his town of Sowams, forty miles distant, while Squanto continued with the colonists and made himself useful in many ways.
"England in America, 1580-1652"
Lyon Gardiner Tyler
In 1633 the people of Plymouth established a fort on Connecticut River above the Dutch post, so as to intercept the Indian trade, and in 1639 they renewed the ancient league with massasoit.
"England in America, 1580-1652"
Lyon Gardiner Tyler