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and his right to be a leader of some of the conquered
Pequots and to some of their former territory. Despite opposition from the Narragansetts and Uncas who claimed he didn't fight the Pequots or py his proper share of the 1645 indemnity, he began hunting in Pequot territory in 1646, and by 1648 with
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see: Consolidated Index to
Plymouth County Records for other variations of these named are also used: Cassawashet, Cashawashed, Caushawashed, Cusawashset, Caushewashett, Cawshawshett, Caushawasett, Caushawashott, Caushawesett, Casshawashet,
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Cattapesett and instructs him to be faithful to the English despite the consequences he himself has endured in doing so."
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in 1637 before forming marriage alliances with several captured Pequot women. Either
Garrett or his brother married the Pequot widow of Tattaopme and became stepfather of Tausquonawhut, the brother or nephew of
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Indian
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Mason's support, Garrett formed a small community of
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History of the First
Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874: With the Report of Bi-centennial Proceedings, June 3, 1874. With Appendix Containing Statistics of the Church
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417:"Willard, Simon, 1605 - 1676 | Native Northeast Portal"
403:(University of New Mexico, Dissertation, 2011), pp. 146-148
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Carlton, William R.; Winthrop, Jr., John (September 1940).
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Watch Hill in Westerly was part of Garrett's claimed lands
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