Massasoit

Ousamequin, often referred to as Massasoit, which is his title and means “great sachem,” faced a nearly impossible situation, historians and educators said.

Many pages are devoted to imagining the details of a discussion between Roger Williams and the Wampanoag Massasoit.

Some historians have suggested that Massasoit helped the Pilgrims, not of out kindness, but necessity.

Visitors will also see a photo of a statue by the sculptor Cyrus Dallin, of Massasoit, a Native American leader; the statue overlooks Plymouth Rock.

Ousamequin, the Massasoit, arrived with perhaps ninety men—more than the entire population of Plymouth.