Squando Saco (Pequawket) Pigwacket (abt. 1640)

Born about 1640 in Saco River, Turtle Island

Died [date unknown] in Colonial America

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Biography

Pequawket sagamore Squando of Saco, Tarantine Abenaki, signed peace treaty at Piscataqua River, Cochecho on 3 July 1676 alongside Sagamore Wonalancet Penacook (abt.1619-abt.1697), Sampson Aboquecemoka, Samll Numphow of Wamesit, Robin Doney of the Canibas, Warockomec, and other sagamores. Richard Waldron, Nicholas Shapleigh, and Thomas Daniels signed for the Committee. (See Treaty at Cochecho (3 July 1676))

Research Notes

"English colonists exacerbated tensions by shooting at Penobscots in Casco Bay and drowning the infant son of Pequawket sagamore Squando." — Wadleigh

"The First Maine Indian War began in September 1675, and at the start involved only the Pigwackets under Squando and the Arosagunticooks under Robin Hood." [...] "On September 18,1675, Saco was attacked and burned,and 13 white men killed by about 40 Abenakis under sagamore Squando" [...] A truce was made at Cocheco on July 3, 1676, being negotiated by Major Richard Waldeme and signed by Squando of the Pigwackets, Wonnalancet of the Penacooks, Robin Doney of the Canibas, and Sam Numphow, a leader of the praying Indians of Wamesit, and a grandson of Passaconaway. However, on August 11 of that year hostilities were renewed. Of the above, only Squando had been involved in the war." [...] "John Sampson, whose Abenaki name was Aboquacemoka, was a Pigwacket war chief under Squando, and together with Squando, and the Penacooks under Wonnalancet, had signed a truce at Cocheco on July 3 of that year." [...] Black Point was attacked again during June 1677, and some inexperienced English soldiers under Captain Benjamin Swett and 36 mission Indian auxiliaries from the Plymouth Colony suffered heavy losses at Massacre Pond near Prout's Neck within Black Point. Squando was reported to have led the Indians on this occasion "at Black Point & did a great exploit against the English & lost 2 Indians killed & 2 wounded fighting them in an open field with only a few small bushes" [...] "On July 10 they asked the Kennebec Indians "to bring Squando and Amoroscoggin Indians to peace" or "make warre upon him" [...] The Indians surrendered one captive, sent away to their villages for more captives, and dispatched a messenger to inform the Penobscots and Madockawando of the peace. At that time Squando would not consent to a peace. [...] They said also that "Squando the Sachem of Saco, with the sachems of Ambascoggan [Androscoggin] and Pequagick [Pigwacket] came here, & wished to be included in the peace. [...] The First Maine Indian War came to an end on April 12, 1678, when the Massachusetts Commissioners signed an agreement with the Abenaki chiefs at Casco Bay. A detailed account of this treaty seems to be missing from the record. —Siebert

Sources

• Wikipedia article. "King Philip's War" (Accessed 25 Oct 2022) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War#cite_note-50
• Mandell, Daniel R. (2010). King Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 77–81.
• Mandell, Daniel R. Documentary History of the State of Maine. Vol. 6. Portland: Maine Historical Society. pp. 177–180.

• George Wadleigh. "Notable Events in the History of Dover, N.H.: From the First Settlement in 1623 to 1865" Dover, N. H. 1913. (Accessed 24 Oct 2022) https://ia902604.us.archive.org/5/items/notableeventsinh00wadl/notableeventsinh00wadl.pdf

• Frank T. Siebert. “The First Maine Indian War: Incident at Machias (1676).” Actes Du Quatorzieme Congres des Algonquinistes, pp. 137-156. William Cowan, ed. Ottawa: Carleton University.