Tashtassuck

Hutchinson writes: "In the early tribes of this nation, some of the English inhabitants learned from the old Indians, that they had, previous to their arrival, a sachem, Tashtassuck, and their encomiums upon his wisdom and valour were much the same as the Delawares reported of their Chief Sachem, Tammany; that, since, there had not been his equal, &c. Tashtassuck had but two children, a son and a daughter, those he joined in marriage, because he could find none worthy of them out of his family. The product of this marriage was four sons, of whom Canonicus was the oldest." [See History of the Episcopal Church In Narragansett, Rhode Island, by Wilkins Updike, Boston, The Merrymount Press, 1907, pg. 8-11]. The Narragansetts viewed themselves as a superior race over neighboring indian nations. This is greatly born out by Tashtassuck's vanity in this case.