Dec 21, 2023
Wallump. Their Mark.
Nipmuc/Pocumtuc. A leader at Pojassic and Woronack, the areas in and surrounding so-called “Westfield, Massachusetts.” This document, signed April 25, 1670, details the exchange of 7 or 8 acres of meadow land for “...three acres of old ground for ye
Indians to Plant Corne on this yeare…” and five acres of land yearly thereafter. The land was to be “free from all fencings or payment of Rates to ye english…”
Kin: Alquat (father), also known as Keems, Sachem at Woronoke and Pojassic
This deed signed April 25, 1670. Seen at Springfield History Museum and Archives, Springfield, Ma.
