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Sassacus Glyphochelis
:'' Sassacus is also a genus of jumping spiders.'' Sassacus (Massachusett: '' Sassakusu'', "fierce") ( – June 1637) was a Pequot ''sachem'' who was born near present-day Groton, Connecticut. He became grand sachem after his father, Tatobem, was killed in 1632. The Mohegans led by ''sachem'' Uncas rebelled against domination by the Pequots. Sassacus and the Pequots were defeated by English colonists allied with the Narragansett and Mohegans in the Pequot War. Sassacus fled to what he thought was safety among the Iroquois Mohawks in present-day New York state, but they murdered him and then sent his head and hands to the Connecticut Colony as a symbolic offering of friendship. Sassacus possibly had a brother who married Ninigret's daughter, and his sister-in-law may have married Harman Garrett Harman Garrett (c. 1610 – c. 1678) (also known as Cashawashett or Wequashcook II or Herman Garrett or Harmon Garrett) was a Niantic sachem and then governor of the Eastern Pequots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sassacus (spider)
''Sassacus'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1895. It is likely named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th and 17th century. Species it contains twenty-one species, found in North America, South America, Panama, and Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...: *''Sassacus alboguttatus'' (Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico *''Sassacus arcuatus'' Eugène Simon, Simon, 1901 – Brazil *''Sassacus aurantiacus'' Simon, 1901 – Brazil *''Sassacus aztecus'' Richman, 2008 – Mexico *''Sassacus barbipes'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – Mexico to Costa Rica *''Sassacus biaccentuatus'' Simon, 1901 – Paraguay *''Sassacus cyaneus'' (Nicholas Marcellus Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |