The town of Warren was first settled by people from the Pokanoket Tribe, later known as the Wampanoag. The Pokanoket controlled the land from Plymouth to the eastern shores of Narragansett Bay. In 1620, Osamequin, which translates as Yellow . . . — — Map (db m301430) HM
The Sowams Heritage Area includes Barrington, Bristol, East Providence, Providence, and Warren RI, and Rehoboth, Seekonk and Swansea, MA. Sowams means "Southern Area and was the historic home of the Pokanokets (later described as Wampanoags) . . . — — Map (db m296118) HM
Mount Hope (originally Montaup in the Pokanoket language) is a wooded promontory on the eastern shore of Bristol, Rhode Island overlooking the part of Narragansett Bay known as Mount Hope Bay. Before the European settlers arrived in New England, . . . — — Map (db m301431) HM
Osamequin Nature Preserve and Bird Sanctuary is named in honor of the Massasoit (Great Leader) Osamequin (or Ousamequin) of the Pokanoket Tribe. Osamequin, which means Yellow Feather, led his people in helping the settlers of the Plymouth Colony . . . — — Map (db m282075) HM
A Conservation Success Story - Sowams Woods is a 12.3 acre parcel owned and managed by the Barrington Land Conservation Trust. It took four years, two-million dollars and a far-reaching coalition to protect the property forever. The effort . . . — — Map (db m283199) HM
Kings Rock, spanning 200 ft. along todays Warren/Swansea border, was a significant location along the route and an important place for tribal gatherings under Metacoms older brother, Wamsutta. Tribes from all over New England were known to have . . . — — Map (db m301437) HM
The junction of five Native American trails once occupied this stretch of North Main Street, between College Street and the Y-intersection at Mill Street. The Narragansett Trail or Pequot Path, as well as the Louquassuck, Pawtucket, Wampanoag, . . . — — Map (db m223303) HM
Dighton Council Oak
Meeting Place of the Wampanoag Indians
Here King Philip met with his braves. This tree marks the center of the old field. Near here was the largest Indian settlement in Dighton. — — Map (db m301420) HM WM
