Coneconam
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Coneconam was an early 17th century Wampanoag slave, and later, it is suspected, sachem
of Manomet.
were kidnapped by Captain Edward Harlow on Martha's Vineyard
). Capt. Harlow had already seized three Native Americans from Monhegan Island, Maine
(Pechmo, Monopet, and Pekenimne, although Pechmo leaped overboard and escaped with a stolen boat cut from the stern), and at Nohono (Nantucket) he had kidnapped Sakaweston (who was to live for many years in England before fighting in the wars of Bohemia
.) Altogether there were said to be twenty-nine Native Americans aboard Harlow's slaver when it arrived in England.
. It is suspected that these are the same as Coneconam and Epenow. Coneconam (also spelled Cauneconam and Caunecum) was a sachem of Manomet, on Cape Cod
. He died of exposure or starvation while in hiding from the English near Plimouth.
Sachem
A sachem[p] or sagamore is a paramount chief among the Algonquians or other northeast American tribes. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms from different Eastern Algonquian languages...
of Manomet.
Capture
In 1611, Coneconam and EpenowEpenow
Epenow was a Nauset from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts who became an early symbol of resistance to English explorers and slavers in the early 17th century.- Capture :...
were kidnapped by Captain Edward Harlow on Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony....
). Capt. Harlow had already seized three Native Americans from Monhegan Island, Maine
Monhegan, Maine
Monhegan is a plantation on an island of the same name in Lincoln County, Maine, United States, about off the coast. The population was 75 at the 2000 census. As a plantation, Monhegan's governmental status falls between township and town...
(Pechmo, Monopet, and Pekenimne, although Pechmo leaped overboard and escaped with a stolen boat cut from the stern), and at Nohono (Nantucket) he had kidnapped Sakaweston (who was to live for many years in England before fighting in the wars of Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
.) Altogether there were said to be twenty-nine Native Americans aboard Harlow's slaver when it arrived in England.
Later life
The names of both "Cawnacome" and "Apannow" appear on a 1621 document acknowledging themselves as subjects of King JamesJames I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
. It is suspected that these are the same as Coneconam and Epenow. Coneconam (also spelled Cauneconam and Caunecum) was a sachem of Manomet, on Cape Cod
Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
. He died of exposure or starvation while in hiding from the English near Plimouth.