Passaconaway Report
By Ean Tran
Have you wondered who the chief of the Indians in New Hampshire is? His name is Passaconaway. He was born between 1550 and 1570. He owned a hotel, a post office, seven farms and seven homes. Kangamangus Highway is Passaconaway's former village. He never liked hunting as a child. Passaconaway want to help all the Indians that were poor or sick. Passaconaway was one of the wisest and the oldest Indians in New Hampshire.
Here are somethings that happened in Passaconaway's older life. Legend says that he could make water burn, trees and rocks dance, and become invisible and make multiples of himself. He died the year 1679. He died when he was 190 years old. He was buried in a cave in Mount Agamenticus in Southern Maine. As you might've guessed he was a famous Indian. Wonder why people still talk about Passaconaway? He was the first chief of all Chiefs of New Hampshire. He was the first Indian to see pilgrims. He made good deals with pilgrims and Indians. He let pilgrims rent his land. Passaconaway was pretty cool what do you think?
So how important is he. He is a key New Hampshire Indian. Passaconaway owned three miles of land to himself. He united three tribes that were at war against each other. He stood between six and 7 feet which is extremely tall back then. There's a two Lane Highway Passaconaway going to the White Mountains. So do you think he's important or not.
Passaconaway like to set goals for himself and his tribe. The population Passaconaway's tribe went over 10,000 people three times. There's not much known about Passaconaway. You might have wondered what his connection to New Hampshire is. He was a peacemaker with settlers and pilgrims. You might have noticed he was a nice and trustworthy Indian.
This is what happened to his Village over the last couple of hundred years. First they changed Passaconaway's Village to a railroad. Then turned it into a hiking trail. I bet Passaconaway was a really kind leader and ambitious to help everyone he meant.
