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Sassacus (?1560–1627) Massachuset Pequot chief; born near present-day Groton, Connecticut. As a youth he fought the English colonists. Named chief about 1632, he lost roughly 700 people in one battle of the Pequot War. His death coincided with the virtual destruction of the Pequot nation.

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