6 Etznab
White Rhythmic
Mirror
My Lord, thou master artist of all
time
Draw us together - my true love and
me
Blend all disparate hues with line
sublime
This portrait mirrors our own destiny
Fill with Thy light our bodies in
this frame
That we exalt Thy peerless excellence
Design within our hearts’ eternal
flame
Allegiance, balance, faith and reverence
Paint joy and kindness on a canvas
clear
Assigning form and shape with expert
skill
Allow a wondrous palette to appear
Against Thy splendid landscape of good
will
Glory so great no gallery can hold –
We spring to life and break the
ancient mold.
©Kleomichele Leeds
Wampanoag Tribe Wigwams.
Weetamoo (c. 1635–1676), also referred to as Weethao, Weetamoe, Wattimore, Namumpum, and Tatapanunum, was a Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief. She was the sunksqua, or female sachem, of Pocasset. She was born in the Mattapoiset village of the Pokanoket or at Rhode Island's Taunton River area, and died at Taunton River. Her father was Corbitant, sachem of the Pocasset tribe in present-day North Tiverton, Rhode Island, c. 1618–1630. She had five husbands, the most famous of whom was Wamsutta, the eldest son of Massasoit, grand sachem of the Wampanoag and participant in the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.
According to the Tiverton Four Corners website, "the squaw sachem, Weetamoo" governed the Pocasset tribe, which occupied today's Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1620. Weetamoo joined "with King Philip in fighting the colonists" in 1675, in King Philip's War, also known as "Metacomet's Rebellion." King Philip’s War is named for the uprising of Metacomet, Weetamoo’s brother in law and the younger brother of Wamsutta, who was also known by the English name Philip. Early on in the war, Weetamoo gave support to Metacomet by aiding his forces with the strength of her soldiers.
Weetamoe whose name in the Algonquian language of the Indigenous Peoples of the north eastern US and Canada means "Speak to them". She lived in Quequechan, now called Fall River, Massachusetts.
Weetamoo's life
Chief Winnepurket was her first husband. He was the Sachem of Saugus, Massachusetts. He died shortly after he and Weetamoo were married.
Chief Wamsutta was second. After his death, his brother Metacom (Philip) became Chief of the Wampanoag. The tribe allied with the English against the Narragansett, but the English broke this treaty. Wamsutta became sick and died during talks with the English. Weetamoo is speculated to have had one child with Wamsutta, although the date of birth and name are unknown. Wamsutta was also alternatively known by the English as Alexander.
Quequequanachet was third. Little is known of him.
Petonowit was fourth. At the beginning of King Philip's War he sided with the English, prompting Weetamoo to leave their marriage.
Quinnapin was last, son of Niantic Narraganset sachem Ninigrat and grandson of powerful Narragansett sachem Canonchet. He was described as "a handsome warrior". This seemed to be a strong marriage. The pair had at least one child together, who died in 1676.
She became sunksqua because her father had no sons, and was defended by an army of more than 300 men whom she commanded. Being a woman did not diminish Weetamoo's authority, despite many colonists’ lack of understanding of her position. It has been theorized that some of the lesser known sachems assumed to have been male may have been female sunksquas, especially since female leaders were not unheard of among the Algonquian tribes.
Eventually, the English defeated the Wampanoag in August 1676. Weetamoo drowned in the Taunton River trying to escape. Her dead body was mutilated, and her head was displayed on a pole in Taunton, MA. Little else is known about her final days or death, or of the deaths of her soldiers who traveled with her. The story of her corpse being beheaded comes from the writings of minister Increase Mather.
Weetamoo's legacy
Weetamoo's adolescent life was made into a children's historical novel in The Royal Diaries series entitled Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocasetts.
Weetamoo/Wattimore also appears in print in Mary Rowlandson's The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. In 1676, Weetamoo and her relative Quinnapin, the sachem of Narragansett, attacked a colonial settlement in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Rowlandson, who was captured and held by Quinnapin for three months, left a vivid description of Weetamoo's appearance as well as personality:
"A severe and proud dame she was, bestowing every day in dressing herself neat as much time as any of the gentry of the land: powdering her hair, and painting her face, going with necklaces, with jewels in her ears, and bracelets upon her hands. When she had dressed herself, her work was to make girdles of wampum and beads."
Many places in the White Mountains of New Hampshire are also named after her, such as Weetamoo Falls, Mount Weetamoo, the Weetamoo Trail (which includes Weetamoo Glen and Weetamoo Rock), and the Six Husbands Trail, a reference to her marriages. However, there is no evidence that Weetamoo ever went to the White Mountains, and the area’s focus upon her may come from John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “The Bridal of Penacook,” which describes her as being from the area.
Weetamoo Woods Open Space in Tiverton, Rhode Island is named after Weetamoo. A 50-foot vessel, Weetamoo, built in 1902, "was named after the daughter of an Indian Chief in John Greenleaf Whittier's poem Bride of Penacook." The vessel served on Lake Sunapee for 25 years before being scuttled. Lowell YWCA Camp Weetamoo is located on Long-Sought-for Pond in Westford, MA.
Weetamoo was known as a bead worker/quiller and dancer.*
ETZNAB
Kin 58: White Rhythmic Mirror
I organize in order to reflect
Balancing order
I seal the matrix of endlessness
With the rhythmic tone of equality
I am guided by my own power doubled
I am a galactic activation portal
Enter me.
That which we call the superhuman is merely the synthesis of consciousness with nature.*
*Star Traveler's 13 Moon Almanac of Synchronicity, Galactic Research Institute, Law of Time Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2017-2018.
The Sacred Tzolk'in
Muladhara Chakra (Seli Plasma)
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