Weetamoo Weetamoo Örebro SK (disambiguation) Category="1635 births"Category="1676 deaths"Category="Native American leaders"Category="Women in war"Weetamoo was a Wampanoag Native American woman who was born circa 1635 in Mettapoiset, village of the Pocassets, and died at Taunton River in 1676. She was the wife of Wamsutta, the eldest son of Massasoit, whose participated in the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims. After Massasoit died, Wamsutta became Chief of the Wampanoag tribe. The Wampanoag allied with the English against the Narragansett tribe, but the English broke this treaty, and Wamsutta became sick and died during talks with the English. Believing that English were somehow responsible for the death of Wamsutta, Weetamoo and her brother-in-law, Metacom attacked the English in June 1675. This began the conflict now known as King Phillip's War.

Eventually, the English defeated the Wampanoag tribe in August 1676. Weetamoo drowned in the Taunton River trying to escape, and her dead body was mutilated and her head was displayed on a pole by the English, amidst much weeping by her warriors.