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:''Sassacus is also a genus of jumping spiders.''
'Sassacus' (Massachuset: ''' Sassakusu''', which translates to ''fierce'', c. 1560 – June 1637, born near present day Groton, Connecticut) was a Pequot sachem.^[1]
He became grand sachem after sachem Wopigwooit died in 1631, which caused a rivalry with sagamore (sub-sachem) Uncas. This rivalry would lead Uncas to form the Mohegan tribe, in 1637, who were hostile towards the Pequot tribe.^[2]
Sassacus was murdered by the Mohawks during the Pequot War in present day New York, and his scalp was sent to the British as a symbolic offering of friendship with the Connecticut Colony.

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1. Pequot Indian Chiefs and Leaders
2. Pequot History Lee Sultzman