#turramuggas

[theirmarks]

Tarramuggus. Turramuggas. Terramuggas. Taramugus his marke in ye behalf of himself & son.

Wangunk. Their homelands across and around Pattaqounck or Pattaconk, in the southern part of present day central Connecticut. This document describes a part of land now called Haddam, Connecticut, “  …from mattabesett mill river to ye lower end of pattaquounck meadow on both sides of ye [Kwinitekw] river.” The deed sets aside “Thirty mile Island & forty acres of land at pattaquounck which they [Wangunk] doe reserve…for them and their assignsf from ye day of ye date hereof forever without any interruption or molestation…”

Their kin: a father, Sowheage. A sister, Sepunnamo or Sepunnemoe. A partner, Keseso. A son, Peetoosoh.

Signed May 20, 1662. Seen at Mohegan Library and Archives.