Nescambious

Nescambious (c. 1660–1727, many variant spellings, including Escumbuit and Nescambiouit), was a Native American leader of the Pequawket tribe of the Abenaki who was knighted by Louis XIV of France in 1706. He was first associated with the French in the siege of Fort St. John led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1695 during the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. In early 1705 he was again in Newfoundland, where he participated in the Siege of St. John's and other French and Indian raids against English holdings.^[1] Later that year he was invited to France as part of France's bid for an alliance with his tribe. He returned to America in 1706.^[2] His reputation among the French and the English of New England was notorious -- the latter called him a "bloody devil", and accused him of killing many women and children.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b} Charland, Thomas. "Biography of Nescambiouit". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1007. Retrieved 2011-01-25. 
2. ^ Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970). Doris A. Isaacson. ed. Maine: A Guide 'Down East'. Rockland, Me: Courier-Gazette, Inc.. p. 402.