Besabes Type: Person Identifier: 201974 Title: Besabes Unique ID: Besabes Standard Name: Besabes Manuscript Name: Bashaba Bashabaes Bashabes Bashabez Basshabes Besabes Betsabes Ethnicity: Etchemin Place Event: Saco, ME Place Vital: MaineOld Town, MEPanaoumske (Penobscot River, ME)Upsegon (Bangor, ME) Date: 1604-09 1605 1607 1607-05-13 1611 1614 1615 Event that this Person attendedItem 134812 A "sagamoh" according to Rosier.SiblingItem 209337 MatahanadaMentions of this PersonItem 15008 Had fought with Indians of Chawun, but then at peace.Item 15009 Deceased; killed by Souriquois/Tarrentines. Gorges Brief Narration.Item 15003 Major chief.Item 15000 Said to be in Saco raid.Item 15005 Besabes regarded as a title. Rosier, A True RelationItem 15004 A "sagamoh" according to Rosier.Item 15010 Besabes was king of the Indians in Gorges Brief Relation.Item 15006 Had many under-Captains. Purchas Pilgrimage 1614Item 15007 Brother was mentioned. Strachey.Item 15001 Besabes lived there, the chief lord.Item 15002 One of 3 chiefs in Pen Bay - Mt. Desert area.Source Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300021 Arber, Edward, and A. G. Bradley, eds. Travels ...Item 300036 Baxter, James P., ed. Sir Ferdinando Gorges ...Item 300099 Champlain, Samuel de. The Works of Samuel ...Item 300302 Lescarbot, Marc. The History of New France ...Item 300485 Quinn, David B., and Allison M. Quinn, eds ...Item 300569 Thwaites, Reuben Gols, ed. The Jesuit Relations ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Besabes,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/57950.Item201974 Save this item as a PDF file
