1804–1855

Introduction

Born: January 18, 1804, Charles­ton, Rhode Is­land.

Died, November 25, 1855, Ca­lu­met, Wis­con­sin (drowned af­ter fall­ing through ice).

Biography

Thomas was the son of Nar­ra­gan­sett coun­cil­or Jo­seph Comm­uck.

A mem­ber of the Na­tive Am­eri­can Nar­ra­gan­sett tribe, he grew up in Charles­ton. In 1811 he be­gan at­tend­ing a school spon­sored by the So­ci­ety for Pro­pa­gat­ing the Gos­pel Among In­di­ans and Oth­ers in North Am­eri­ca.

Around age 20, he moved to Onei­da Coun­ty, New York, join­ing a com­mu­ni­ty of Mo­he­gans and Pe­quots lat­er known as the Bro­ther­town In­di­ans.

In 1831, he mar­ried Han­nah Ab­ner of the Pe­quot tribe, and the cou­ple moved to the Bro­ther­ton com­mu­ni­ty at Green Bay, Wis­con­sin.

He was the com­mu­ni­ty’s first post­mas­ter, jus­tice of the peace, and his­to­ri­an. In 1844, he was the Wis­con­sin Whig Party no­mi­nee for the ter­ri­tor­ial le­gi­sla­ture.

Works

Sources

Music

  1. Algonquin
  2. Annawon
  3. Apes
  4. Assawomset
  5. Brothertown
  6. Caddoe
  7. Calumet
  8. Canonechet
  9. Cayuga
  10. Cherokee
  11. Chickasaw
  12. Chilt
  13. Chippeway
  14. Commuck
  15. Creek
  16. Cumanche
  17. Delaware
  18. Flathead
  19. Fox
  20. Groton
  21. Huron
  22. Iroquoi
  23. Jersey
  24. Keokuck
  25. Kewanowut
  26. Kickapoo
  27. Kiskarrah
  28. Kusick
  29. Kyoe
  30. Little Osage
  31. Magnus
  32. Mandan
  33. Massasoit
  34. Menominie
  35. Miami
  36. Michigan
  37. Milwaukie
  38. Mishwaukie
  39. Missionary
  40. Mississippi
  41. Missouri
  42. Montauk
  43. Mohawk
  44. Mohegan
  45. Mooanam
  46. Munponset
  47. Munsee
  48. Narragansett
  49. Natchez
  50. Neechy
  51. Netop
  52. Niantick
  53. Occum
  54. Okawwuck
  55. Oneida
  56. Onondaga
  57. Osage
  58. Osceola
  59. Oshkosh
  60. Ottawa
  61. Ottoe
  62. Paugus
  63. Passamaquoddy
  64. Patchaug
  65. Pautucket
  66. Pawnee
  67. Penobscot
  68. Peoria
  69. Pequot
  70. Pessicus
  71. Philip
  72. Piankashaw
  73. Piscataqua
  74. Pocasset
  75. Pokanoket
  76. Poquyantup
  77. Pottawattamie
  78. Powhatan
  79. Pocahontas
  80. Pontiac
  81. Quapaw
  82. Quinnebaug
  83. Sac
  84. Sassamon
  85. Scatakook
  86. Schoharrie
  87. Seconet
  88. Seneca
  89. Shawnee
  90. Seminole
  91. Shenandoah
  92. Shoshonee
  93. Sioux
  94. Sippecan
  95. Stockbridge
  96. Susquehannah
  97. Tallahassee
  98. Tecumseh
  99. Teton
  100. Tispaquin
  101. Tonawanda
  102. Totoson
  103. Tuscarorah
  104. Umpame
  105. Uncas
  106. Wabash
  107. Wampanoag
  108. Watchaug
  109. Waupun
  110. Waushara
  111. Wessagussett
  112. Winnebago
  113. Wyandot
  114. Yamassee
  115. Yaraco
  116. Yazoo

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