[spider] Sassacus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). ==Name== The genus is probably named after Sassacus, a Native American chief of the 16th century. ...
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(c. 1560-1627) Massachusett Pequot chief. As a youth he fought the English colonists. Named chief in about 1632, he lost roughly 700 people in one battle of the Pequot War. His death coincided with the virtual...
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