Cocumscussoc

Cocumscussoc is a brook and surrounding region in what is now Wickford, Rhode Island. The Cocumscussoc Brook flows into Mill Cove off of Wickford Harbor. In the 1630s-1640s Roger Williams started a trading post with the Narragansetts likely northeast of the brook and harbor which was an ideal location because this was near where the Narragansetts created wampum and traded as currency for other goods.^[1] Adjacent to the site of Williams' trading post in Cocumscussoc was Smith's Castle (1678), which was also originally a fortified house and trading post of Richard Smith.^[2] Female sachem Quaiapen lived near Cocumscussoc and was associated with nearby Queen's Fort after inheriting her husband's lands in 1657. Today Cocumscussoc State Park preserves much of the land surrounding Cocumscussoc Brook.^[3]

References[]

^ Robert A. Geake, The Narragansett at Cocumscussoc. https://rifootprints.com/2014/08/09/the-narragansett-at-cocumscussoc/
^ http://www.smithscastle.org/
^ https://www.northkingstown.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/Cocumscussoc-State-Park-52^{[dead link]}

Coordinates: 41°34′52″N 71°28′23″W / 41.581°N 71.473°W / 41.581; -71.473

[1] Robert A. Geake, The Narragansett at Cocumscussoc. https://rifootprints.com/2014/08/09/the-narragansett-at-cocumscussoc/

[2] ttp://www.smithscastle.org/

[3] ttps://www.northkingstown.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/Cocumscussoc-State-Park-52^{[dead link]}

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