A boastful pniese warrior of the Massachusett, Wituwamat offended Myles Standish by upstaging the Englishman in "a long speech in an audacious manner" about killing three French sailors using an ornate knife. Later, after Massasoit confided to Edward Winslow that the Massachusett were planning an attack on the English at Plymouth and Wessagussett, Hobbamock, Standish and three other Pilgrims ambushed Wituwamat, his brother and another Massachusett warrior by inviting them to dinner, locking the doors and then slaughtering them with their own knives, ultimately displaying Wituwamat's severed head at Plymouth as a sign of the colony's willingness to use violence in its defense.
