My Name is Ontoquas

My name is Ontoquas which means wolf in Wampanoag. I am a Wampanoag Indian and I live in Massachusetts. Tomorrow, the chief and his ninety warriors are going to the English settlement. I might be able to go along and taste the food of the settlers. I have heard many stories the warriors and scouts have told to Massasoit, the chief, at their campfires at twilight when I am supposed to be asleep. My mother (her name is Shannucke which means squirrel) has told me I am very curious, and I  suppose I am. My father's name is Wabsacuck which means eagle, and he agrees with my mother.We are having venison stew for dinner with corn, beans, and squash which we call the 'three sisters". We plant the corn and then plant the beans so the beans have something to grow on, and the squash grows and spreads out so there are few weeds. I must go now, to grind corn even though  I would like to be a boy and ride horses and shoot arrows. The deer skin that covers my diary was shot by my friend, Ausupp, raccoon. I would like to shoot a deer and bring it to Massasoit to show gratitude and respect, but I may never be able to because I am a girl. 

Ontoquas