Poggatacut (sachem)

[3] Son of Mongotucksee Longknife, Sachem of Montaukett (1550-1595) and Quashawan, of the Mohawk and Montauk Tribes (1556-1600), his 27 siblings constituted a royal family [4] that had rivals as far away as the Narragansetts of Connecticut.

With the Narragansetts set to eradicate the Montaukett tribe, Poggatacut sought to ally with the settlers and Gardiner.

His funeral train bore his body back to Montauk and stopped at Buc-Usk-Kil,[5] a place on the road from Sag Harbor to East Hampton.

[8] By 1663 East Hampton had passed laws prohibiting Indians from the town due to the smallpox plague that ravished the Montauketts.

Buc-Usk-Kil is the Algonquin word for 'resting place', the starting point for the nature preserve is between Stephen Hands Path and Daniels Hole Road on NY 114.

Resting place of Sachem Poggatacut, also known as Sachem's hole