Granganimeo

John White image of an Algonquian burial house, 1585

Library of Congress

Quick Facts

Significance:

Algonquian weroance, one of the first Algonquian to greet the English explorers

Place of Birth:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Place of Death:

Unknown

Date of Death:

Spring, 1586

Place of Burial:

Unknown

Acting in his brother’s stead (Wingina was recovering from battle wounds), Granganimeo at once realized the power that the English wielded when they first arrived in 1584. Mostly through hand gestures, he made the English comfortable, traded with them, and invited them to return the next year.

Unfortunately, he would not survive the ravaging diseases that his new English allies would bring and died in the spring of 1586.