Chief Wampage
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Chief Wampage, also known as Anhõõke, was the Native American who was Chief of the Siwanoy Tribe in Westchester County, New York.
He made a treaty with Englishman Thomas Pell for about 50,000 acres (200 km²) of land reaching from what is currently the Bronx, west along Long Island Sound, to the Hutchinson River. It was signed under the Treaty Oak near Bartow Pell Mansion in Pelham.
Some historians claim he ordered his tribe to massacre Anne Hutchinson and her party at Split Rock, in what is now the Bronx. The massacre may have been a case of mistaken identity; there had been ongoing hostilities between the Siwanoy and the Dutch, and the settlement may have been mistaken for a Dutch outpost.
It has been said that Wampage changed his name to Ann Hook because it was a custom for Indians to rename themselves after they scalp a person of importance or power. "Ann Hook" or "Anhõõke" was said to be a corruption of the name Anne Hutchinson. It was believed Wampage personally killed Anne Hutchinson.
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