The Narragansetts lived west of Narragansett Bay in present - day Rhode Island and were one of the more powerful tribes in the region .
The Pilgrims were told by Tisquantum and Hobbamock that this was a threat and an insult from Narragansett sachem Canonicus .
The Narragansett lived west of Narragansett Bay in present - day Rhode Island and were one of the more powerful tribes in the region .
The Pilgrims were told by Tisquantum and Hobbamock that this was a threat and an insult from Narragansett sachem Canonicus .