Chief Squantz

Chief Squantz or Squons

Squantz died during the winter of 1724–25, and his four sons and heirs refused to sell the land when The Proprietors returned in the spring of 1725. The land was later sold in 1729 for the equivalent of $300. The parcel of land would become integrated within the towns of Sherman and New Fairfield.

Chief Waramaug succeeded Squantz in 1725 in sachemship of the Potatuck. One of Chief Squantz's sons, Mauwehu, was said to have "possessed something of energy and commanding character for which his nation was once distinguished"; he succeeded Waramaug.

Legacy Squantz Pond was in the area of where Squantz lived and is named in his honor. Squantz Pond State Park subsequently bears his name.

It is claimed that Squantz' skeleton was excavated in the early 1920s by Keith Joyce, a land developer in the area. While digging trenches for water pipes, he uncovered a skeleton which was posed in a sitting position, facing east. The burial mound would have been easily visible from , a lookout point and place of importance for the Schaghticoke. The remains were never positively identified.