While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
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Massachusetts Indian Villages, Towns and
Settlements
A complete listing of all the Indian villages,
towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.
Acoomemeck. A town, perhaps Nipmuc, in E. Massachusetts
in the 17th century. Winthrop (1638) in Drake, Book of Inds., bk. II, 27,
1848.
Acushnet. A village of Praying Indians in 1698,
probably about Acushnet, Bristol co., Mass. "Acchusnutt" is said to have been
the Indian name of New Bedford. Rawson and Danforth (1698) in Mass. Hist,
Soc. Coll., 1st s., x, 129-134, 1809.
Agawam (fish-curing [place] . Hewitt). A name of
frequent occurrence in s. New England and on Long Island, and by which was
designated at least 3 Indian villages or tribes in Massachusetts.
The most important was at Ipswich, Essex co. , Mass. The site was sold by the
chief in 1638. Its jurisdiction included the land on Newbury r. , and the tribe
was a part of the Pennacook confederacy. It was almost extinct in 1658, but as
late as 1726 there were still 3 families living near Wigwam hill.
The second tribe or band of that name had its chief town on Long hill, near
Springfield, Hampden co., Mass. Spring field was sold in 1635 and the Indian
town was in existence in 1675. This tribe was commonly classed with the
Pacomtuc.
The third was about Wareham, Plymouth co., Mass., the site of which was sold in
1655. It was probably subject to the Wampanoag, but joined in the plot against
the English in 1621. (J. M. )
Aquetnet (aquetn-et, "at an island". Trumbull).
A village in 1655 at Skauton neck, Sandwich tp., Barnstable co., Mass., under
chief Ackanootus, in the territory of the Nauset. The word seems to be the same
as Aquidneck (Quidnick) , R I., which Trumbull thinks means place at the end of
the hill, compounded from ukque-adenie-nuke; or possibly place beyond the
hill, ogque-adene-auke. Mentioned by a writer of 1815 in Mass. Hist.
Soc. Coll., 2d s., iv, 293, 1816. (J. M.)
Ashimuit (from ashim, 'a spring', in the Nauset
dialect). A village in 1674 at a large spring in Barnstable co., Mass., near the
junction of Falmouth, Mash pee, and Sandwich townships. It probably belonged to
the Nauset. (J. M. )
Assameekg. A village in 1698, probably near Dartmouth,
Bristol co., Mass., in Wampanoag territory. Mentioned in connection with
Acushnet and Assawompset by Rawson and Danforth (1698) in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Coll., 1st s., x, 129-134, 1809.
Assawompset. A village existing as late as 1674 in
Middleborough tp., Ply mouth co., Mass, probably within Wampanoag territory.
Assonet. A river and village in Bristol co., Mass., and
probably the name of a former Indian village in the vicinity. Schoolcraft (Ind.
Tribes, i, 117, 1851) uses the name "Assonets" to denote the probable Indian
authors of the inscriptions on Dighton rock. (J. M. )
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
