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!
H Connecticut 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.
Hammonasset. A small band, headed by a chief named
Sebequanash (the man who weeps) , formerly living about Hammonasset r., near
Guilford, Middle sex co., Conn. They were probably a part of the Quinnipiac. De
Forest, Hist. Inds. Conn., 52, 1853.
Hassimanisco. A former Indian village in Connecticut,
probably near Connecticut r. In 1764 there were only 5 Indians left. Stiles
(1764) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1 st s., x, 105, 1809. Cf.
Hassanamesit.
Hoccanum. Mentioned as a band formerly in East Hartford
Township, Hartford co., Conn., where they remained, according to Stiles, until
about 1745. They were probably identical with or a part of the Podunk (q. v.).
De Forest locates the Podunk here, but does not mention the Hoccanum. Hoccanum.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
