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 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.
Hadley Indians. A small body or band, possibly Nipmuc,
which, at the time of King Philip's war in 1675, occupied a small fort about a
mile above Hatfield, on the w. side of Connecticut r., in Hampshire co., Mass.
They abandoned their village to join Philip's forces and thereafter ceased to be
known under the name above given. (J. M. )
Hassanamesit ('at the place of small stones'. Gookin).
A village of Christian Indians established in 1654 at Grafton, Worcester co.,
Mass., in Nipmuc territory. The last of the pure Indians died about 1825, but in
1830 there were still 14 persons there of mixed Indian and Negro blood. It was
the third of the praying towns "in order, dignity, and antiquity." Cf.
Hassimanisco. (J. M)
Herring Pond. A former settlement on a reserve
established for Christian Indians in 1655 at Herring Pond, Plymouth co., Mass.
It is probably identical with Comassakumkanit, mentioned by Bourne in 1674, and
the Indians there seem to have been considered a distinct tribe. In 1825 there
were but 40 left, and these were of mixed blood. (J. M.)
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
