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Passamaquoddy Indian History
Passamaquoddy (Peskěděmakâdi
'plenty of pollock.') A small tribe belonging to the Abnaki confederacy,
but speaking nearly the same dialect as the Malecite. They formerly
occupied all the region about Passamaquoddy bay and on the St. Croix river
and Schoodic lake, on the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.
Their principal village was Gunasquamekook, on the site of St Andrews,
N.B. They were restricted by the pressure of the white settlements,
and in 1866 were settled chiefly at Sebaik, near Perry, on the south side
of the bay, and on Lewis Island. They had other villages at Calais,
on Schoodic lake in Washington county, Maine and on St. Croix river in New
Brunswick. They were estimated at about 150 in 1726, 130 in 1804,
379 in 1825, and from 400 to 500 in 1859. The Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes send to the
Maine legislature a representative who is permitted to speak only on
matters connected with the affairs of the Indian reservations (Prince in
Proc. Am. Philos. Soc XXXVI, 481, 1897). See
Abnaki
Index of Tribes or Nations Source: Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
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