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The earliest colonial records and reports used Pokanoket as the name of the tribe whose leaders (the Massasoit Ousemequin until 1661, his son Wamsutta from 1661 to 1662, and Metacomet from 1662 to 1676) led the Wampanoag confederation at the time the English began settling southeastern New England.
Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation; O'Brien, Frank Waabu (2010). Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England. Colorado: Bauu Press. Trumbull, James H. (1881). Indian Names of Places, etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them.
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
Kick the Dust up With 300 Country Boy Names for Your Little Cowboy. 125 Best Old Man Names for Baby Boys and Their Meanings. Canva/Parade. 1. Arthur — Of Celtic origin, meaning "bear" or ...
Monomoy Island (and point): (Wampanoag) "look-out place" or "deep water" Muskeget Island (and channel): (Wampanoag) "grassy place" Mystic River: (Natick) "great tidal stream" Nagog Pond: Concord water supply located in Acton; Nantasket Beach: (Natick/Wampanoag) "at the strait" or "low-tide place" Nashawena Island: (Wampanoag) "between" Nashoba ...
Tisquantum (/ t ɪ s ˈ k w ɒ n t əm /; c. 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 O.S.), more commonly known as Squanto (/ ˈ s k w ɒ n t oʊ /), was a member of the Patuxet tribe of Wampanoags, best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum's former summer ...
The Wampanoag connection to the first Thanksgiving. Tribal Chairman Brian Weeden says the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has existed for over 12,000 years in current-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
The colonists sold many Wampanoag men into slavery in the Caribbean, and enslaved women and children in New England. The colonists designated Mashpee on Cape Cod as the largest Native American reservation in Massachusetts. The town's name is an Anglicization of a Native name, Mâseepee: mâs meaning "large" and, upee meaning "water." It is ...