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But at an event Saturday in Penacook, N.H., she shifted gears.
Bruised in Iowa, 2008
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CNN's Suzanne Malveaux is live in Penacook, New Hampshire where Senator Clinton is holding an event this morning.
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The Indian chieftain, Passaconaway, was responsible for forming the Penacook confederacy, a unification of local tribes against the hostile Mohawks.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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Pemigewasset, near the juncture of Baker's River (afterwards so called), they erected a log-cabin, in that hitherto transient abode of the wild animals of the forest and the still wilder Indians, who at intervals passed through the place on their way to Penacook, Contoocook,
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 Various
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Penacook, Contoocook, Hooksett, etc., seeing the whites encroaching upon their lands, began their maraudings and became so troublesome, that the settlers regarded it as no sin to kill a redskin who was known to watch about for an opportunity to secretly send an arrow with deadly intent at their white brothers whenever they ventured beyond the limits of their little settlement.
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 Various
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Massachusetts granted, January 17, 1725-6, the township of Penacook, embracing the city of Concord, New Hampshire.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884 Various
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Penacook the river glides, its volume increased by the Contcocook; through fertile intervales, over rapids and falls, past Suncook and
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884 Various
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In 1660, Passaconaway relinquished all authority over his tribe, retiring at a ripe old age, and turning over his office of sachem to his son Wannalancet, whose headquarters were at Penacook.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884 Various
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The richness of the intervals at Penacook, now Concord, New Hampshire, had been observed by explorers, and, according to the historian of Haverhill, in the
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His son Wannalancet carefully followed his advice, and when Philip's War broke out, he withdrew his followers to Penacook, now Concord in New Hampshire, from the scene of the war.
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