Pocumtuck

The Pocumtuck and Nipmuc refugees at Schaghticoke, however, found themselves in the awkward position of neutrals whose loyalty was suspect to the English, while they were despised by their relatives fighting for the French.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

Mashalisk was a Pocumtuck woman who lived on the east side of the Pocumtuck Range, near the Connecticut River in present-day Deerfield, Massachusetts.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

The exact date of the Mohawk attack on the Pocumtuck village is not known, but by early February, 1665, it was destroyed.

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The settlers around Deerfield sought the rights to their lands from Pocumtucks or persons claiming to be Pocumtuck, and they gathered signatures to land cessions from a number of scattered people.

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Although forced to leave Massachusetts, the Pocumtuck continued to fight the English.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

Many of the most prominent of them spoke the Algonquin language, including the Pocumtuck.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

Quite naturally, therefore, the men of Pocumtuck were not disquieted by news of Indian troubles.

The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Mary Caroline Crawford

The Pocumtuck people had numbered more than 18,000, fifty years later they were down to 920 - 95% destroyed.

Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2010

The Pocumtuck people had numbered more than 18,000, fifty years later they were down to 920 - 95% destroyed.

Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2010