- The
Pocomtuc (also Pocomtuck, Po****tuc, Po****tuck, or
Deerfield Indians) were a
Native American tribe historically inhabiting western areas of M****achusetts...
- some time
prior to
European exploration of the area. The
agricultural Pocomtuc tribe lived in
unfortified villages alongside the
Connecticut River north...
-
Algonquian language family,
including the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc,
Pocomtuc, Mahican, and M****achusett.
While cultivation of
crops like
squash and...
- Lorette,
Mohawk from
Kahnawake (both
mission villages), and a
number of
Pocomtuc who had once
lived in the
Deerfield area.
Given the
diversity of personnel...
-
records are incomplete, the
first inhabitants were
likely the
Nipmuc or
Pocomtuc tribes.
During King Philip’s War (1675–1676),
British settlers forced a...
-
Swansea in June 1675.
Metacomet was able to
bring the Narragansett, Nipmuc,
Pocomtuc, Podunk,
Tunxi peoples into his forces,
organizing attacks on numerous...
-
Pynchon purchased land on both
sides of the
Connecticut River from the
local Pocomtuc Indians known as Agawam,
which included present-day Springfield, Chicopee...
- a
metonym for the
entire town of Montague.
Originally inhabited by the
Pocomtuc tribe, the area was
known as Peskeompskut.
Montague was
first settled by...
-
their weapons.[unreliable source?]
Philip gradually gained the Nipmuck,
Pocomtuc, and
Narragansett as allies, and the
beginning of the
uprising was first...
-
Facsimile of the 1636 deed
between William Pynchon and 13
Pocomtuc tribesmen for the
establishment of Springfield,
previously Agawam Plantations, written...
