Total population | |
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extinct as a tribe in the early 19th century [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New Hampshire, Maine | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Abenaki peoples |
The Pequawket were a Native American band of Abenaki people. In the 18th century, they lived in New Hampshire and Maine. [2]
The Pequawket lived near the headwaters of the Saco River and near what is now Carroll County, New Hampshire [2] and Oxford County, Maine. Their primary town, also called Pequawket, was near Fryeburg, Maine. [2]
The etymology of Pequawket is disputed but might come from pekwakik, which translates "at the hole in the ground". [2]
Their name is also spelled 'Pigwacket and many other spelling variants, and Dean Snow suggests it may have come from Eastern Abenaki apíkwahki, "land of hollows"). [3]
On April 16, 1725, the Pequawket fought the Battle at Pequawket against Captain John Lovewell and 50 English troops. The Pequawket killed Lovewell; however, the British killed Chief Paugus. After that skirmish, the Pequawket and the Arosaguntacook withdrew to the Connecticut River. The Arosaguntacook migrated north to Canada, where they settled in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, while the Pequawket stayed there through the American Revolutionary War. Some returned to their homeland in the late 18th century. [2]
Total population | |
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extinct as a tribe in the early 19th century [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New Hampshire, Maine | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Abenaki peoples |
The Pequawket were a Native American band of Abenaki people. In the 18th century, they lived in New Hampshire and Maine. [2]
The Pequawket lived near the headwaters of the Saco River and near what is now Carroll County, New Hampshire [2] and Oxford County, Maine. Their primary town, also called Pequawket, was near Fryeburg, Maine. [2]
The etymology of Pequawket is disputed but might come from pekwakik, which translates "at the hole in the ground". [2]
Their name is also spelled 'Pigwacket and many other spelling variants, and Dean Snow suggests it may have come from Eastern Abenaki apíkwahki, "land of hollows"). [3]
On April 16, 1725, the Pequawket fought the Battle at Pequawket against Captain John Lovewell and 50 English troops. The Pequawket killed Lovewell; however, the British killed Chief Paugus. After that skirmish, the Pequawket and the Arosaguntacook withdrew to the Connecticut River. The Arosaguntacook migrated north to Canada, where they settled in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, while the Pequawket stayed there through the American Revolutionary War. Some returned to their homeland in the late 18th century. [2]