- Fact 2 - Northeast tribes were
static woodland tribes of tribe of hunter fishers. Men were in
charge of hunting for food and protecting the camp and the women
were in charge of the home and land
- Fact 3 -
Massachusetts is bordered on
the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York,
on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the east by
the Atlantic Ocean.
- Fact 4 - Massachusetts
- The Indians of Massachusetts included the Mohican, Nauset,
Wampanoag, Pocomtuc, Pequot, Nauset, Nipmuc and the
Massachuset
- Fact 5 - The Mohican (also referrred to as Mahicans)
are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe, originally
settling in the Hudson River Valley in Albany, New York. After
1680, many moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
- Fact 6 - The Nauset were a distinct tribe but
subjected to Wampanoag overlordship. The Nausets were great
allies of the New England colonists as scouts and warriors
against the other tribes. Before King Philip's War, many were
converted to the Christian religion. Their numbers were depleted
by European diseases for which they had no immunity
- Fact 7 - The Wampanoag aka Wapenock, Massasoit’’
and ‘Philip's Indians’ were members of a once-powerful tribe who
inhabited the area east of Narragansett Bay from Rhode Island to
Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket at the time of the
Pilgrim settlement. The "three sisters," corn (maize),
beans and squash were the staples of their diet, supplemented by
fish and game. Wampanoag means People of the First Light.
- Fact 8 - The Pocomtuc The Pocomtuc,
also Pocumtuck or Deerfield Indians, inhabited western
Massachusetts, especially around the Deerfield and Connecticut
Rivers in Franklin County. They were famers and fishers, like
other tribes in the area. They fought against the
Pequots and the English colonists in King Phillip's War.
- Fact 9 - The Pequot were a war-like tribe of the
Eastern Woodlands cultural area. The name is derived from an
Algonquian word meaning “destroyers.”
- Fact 10 -The Nipmuc aka Nipmuck,
lived in central Massachusetts and the adjoining parts of
southern New England. They lived in independent bands and
villages Their name is derived from an Algonquian word meaning
“"fresh water people."
- Fact 11 - The Massachuset were an Algonquian Native
American tribe who occupied the territory around Massachusetts
Bay and ranged northward. The Massachuset owned and occupied the
site of Boston. Once a large tribe they were decimated by 1631
due to wars and pestilence.
- Fact 12 -
The Pequot War: In 1637 tensions between the colonists andPuritans
of Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay colonies and the Pequot escalated into
open warfare. The Pequots were defeated by the
colonists, who were led by John Underhill and John Mason and the
Narragansetts and Mohegans who were their allies. The Pequot suffered savage retribution
and many were sold as slaves.
- Fact 13 - History: 1675 - 1677 King
Philip's War so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who was called Philip by the
English. This war proved to be the final struggle by the Native
Americans of Massachusetts
- Fact 14- The Massachusetts Indians
often used elm-bark or dugout canoes
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