Nipmuck
Americannoun
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There were also Nipmuck towns between Boston and the Connecticut River Valley, and the Abenakis held most of inland Maine.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
The Wampanoag, along with the Nipmuck, Pocumtuck, and Narragansett, took up arms to drive the English from the land.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
Last year, 19 tribes sent representatives, including the Miwok and Maidu, from central California; the Pawnee, from Kansas and Nebraska; the Powhatan, from Virginia; and the Nipmuck, from Massachusetts.
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2014
The Nipmuck Indians were a powerful tribe, consisting of many petty clans spread over the whole of the interior of Massachusetts.
From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Often, it is a mixture of, or a sort of compromise between, two dialects; half Muhhekan, half Narragansett or Nipmuck.
From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)
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