Nipmuck
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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
Within what is now Grafton stood the Nipmuck Indian village of Hassanamesit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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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