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But, to the west, the Narragansetts—traditional rivals largely untouched by the epidemic—now outnumbered the Wampanoags, and that led to the strengthening of Ousamequin’s alliances with the surviving Massachusett and another nearby group, the Nipmucks.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

The Nipmucks of the Connecticut River, there, aided in the dreadful work.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

Most of the surviving Narragansetts, the Nipmucks, and the River Indians, abandoned their country and migrated to the north and west.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John

The territories of three nations, the Muhhekans, Nipmucks and River Indians, ran together at this point.

From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)

That Philip plotted with the Narragansetts seems certain, and the early events of the war point clearly to a previous understanding with the Nipmucks.

From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by Fiske, John