Pocomtuc, the Glossary
The Pocomtuc (also Pocomtuck, Pocumtuc, Pocumtuck, or Deerfield Indians) were a Native American tribe historically inhabiting western areas of Massachusetts.[1]
Table of Contents
56 relations: Abenaki, Agawam, Massachusetts, Algonquian languages, Algonquian peoples, Bean, Connecticut, Connecticut River, Cucurbita, Deerfield River, Deerfield, Massachusetts, Eastern Algonquian languages, Easthampton, Massachusetts, Enfield, Connecticut, Epidemic, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Gray Lock, H. P. Lovecraft, Hadley, Massachusetts, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, King Philip's War, Lovecraft Country, Maize, Massachusetts, Metro Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, Missiquoi, Mohegan, Mohicans, Narragansett people, Native American tribes in Massachusetts, Native Americans in the United States, New England, Nipmuc, Northampton, Massachusetts, Northfield, Massachusetts, Norwottuck, Pequots, Russell, Massachusetts, Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, Schaghticoke (village), New York, Seven Years' War, Smallpox, Springfield, Massachusetts, Stone circle, Suffield, Connecticut, The Dunwich Horror, Tunxis, Turners Falls, Massachusetts, ... Expand index (6 more) »
- Native American tribes in Connecticut
- Native American tribes in Massachusetts
Abenaki
The Abenaki (Abenaki: Wαpánahki) are Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. Pocomtuc and Abenaki are Algonquian ethnonyms, Algonquian peoples and indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands.
Agawam, Massachusetts
Agawam is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages (also Algonkian) are a subfamily of the Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group. Pocomtuc and Algonquian languages are Algonquian peoples.
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Algonquian peoples
The Algonquians are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups. Pocomtuc and Algonquian peoples are indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands.
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Bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food.
Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states.
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Cucurbita
gourd is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as cucurbits or cucurbi), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica.
Deerfield River
Deerfield River is a river that runs for from southern Vermont through northwestern Massachusetts to the Connecticut River.
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Deerfield, Massachusetts
Deerfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Eastern Algonquian languages
The Eastern Algonquian languages constitute a subgroup of the Algonquian languages.
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Easthampton, Massachusetts
Easthampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Enfield, Connecticut
Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, first settled by John and Robert Pease of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Epidemic
An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period of time.
Franklin County, Massachusetts
Franklin County is a nongovernmental county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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Gray Lock
Gray Lock (or Greylock, born Wawanotewat, Wawanolet, or Wawanolewat), (ca. 1670-ca. 1750), was a Western Abenaki warrior chieftain of Woronoco/Pocumtuck ancestry who came to lead the Missisquoi Abenaki band, and whose direct descendants have led the Missisquoi Abenaki until the current day. Pocomtuc and Gray Lock are native American history of Massachusetts.
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction.
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Hadley, Massachusetts
Hadley is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hampden County is a non-governmental county located in the Pioneer Valley of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, in the United States.
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Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hampshire County is a historical and judicial county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.
Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York.
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King Philip's War
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands against the English New England Colonies and their indigenous allies. Pocomtuc and King Philip's War are native American history of Massachusetts.
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Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country is a term coined for the New England setting used by H. P. Lovecraft in many of his weird fiction stories, which combines real and fictitious locations.
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Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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Metro Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
Metro Center is the original colonial settlement of Springfield, Massachusetts, located beside a bend in the Connecticut River.
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Missiquoi
The Missiquoi (or the Missisquoi or the Sokoki) were a historic band of Abenaki Indigenous peoples from present-day southern Quebec and formerly northern Vermont. Pocomtuc and Missiquoi are Algonquian ethnonyms.
Mohegan
The Mohegan are an Algonquian Native American tribe historically based in present-day Connecticut. Pocomtuc and Mohegan are Algonquian ethnonyms, Algonquian peoples and native American tribes in Connecticut.
Mohicans
The Mohicans are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe that historically spoke an Algonquian language. Pocomtuc and Mohicans are Algonquian ethnonyms, Algonquian peoples, Extinct languages of North America and native American tribes in Massachusetts.
Narragansett people
The Narragansett people are an Algonquian American Indian tribe from Rhode Island. Pocomtuc and Narragansett people are Algonquian ethnonyms, native American tribes in Connecticut and native American tribes in Massachusetts.
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Native American tribes in Massachusetts
Native American tribes in Massachusetts are the Native American tribes and their reservations that existed historically and those that still exist today in what is now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Pocomtuc and Native American tribes in Massachusetts are indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and native American history of Massachusetts.
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.
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New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Nipmuc
The Nipmuc or Nipmuck people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who historically spoke an Eastern Algonquian language, probably the Loup language. Pocomtuc and Nipmuc are Algonquian ethnonyms, native American tribes in Connecticut and native American tribes in Massachusetts.
Northampton, Massachusetts
The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Northfield, Massachusetts
Northfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Norwottuck
Norwottuck is the Algonquian name for an area that is now Northampton and Hadley, Massachusetts. Pocomtuc and Norwottuck are native American history of Massachusetts.
Pequots
The Pequot are a Native American people of Connecticut. Pocomtuc and Pequots are Algonquian ethnonyms, Algonquian peoples and native American tribes in Connecticut.
Russell, Massachusetts
Russell is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec
Saint-François-du-Lac is a community in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada.
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Schaghticoke (village), New York
Schaghticoke is a village in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.
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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas.
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Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Stone circle
A stone circle is a ring of standing stones.
Suffield, Connecticut
Suffield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
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The Dunwich Horror
"The Dunwich Horror" is a horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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Tunxis
The Tunxis were a group of Quiripi speaking Connecticut Native Americans that is known to history mainly through their interactions with English settlers in New England. Pocomtuc and Tunxis are Algonquian ethnonyms, Extinct Native American tribes and native American tribes in Connecticut.
Turners Falls, Massachusetts
Turners Falls is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Montague in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Uncas
Uncas was a sachem of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes.
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Wampanoag
The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. Pocomtuc and Wampanoag are Algonquian ethnonyms, Algonquian peoples, indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, native American history of Massachusetts and native American tribes in Massachusetts.
Wappinger
The Wappinger were an Eastern Algonquian Munsee-speaking Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut. Pocomtuc and Wappinger are Algonquian ethnonyms, Algonquian peoples, Extinct Native American tribes, indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and native American tribes in Connecticut.
West Springfield, Massachusetts
West Springfield is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Westfield, Massachusetts
Westfield is a city in Hampden County, in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, United States.
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See also
Native American tribes in Connecticut
- Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
- Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation
- Hammonasset people
- Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
- Mohegan
- Mohegan Tribe
- Narragansett people
- Niantic
- Niantic people
- Nipmuc
- Paugussett
- Pequot
- Pequots
- Pocomtuc
- Podunk people
- Pompton people
- Potatuck
- Quinnipiac
- Saukiog
- Schaghticoke people
- Schaghticoke tribe
- Siwanoy
- Tunxis
- Wangunk
- Wappinger
- Warranocke
- Wawyachtonoc
Native American tribes in Massachusetts
- Agawam people
- Chaubunagungamaug Reservation
- Hassanamisco Nipmuc
- Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
- Massachusett
- Mohicans
- Monashackotoog
- Narragansett people
- Nashaway
- Native American tribes in Massachusetts
- Naumkeag people
- Nauset
- Nipmuc
- Paomet
- Patuxet
- Pawtucket tribe
- Pennacook
- Pocasset village
- Pocomtuc
- Succonet
- Wampanoag
- Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
- Webster/Dudley Band of Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Indians
- Wunnashowatuckoog
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocomtuc
Also known as Deerfield Indians, Pocomtuc tribe, Pocumtuc, Pocumtuck, Pocumtuck Confederacy.
, Uncas, Vermont, Wampanoag, Wappinger, West Springfield, Massachusetts, Westfield, Massachusetts.