Metallak
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Metallak was the last survivor of a band of Native Americans known as the Androscoggin
, Cowasuck or, more properly, the Arosaguntacook http://www.thekingdomhistorical.com/stories2.html. The band, part of the Abenaki nation, inhabited the upper Androscoggin
and Magalloway
rivers along the northern border of New Hampshire
and Maine
. They also lived in the village of St. Francis
in the Canadian province of Quebec
. Metallak was the youngest son of Pial, chief of the tribe.
Metallak was well known by early European settlers in the area and was on friendly terms with most of them. Blinded by accidents in his later years, Metallak died a pauper in 1853 at the reputed age of 120.
His name survives in place names such as Metallak Island in Umbagog Lake, and two different Metallak Mountains, one in Maine and one in New Hampshire.
Various spellings of his name include Metalluc, Matalak, and Metalak.
Androscoggin (tribe)
The Androscoggin were a tribe of the Abenaki nation who lived in what now are Maine and New Hampshire. It is assumed that by the 18th century, they had been absorbed by neighboring tribes.- Name :...
, Cowasuck or, more properly, the Arosaguntacook http://www.thekingdomhistorical.com/stories2.html. The band, part of the Abenaki nation, inhabited the upper Androscoggin
Androscoggin River
The Androscoggin River is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is in area...
and Magalloway
Magalloway River
The Magalloway River is a river in northwestern Maine and northern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River, which flows to the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine, near the Atlantic Ocean...
rivers along the northern border of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
and Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
. They also lived in the village of St. Francis
Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec
Saint-François-du-Lac is a community in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,002...
in the Canadian province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. Metallak was the youngest son of Pial, chief of the tribe.
Metallak was well known by early European settlers in the area and was on friendly terms with most of them. Blinded by accidents in his later years, Metallak died a pauper in 1853 at the reputed age of 120.
His name survives in place names such as Metallak Island in Umbagog Lake, and two different Metallak Mountains, one in Maine and one in New Hampshire.
Various spellings of his name include Metalluc, Matalak, and Metalak.