Pequawket
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
subdivision of the Abenaki people who formerly lived near the headwaters of the Saco River
Saco River
The Saco River is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Saco Bay, from its source. It supplies drinking water to roughly 250,000...
in Carroll County, New Hampshire
Carroll County, New Hampshire
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,666 people, 18,351 households, and 12,313 families residing in the county. The population density was 18/km² . There were 34,750 housing units at an average density of 14/km²...
and Oxford County, Maine
Oxford County, Maine
Oxford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine with a population of 57,833 as of the 2010 U.S. census. Its county seat is Paris.Part of Oxford County is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, metropolitan New England City and Town Area while a different part of Oxford County is...
. Pequawket is also the Abenaki name for Fryeburg, Maine, and the Abenaki name for Mount Kearsarge (Carroll County, New Hampshire)
Mount Kearsarge (Carroll County, New Hampshire)
Mount Kearsarge is a mountain located about 4 miles northeast of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. The mountain's Abenaki name is Pequawket...
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See also
- Battle of PequawketBattle of PequawketThe Battle of Pequawket occurred during Dummer's War when New England Ranger John Lovewell led an attack against the Abenaki at Pequawket, the site of present-day Fryeburg, Maine...
- Pequawket BrookPequawket BrookPequawket Brook is a 6.4 mile long stream near the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It lies within the watershed of the Saco River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean in Maine...
- NescambiousNescambiousNescambious , was a Native American leader of the Pequawket tribe of the Abenaki who was knighted by Louis XIV of France in 1706. He was first associated with the French in the siege of Fort St. John led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1695 during the Avalon Peninsula Campaign...
- a well-known Pequawket chief in the 18th century