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600    INDIANS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

| I    cribe the deed to the English, and be provoked to join the confed-

1I    eracy against them ; but one of the number, who had been left for

!    dead, unexpectedly recovered, and disclosed to his countrymen the

perfidy of Philip—a circumstance which made them his implaca-    mS?

hie enemies.

For some time had the colonists been apprehensive of hostile de-
signs on the part of the Indians. Their suspicions were confirmed
by the following occurence. Sausaman, a Christian Indian, whom
Philip suspected of giving intelligence of his plots to the English,
was murdered at his instigation, and his body thrown into a pond.

] i;    This act was considered as equivalent to a declaration of Avar.

But the first settlers of this State did not suffer as much as in Avars
I;    brought on by the French and Canada Indians, years afterwards.

.j|    The    Tribes on the Merrimack Avere the Nashuas occupying the

p    lands on the Nashua and the intervals upon the Merrimack, oppo-

|!;    site the mouth of the river, and for some distance along its banks,

i f    The    Souhegans, lived on the Souhegan, occupying the rich inter-

!;    vals on the Merrimack, above and below the mouth of the Souhe-

II    gan. These Indians were often called Natacooks or Nacooks, mean-    _m

0    ing a clearing, as much of their lands was cleared. The Namos-
keags lived near the falls of the Merrimack, now called Amoskeag,
at the city of Manchester.

'    The    Penacooks occupied the rich intervals on the Merrimack,

jat Penacook,* noAV including Boav, BoscaAven, and Concord.

Hi    The    Winnipesaukies occupied the land in the vicinity of the

I ii    Lake of that name.

The Weares, at the outlet of the Lake, was a noted fishing place

1    for the Indians, thence the name.

|    The    four tribes above mentioned, Avere subservient to the Penna-

cooks, who by living upon fertile soil, and long under control of a
wise chief (PassaeonnaAvay,) Avere more intelligent, and became    the

j j:    head of a poAA^rerful confederacy.

i.i    The    Falls, from the mouth of the Souhegan, to the mouth of the

|jl"    Contoocook, proved great fishing grounds for the Indians, at    the    ♦

V.    right season of the year.

I    The    Namoskeag Falls, were far the best for securing fish, and

\    doubtless    more fish Avere caught here, than at all the other falls

31    north of the PaAvtucket fall, at Lowell.

p:    * This word was formerly spelt Pennacouk, but, at the present time, it is usually spelt

;;    Penacook.