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Pocumtuck & River Tribes

Agricultural towns of the middle Connecticut valley — Agawam, Norwottuck, Pocumtuck, Squakheag.

The Mohawk destroyed the Pocumtuck fort in 1664; King Philip's War scattered the valley peoples to Schaghticoke and Odanak by 1677.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Pocumtuck & River Tribes — the shape you scrub through changes in 1000 · 1664.

Further reading

• The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity Jill Lepore · 1998

  King Philip’s War and the Connecticut River valley tribes.

• Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England William Cronon · 1983

  Ecological and contact context for the southern New England interior.

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Sources

• Pocomtuc — Wikipedia