New Hampshire Indians have gone but their names at least remain: Historical New Hampshire/ by New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Title:
- New Hampshire Indians have gone but their names at least remain: Historical New Hampshire/ by New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Author:
- New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1952.
- Physical Description:
- p. 32-35.
- Source:
- Vol. 8, Issue 2, (October 1952). Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- The article discusses place names in New Hampshire that derive from Native American names. The author notes that the New Hampshire towns of Penacook and Ossipee are named after Indian tribes, while Coos County derives from the native name Cowash or Cowass. Several prominent Indians from New Hampshire are examined including Passaconaway, his son Wonolancet, and Samson Occom or Occum, a Mohegan convert to Christianity who attended Dartmouth College. Chocorua, an Ossipee or Pequawket Indian, is also discussed.
- Language:
- English.
- Subjects:
- Indians of North America -- New Hampshire -- History , Pennacook Indians , Indians of North America -- New Hampshire , Geographic names -- Etymology , New Hampshire -- History
- Locations:
- Ossipee (N.H.).
Coos County (N.H.).
New Hampshire.
United States.
Penacook (N.H.) - People:
- Occom, Samson, 1723-1792. , Passaconaway, Chief of the Pennacook Indians. , Wonolancet. , Chocorua.
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