The Pocomtuc were a Native American tribe inhabiting the Connecticut River valley from the northern tip of Connecticut, Western Massachusetts, and the tri-state area of Vermont, New Hammpshire, and Massachusetts. Placenames such as Agawam, Norwottuck, and Squawkeag bear to the Pocomtuc presence. Unlike the better-known tribes of eastern Massachusetts, the Pocomtuc spoke an R-Dialect of the Algonquin language, closely related to Mahican, neighbours to the west, and the Mattabesic, a Connecticut tribe to the South. Decimated by introduced diseases, and victims of Iroquois expansion and conflicts between the English and Dutch, the Pocumtuc mostly fled the Connecticut River valley before European settlement in the late 1600's. Most fled with the Mahican and some Nipmuch to Schaghticook on the Hudson River in New York or fled North to join the Sokoki Indians in Québec. The Pocomtuc were engaged in agriculture along the fertile lands, and also of the great salmon and shad runs of the river. Trade was important, with the Quinnitukqut (long river) providing transport, and also on the Mahican trail, roughly corresponding to route two. Chief Wawanotewat "Greylock" was a respected and feared warrior after the Pocomtuc had left New England by the late 1700's, but continued to terrorise Western New England. Today, Massachusetts' highest peak bears his English name. The tribe is extinct, although the Abenaki tribes of Canada and Vermont and New Hampshire most likely have Pocomtuc blood amongst them. The Connecticut River as seen from the French King Bridge in western Massachusetts The Connecticut River is the largest river in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont, through Western Massachusetts and central Connecticut into Long Island... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Senators Edward Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... The Mahicans (also Mohicans) are a Native American tribe who were living in and around the Hudson Valley at the time of their first contact with Europeans in 1609. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Senators Chris Dodd (D) Joe Lieberman (D) Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Abenakis. ...

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• Pocomtuc History