ChamberlaineandPaugusAtLovewellsFightEngraving from John Gilmary Shea A Child's History of the United StatesHess and McDavitt 1872

Paugus was chief of the Pequawket tribe which lived along the Saco River in present-day Conway, New Hampshire, and

Fryeburg, Maine Fryeburg is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,369 at the 2020 census. Fryeburg is home to Fryeburg Academy, a semi-private preparatory school, and the International Musical Arts Institute. The town is also s ...

. He was killed at the

Battle of Pequawket The Battle of Pequawket (also known as Lovewell's Fight) occurred on May 9, 1725 (O.S.), during Father Rale's War in northern New England. Captain John Lovewell led a privately organized company of Scalping, scalp hunters, organized into a makesh ...

in 1725 during Father Rale's War. Paugus translates into English as "The Oak".

Paugus Bay Paugus Bay is a water body located in Belknap County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the city of Laconia. A short channel at its north end connects it with Lake Winnipesaukee in the village of Weirs Beach, and ...

was named for him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paugus People in Father Rale's War 1725 deaths History of Maine Native American leaders Murdered Native American people Year of birth unknown People from Conway, New Hampshire People from Fryeburg, Maine Native American people from Maine

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