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The Pequawket (also Pigwacket and many other spelling variants, from
The Pequawket (also Pigwacket and many other spelling variants, from Eastern Abenaki
The Abenaki (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian languages, Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. ...
''apíkwahki'', "land of hollows") are a Native American subdivision of the Abenaki people
The Abenaki (Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was predom ...
who formerly lived near the headwaters of the Saco River
The Saco River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Sαkóhki'') is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, Maine, Portland ...
in Carroll County, New Hampshire
Carroll County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 50,107, making it the third-least populous county in New Hampshire. Its county seat is O ...
and Oxford County, Maine
Oxford County is a county in the state of Maine, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the county had a population of 57,777. Its county seat is the town of Paris. The county was formed on March 4, 1805, by the Massachusetts General Court in th ...
. Pequawket is also the Abenaki name for 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 ...
, and the Abenaki name for Kearsarge North
Kearsarge North is a mountain located about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names accepted the name "Pequawket Mountain" in 1915 but it was renamed Kearsarge North ...
mountain.
Molly Ockett
Molly Ockett (also "Mollyockett", "Mollocket" and "Molly Occut") (born circa 1725–1744, Saco, Maine, died August 2, 1816, Andover, Maine), was a Native American woman of the Abenaki nation who lived in the regions of northern New Hampshire and Ma ...
was a Pequawket woman known for her skills in medical healing in the early 19th century.
See also
*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 ...
* Pequawket Brook
Pequawket Brook is a stream near the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It lies within the watershed of the Saco River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean in Maine. The brook is under the jurisdiction of the New Hampshire Comp ...
* Nescambious - a well-known Pequawket chief in the 18th century.
References
{{authority control Abenaki Algonquian peoples Native American history of Maine Native American history of New Hampshire Algonquian ethnonyms Native American tribes in Maine