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Nauset Indians Home.
Nauset people also called
Cape Indian.
Their principal village, Nauset, was near the present Eastham.
Indians probably came in contact with the whites at an early date, as
the cape was frequently visited by
navigators. From tribe Hunt in 1614 carried off 7 natives and
sold theta into slavery with 20 Indians
of Patuxet, they seem
to have escaped the great pestilence which prevailed along the New
England coast in 1617
Many of them were killed or driven off during King Philip's War.
The first European settlers found several Native American groups
living in the Massachusetts region, they were Eastern Woodland
Indians of Algonquian stock. The major tribes
were the Nauset on Cape Cod, the
Massachuset, and the Wampanoag.
Northeast Indians. The major speakers of Algonquian languages
include the Passamaquoddy, Malecite, Mi’kmaq
(Micmac) Abenaki, Penobscot, Pennacook, Massachuset, Nauset,
Wampanoag, Narragansett, Niantic, Pequot,
Mohegan, Nipmuc, Pocomtuc.
Short Movie - Nauset Indians Home. Cape Cod National Seashore.
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