Native Americans in Andover and Shawsheen River: Difference between pages

From Andover Answers
(Difference between pages)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
 
mNo edit summary
 
Line 1: Line 1:
Pawtuckets or Pentuckets were in the area of what was to become Andover when the first Europeans settled. Passaconnaway was the Grand Sachem of the land that extended from Amoskeag and what is now Concord New Hampshire to the Merrimack River He proved to be friendly, but upon his death there were many wars until 1696.
The Shawsheen River flows 25 miles from its headwaters in Bedford to its confluence with the Merrimack River in Lawrence. The river loses 70 feet in elevation along the way. 
According to legend, the name "Shawsheen" is a Native American word meaning "serpent" or "serpentine", while other sources interpret the name to mean "Great Spring" and "Beauty's Pathway".
 
See
 
*[http://www.shawsheen.org/recmap/InfoPage.htm Shawsheen River Recreational Map]
 
*[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeaterminal&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Air%2C+Water+%26+Climate+Change&L2=Preserving+Water+Resources&L3=Massachusetts+Watersheds&sid=Eoeea&b=terminalcontent&f=eea_water_shawsheen&csid=Eoeea Shawsheen River Watershed]
 
*[http://www.avisandover.org/shawsheenriver.html AVIS Shawsheen River Reservation]


The Western [[Abenaki]] were under attack from the Iriquois from 1615 to 1670.  Some fled to Canada, others to the Merrimack River


See
*[http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11P6L593U0375.22622&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=camp+in+the+bend+in+the+river&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Camp In the Bend of the River: Prehistory at the Shattuck Farm Site''], (Andover Room R 974.42 Lue), page 308 - page 315.


<br style="clear:both;" />
<br style="clear:both;" />
 
--[[User:Glenda|Glenda]] 16:27, January 12, 2007 (EST)<!-- insert signature here, if desired -->
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 12:01, December 18, 2006 (EST)


back to [[Main Page|Main Page]]
back to [[Main Page|Main Page]]
[[Category:Andover Answers Index]]
[[Category:Andover Answers Index]]

Revision as of 11:40, 5 October 2011

The Shawsheen River flows 25 miles from its headwaters in Bedford to its confluence with the Merrimack River in Lawrence. The river loses 70 feet in elevation along the way. According to legend, the name "Shawsheen" is a Native American word meaning "serpent" or "serpentine", while other sources interpret the name to mean "Great Spring" and "Beauty's Pathway".

See



--Glenda 16:27, January 12, 2007 (EST)

back to Main Page

Retrieved from "https://answers.mhl.org/index.php?title=Native_Americans_in_Andover&oldid=2271"