Excerpt from Notes on the Crania of New England Indians According to the earliest writers. New England. Or at least, all that portion of it lying between the Hudson river and the Saco. Was inhabited by five principal nations of Indians. Of these, it may be roughly said that: lst, the Pequots or Mohegans. Held the greater part of Connecticut, with their principal town at, or near, the site of the present city of New London; 2d, the Narragansitts occupied what is now known as Rhode Island; 3d, the Pawkannawkuts, or Wampanoags, lived in southeastern Massachusetts; 4th. The Massachusetts were just north of them in the bay of that name and the adja cent parts, and 5th, the Pawtucketts lived still farther to the north, with their dominion reaching so far as the English jurisdiction, or colony of the Massachusetts doth now extend.l Beyond this limit and within the confines of the present state of Maine, there were to be found the Penobscots and Norridgewocks and kindred tribes, or Abenakis' as they were called by the French, and still farther to the east and north, the dreaded Tar rantines, whom Schoolcraft identifies with the Micmacs. With this latter group, however, I am not now concerned, and shall confine my observations to the five principal Sa chemships of New England. These were subdivided into a number of smaller tribes, or to quote the precise words of the old chronicler. They had dominion over. Or had under them many other petty governours or Sagamores. Although thus divided and subdivided. And not unfrequently engaged in internecine strife. There appears to have been but little if any difference between them. Judging from what we are told of their ap pearance and language. Their manners and customs. As well as of their mode of life and form of government.8 Indeed we tnav even go a step farther. And basin our conclusion upon the vocabularies that have come down to us. Declare with Mr. (iaiiatin. That the Indians from the Sam river to the Hudson belonged to the Algonkin - Lenape family.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.