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[[Image:CantonMA PonkapoagNorthLineMarker.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Historic marker on [[Massachusetts Route 138]] indicating the northern boundary of the Ponkapoag settlement]] |
[[Image:CantonMA PonkapoagNorthLineMarker.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Historic marker on [[Massachusetts Route 138]] indicating the northern boundary of the Ponkapoag settlement]] |
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'''Ponkapoag''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɒ|ŋ|k|ə|p|ɔː|ɡ}}, also '''Punkapaug''',<ref>[[David McCullough]], ''[[John Adams (book)|John Adams]]'', p. 72 (New York: Simon & Schuster 2001) {{ISBN|0-684-81363-7}}. Found online at [https://archive.org/details/johnadams00davi/page/72 <!-- quote=mccullough + punkapaug. --> Internet Archive]. Accessed May 8, 2011.</ref> '''Punkapoag''', or '''Punkapog''', is |
'''Ponkapoag''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɒ|ŋ|k|ə|p|ɔː|ɡ}}, also '''Punkapaug''',<ref>[[David McCullough]], ''[[John Adams (book)|John Adams]]'', p. 72 (New York: Simon & Schuster 2001) {{ISBN|0-684-81363-7}}. Found online at [https://archive.org/details/johnadams00davi/page/72 <!-- quote=mccullough + punkapaug. --> Internet Archive]. Accessed May 8, 2011.</ref> '''Punkapoag''', or '''Punkapog''', is the name of a [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] "[[praying towns|praying town]]" settled in the western [[Blue Hills Reservation|Blue Hills]] area of eastern [[Massachusetts]] during the [[British colonization of the Americas|colonization]] of the [[Atlantic]] seaboard of the [[United States]] by settlers from [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in the 17th century. It is the name given to the winter residence (and subsequently to the tribe) of the group of [[Massachusett]] who lived at the mouth of the [[Neponset River]] near Dorchester in summer. Ponkapoag is now contained almost entirely by the town of [[Canton, Massachusetts]].<ref name="huntoon">{{cite book|last=Huntoon|first=Daniel T. V.|title=History of the Town of Canton|year=1893|publisher=John Wilson and Son|pages=10–13|oclc=3615638|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSxNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10|accessdate=14 November 2010|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|chapter=Ponkapoag Plantation}}</ref> The name is derived from [[Ponkapoag Pond|a nearby pond]] {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of [[Great Blue Hill]]; Ponkapoag means "shallow pond" or "a spring that bubbles from red soil".<ref name="douglas-lithgow">{{cite book|last=Douglas-Lithgow|first=Robert Alexander|title=Dictionary of American-Indian place and proper names in New England|publisher=Salem Press|location=[[Salem, Massachusetts]]|year=1909|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer00doug/page/148 148]|oclc=621081|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer00doug|accessdate=14 November 2010}}</ref> |
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the name of a [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] "[[praying towns|praying town]]" settled in the western [[Blue Hills Reservation|Blue Hills]] area of eastern [[Massachusetts]] during the [[British colonization of the Americas|colonization]] of the [[Atlantic]] seaboard of the [[United States]] by settlers from [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in the 17th century. It is the name given to the winter residence (and subsequently to the tribe) of the group of [[Massachusett]] who lived at the mouth of the [[Neponset River]] near Dorchester in summer. Ponkapoag is now contained almost entirely by the town of [[Canton, Massachusetts]].<ref name="huntoon">{{cite book|last=Huntoon|first=Daniel T. V.|title=History of the Town of Canton|year=1893|publisher=John Wilson and Son|pages=10–13|oclc=3615638|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSxNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10|accessdate=14 November 2010|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|chapter=Ponkapoag Plantation}}</ref> The name is derived from [[Ponkapoag Pond|a nearby pond]] {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of [[Great Blue Hill]]; Ponkapoag means "shallow pond" or "a spring that bubbles from red soil".<ref name="douglas-lithgow">{{cite book|last=Douglas-Lithgow|first=Robert Alexander|title=Dictionary of American-Indian place and proper names in New England|publisher=Salem Press|location=[[Salem, Massachusetts]]|year=1909|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer00doug/page/148 148]|oclc=621081|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer00doug|accessdate=14 November 2010}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 18:32, 8 June 2020
Ponkapoag /ˈpɒŋkəpɔːɡ/, also Punkapaug,[1] Punkapoag, or Punkapog, is the name of a Native American "praying town" settled in the western Blue Hills area of eastern Massachusetts during the colonization of the Atlantic seaboard of the United States by settlers from Britain in the 17th century. It is the name given to the winter residence (and subsequently to the tribe) of the group of Massachusett who lived at the mouth of the Neponset River near Dorchester in summer. Ponkapoag is now contained almost entirely by the town of Canton, Massachusetts.[2] The name is derived from a nearby pond 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Great Blue Hill; Ponkapoag means "shallow pond" or "a spring that bubbles from red soil".[3]
History
Ponkapoag Plantation was established in 1657 as a 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) town parcel formed from Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2][4] It was the second Christianized native settlement, or "Praying Town" in Massachusetts, after Natick was established in 1651.[2][5] In 1654 members of the Nemasket Tribe located in the village of Cohannet in current day Bristol County were among the first Native Americans relocated as part of King Philip's War to Ponkapoag.[6] From 1657 to his death around 1670, Quashaamit (William) served as a teaching minister in Ponkapoag, and also deeded large parcels of land in modern day, Mendon, Milford, Braintree (Quincy), and North Smithfield.[7]
The Massachusett (punkapoags) still live within their territory today.
References
- ^ David McCullough, John Adams, p. 72 (New York: Simon & Schuster 2001) ISBN 0-684-81363-7. Found online at Internet Archive. Accessed May 8, 2011.
- ^ a b c Huntoon, Daniel T. V. (1893). "Ponkapoag Plantation". History of the Town of Canton. Cambridge, Massachusetts: John Wilson and Son. pp. 10–13. OCLC 3615638. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ Douglas-Lithgow, Robert Alexander (1909). Dictionary of American-Indian place and proper names in New England. Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press. p. 148. OCLC 621081. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ "Neponsett / Ponkapoag Tribe Home Page". Ponkapoag Tribal Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ "Our History". Praying Indians of Natick and Ponkapoag. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ Massachusetts Indian Towns, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906.
- ^ James N. Arnold, The Narragansett Historical Register (RI) Vol. 6, (1888), pg. 72-74 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=078840511X
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