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From the Last Ice Age to 1700

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Chapter Questions

  • Table of Contents
  • Preface: History of Cape Ann and Beyond
  • How Do We Know Indigenous People Lived Here?
  • What do local Algonquian place names really mean?
  • Why did we know so little about Indigenous history here?
  • What people lived in Essex County, and when?
  • Who were the Paleoindians?
  • Who were the Maritime Archaics?
  • Who were the people of the Eastern Woodlands?
  • How did the Eastern Algonquians make their living in Essex County?
  • Where were the Indigenous settlements in Essex County?
  • Where exactly are Agawam and Wenesquawam?
  • What did Champlain see in the “Cape of Islands”?
  • Who Else Explored Here and What Did They Find?
  • How Were the Pawtucket Organized and Led?
  • How Did the Pawtucket Make Sense of Their World?

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