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From the Last Ice Age to 1700

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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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