Vermont extract from
John Reed Swanton's

The Indian Tribes of North America

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(Vermont) Extract from

The Indian Tribes of North America

by John R. Swanton

Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 145—1953

[726 pages—Smithsonian Institution]

(pp. 18-19)

Vermont

Abnaki. An Abnaki band known as the Missiassik was at one time settled on Missisquoi River in Franklin County. (See Maine.)

Mahican. Bands of the Mahican hunted in the southwestern and western parts of the State and made temporary settlements from time to time. One Mahican village (Winooskeek) is thought to have been located at the mouth of Winooski River. (See New York.)

Pennacook. The eastern margins of Vermont were occupied by the Pennacook, who must have hunted considerably within its borders. (See New Hampshire.)

Pocomtuc. The northernmost bands of the Pocomtuc extended into the southern parts of the State. (See Massachusetts.)