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| | History of Winchester - Prehistory |
 | | According to Captain John Smith, who explored New England in 1614, the Massachusett tribes called their kings "sachems" while the Penobscots (of Maine) used the term "sagamos." Conversely, Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley of Roxbury wrote in 1631 that the kings in the bay area were called sagamores but were called sachems southward (in Plymouth). |
 | | William Wood, writing in 1634, identified a tribe called Aberginians, and Capt. Edward Johnson wrote in 1651 that the "Abarginny-men" consisted "of Mattachusets, Wippanaps and Tarratines." The town records of Charlestown, written by John Greene in 1664, also use the term "Aberginians," specifically in relation to Nanepashemet's family. |
 | | One village inhabited by the Massachusetts was at Natick, but another, used by both Pawtucketts and Massachusetts, was at Lowell. |
| www.winchestermass.org /sachemp1.html (1863 words) |
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