- The
Pequawket were a
Native American band of
Abenaki people. In the 18th century, they
lived in New
Hampshire and Maine. The
Pequawket lived near the headwaters...
- The
Battle of
Pequawket (also
known as Lovewell's Fight)
occurred on May 9, 1725 (O.S.),
during Father Rale's War in
northern New England.
Captain John...
- to
garrison the fort
while the rest left to raid the
Abenaki town of
Pequawket, now Fryeburg, Maine. On May 9, as the
militiamen were
being led in prayer...
- when the
Pequawkets opened fire. The
survivors managed to
retreat to a
strong position, and
fended off
repeated attacks until the
Pequawkets withdrew...
- Dummer's War, with the
capture of
Norridgewock in 1724 and the
defeat of the
Pequawket in 1725,
which significantly reduced their numbers. They
finally withdrew...
-
Geographic Names accepted the name "
Pequawket Mountain" in 1915 but it was
renamed Kearsarge North in 1957. The
Pequawket are a
subdivision of the Abenaki...
-
Pequawket Brook is a 6.4-mile-long (10.3 km)
stream near the
White Mountains of New
Hampshire in the
United States. It lies
within the
watershed of the...
-
member of the
Androscoggin tribe. In 1725, the
Androscoggin joined the
Pequawket and
migrated to the
Connecticut River in New Hampshire. They
later migrated...
- (born c. 1740, Saco, Maine, died
August 2, 1816, Andover, Maine), was a
Pequawket Abenaki woman who
lived in the
regions of
northern New Hampshire, Maine...
-
conducted scalp-hunting expeditions, the most
famous being the
Battle of
Pequawket in New Hampshire.[citation needed] In the 1710s and 1720s, New France...
