THE PENNACOOK OR MERRIMACK WERE A NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT INHABITED THE RIVER VALLEY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, AND SOUTHERN MAINE. THEY SPOKE ALGONQUIAN AND WERE RELATED TO THE ABENAKI TRIBES. THEY WERE DECIMATED BY EUROPEAN DISEASES AND SUBJECT TO TO RAIDS BY MOHAWK AND MICMAK TRIBES. THEIR CHIEF DECIDED TO MAKE PEACE WITH COLONISTS. OTHER TRIBES IN MASSACHUSETTS DID NOT WANT TO NEUTRALITY. THE PENNACOOK FLED NORTH WITH THEIR FORMER ENEMIES OR WEST WITH OTHER TRIBES., AND STILL THEY WERE KILLED BY COLONISTS. MANY SMALL BANDS GATHERED TOGETHER AND DISPLACED NEW ENGLAND TRIBES. THE PENNACOOK FORMED MAIZE CORN, SQUASH NEAR RIVER BEDS AND HUNTED IN THE FORESTS. THEIR NAME MEANS - AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.
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