PENNACOOK MEANS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THEY ARE A CONFEDERACY OF ALGONQUIAN TRIBES. THEY LIVED IN THE MERRIMAC RIVER AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN MAINE. THEY HAD AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION BETWEEN THE NEW ENGLAND TRIBES. THEY ALLIED WITH THE NORTHERN TRIBES. THE CONFEDERACY WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PASSA CONAWAY WHO BROUGHT VARIOUS TRIBES OF THE SAME STOCK TOGETHERT. THE PENNACOOK WERE REDUCED BY SMALLPOX IN 1630 TO 2500 BY 1674 TO 1200 FOLKS.
DURING KING PHILLIPS WAR THE PENNACOCK KEPT ON FRIENDLY TERMS WITH ANGLOS UNTIL THE TREACHERAS SEIZURE OF 200 INDIANS IN 1676. THEN THEY REMOVED TO CANADA AND SOME WENT WEST. THEY HAD ABOUT 16 BANDS AT ONE POINT.
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