The Nashua River in Groton, Massachusetts. The tribe took its name from this tributary of the Merrimack River
Total population
extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
southern New Hampshire, northern Massachusetts[1]
Languages
unattested Eastern Algonquian language
Religion
Indigenous
Related ethnic groups
Powhatan Confederacy
The Nashaway (or Nashua or Weshacum) were a tribe of Algonquian Indians inhabiting the upstream portions of the Nashua River valley in what is now the northern half of Worcester County, Massachusetts, mainly in the vicinity of Sterling, Lancaster and other towns near Mount Wachusett, as well as southern New Hampshire.[1] The meaning of Nashaway is "river with a pebbled bottom".[2]
^ abGordon M. Day, "Western Abenaki," p. 148
^"Nipmuc Place Names: Maine & Massachusetts", NIAC Publications.
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