Abenakis at Ashuelot: The Sadoques Family and Keene

The area around Keene, New Hampshire was originally known to the Abenaki Indian people as Ashuelot. Although the name is now best known as a river, it originally translated to “land between place,” referring to the flat land between the surrounding mountains, criss-crossed with trails that lead to o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bruchac, Margaret
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1416
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14332/1416
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Summary:The area around Keene, New Hampshire was originally known to the Abenaki Indian people as Ashuelot. Although the name is now best known as a river, it originally translated to “land between place,” referring to the flat land between the surrounding mountains, criss-crossed with trails that lead to other familiar places.