Potatuck
Extinct Native American tribe from Connecticut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Potatuck were a Native American tribe in Connecticut. They were related to the Paugussett people, historically located during and prior to the colonial era in western Connecticut. They lived in what is now Newtown (in Fairfield County), Woodbury (in Litchfield County), and Southbury (in New Haven County), and along the whole Housatonic River, including the Schaghticoke tribe.[1] One of their last sites of habitation, Little Pootatuck Brook Archeological Site, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After losses due to epidemics and warfare, they merged in the early 18th century with other remnant Native American groups in the area, forming the Schaghticoke tribe.
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Extinct as a tribe (merged into the Schaghticoke) | |
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United States ( Connecticut) | |
Languages | |
an Eastern Algonquian language | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion | |
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Other Algonquian peoples |