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chiefly by the equestrian tribew of the 

 open country, while body armor, with the 

 knife and tomahawk, were more in favor 

 with those of the timber and coast region. 

 See Shields, (a. f. c. ) 



Armouchiquois (apparently a Frencli cor- 

 corraptinn oi Alemousiski, 'land of the lit- 

 tle dog,' from allum 'dog,' ousls diminu- 

 tive, ac or auk 'land,' " for there were 

 many littledogs in the prairiesof this terri- 

 tory." — Maurault). The name given by 

 the Abnaki to the country of the Indians 

 of the New P^ngland coast s. of Saco r. , Me. 

 Williamson (Hist. Maine, i, 477, 1832) 

 says they were the Marechites (Malecite) 

 of St Johns r., but Champlain, who vis- 

 ited the Armouchiquois country, says that 

 it lies beyond, that is, s. of, Choiiacoet 

 (Sokoki), and that the language differed 

 from that of the Souriquois (Micmac) and 

 the Etchimin. Laverdiere affirms that 

 "the French called Almouchiquois sev- 

 eral peoples or tribes that the English 

 included under the term Massachusetts." 

 According to Parkman (Jesuits in N. Am., 

 xxi, 1867) the term included the Algon- 

 quian tribes of New England — INIohegan, 

 Pequot, Mas.'-achuset, Narraganset, and 

 others "in a chronic state of war with the 

 tribes of New Brunswick and Nova Sco- 

 tia." (c. T.) 



Allemouchicois. — Champlain (ra. 1635), CEuvres, V, 

 pt., 2, 33, 1870. Almauchioois. — Vftromile, Abna- 

 kis, 50, 1866. Almonchiguois. — C'liamplaia (IGIG), 

 CEuvres, iv, 73, 1M70. Almouchicoisen.— Dutch map 

 of 1616in N. Y. Col. Doc. l. IS.id. Almouchiquois, — 

 Maurault, Hi.st. Abenakis, 4, 1S66. Almouchi- 

 quoise. — Champlain ( 1605), Oi:uvre.«, ill, 62, 1870. 

 Armouchioois. — Champlain (1603), ibid., ll, 58, 

 1S70. Armouchiquois.— .les. Rel. for 1611, 33, 1858. 

 Armucieeses. — Alcudo, Die. Geog., I, 158, 1786. 



Arocoum. See Raccoon. 



Arontaen ('it is a lying log.' — Hewitt). 

 A Huron village situated near Pt. Cock- 

 burn, on the N. shore of Nattawasaga bay, 

 Ontario, in 1636. — Jesuit Relation for 1636, 

 133, 1858. 



Arosaguntacook. A tribe of the Abnaki 

 confederacy, formerly living in Androscog- 

 gin CO., Me. Their village, which bore the 

 same name, was on Androscoggin r. , prob- 

 ably near Lewiston. The various names 

 used indiscriminately for the tribe and the 

 river may be resolved into the forms Am- 

 moscoggin and Arosaguntacook, which 

 have received different interpretations, all 

 seeming to refer to the presence of fish in 

 the stream. The nameseems to have been 

 used only for the part of the river in An- 

 droscoggin CO. between the falls near Jay 

 and those near Lewiston. The present 

 name was obtained by changing the first 

 part of the word to Anuros in compliment 

 to Gov. Andros. The Arosaguntac;ook 

 lived on the edge of the first English settle- 

 ments in Maine, and consecpiently suffered 

 much in the various Indian wars, in which 

 they took a i^rominent part from 1675 until 

 their removal to Canada. Their town was 



burned by the English in 1690. As the 

 settlements pushed into the interior the 

 Waweuoc, at the mouth of the river, 

 moved up and joined the Arosaguntacook, 

 and at a later period the combined tribes 

 moved still farther up and joined the 

 Rocameca. These movements led to 

 much confusion in the statements of 

 writers, as the united tribes were com- 

 monly known Ijy the name of the lead- 

 ing one, the Arosaguntacook or Andros- 

 coggin. These tribes, together with the 

 Pigwacket, removed to St Francis, Canada, 

 soon after the defeat of the Pequawket by 

 Lovewell in 1725. Here the Aro.sagun- 

 tacook were still the principal tribe and 

 their dialect (Abnaki) was adopted by 

 all the inhabitants of the village, who 

 were frequently known collectively as 

 Arosaguntacook. (j. m. ) 

 Adgecantehook, — Doe. of 1709 in N. Y. Doe. Col. 

 Hist., v, 86, 1855. Alsigantegwi.—Gatschet, Penob- 

 scot MS., B. A. E., 1887 (Penobscot name for the 

 St Francis Indians; pi. Alsigantcgwiak). Ama- 

 rascoggin, — Stoughton (l(i95) in N. Y. Doe. Col. 

 Hist., IX, 613, 1855. Amarascogin.— La Potherie, 

 Hist. Am., IV, 40, 1753. Amarescoggin. — Trum- 

 bull, Conn., II, 77, 1818. Amariscoggins. — School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, v, 2'23, l.sr)5. Amaroscoggen.— 

 Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 3, 108, 1848. Amasagunti- 

 cook.— True in N. Y. Hist. Mag., 238, 1864. Amer- 

 ascogen. — Pike (1690) in Drake, Ind. Wars, 152, 

 1825. Amerescogin. — Douglass. Summary, i, 185, 

 1755. Ameriscoggins. — Gallatin in Trans. Am. 

 Antiq. Soc, li, 32, 1836. Amerriscoggin. — Maine 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., in, 3.57, 1853. Amircankanne,— 

 Vaudreuil (1721) in N. Y. Doq. Col. Hist., ix, 904, 

 18-5.5. Amireaneau. — Doe. of 1693 in N. Y. Doe. 

 Col. Hist., IX, .571, 18.55 (misprint). Ammarascog- 

 gin. — Georgetown treaty (1717) in Maine Hist. .ssqc. 

 Coll., VI, 261, 1859. Ammarescoggin. — Same in N.H. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., ll, 242, 1827. Ammascoggen. — 

 Church (1690) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., v, 

 271, 1861. Amonoscoggan. — Drake, Bk. Inds., lik. 

 3, 104, 1848. Amonoscoggin, — Mather, Magnalia 

 (1702) quoted by Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 3, 1.50, 1848. 

 Amoscongen. — .Sagadahoc treaty (1690) in Mass. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d s., l, 113, 1S25. Amresscoggin. — 

 Caseo conference (1727) in N. H. Hi.st. Soc. Coll., 



II, 261, 1827. Anasaguntacooks. — Sidlivan in Mass. 

 Hist. Soe. Coll., Ists., ix, 210, 1804. Anasagunta- 

 kook.— Drake, Bk. Inds., vi, 1848. Anasagunti- 

 cooks, — William.son in N. Y. Doe. Col. Hist., ix, 

 475, 1855. Anasuguntakook. — Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, iii, 527, ]s,53. Androscoggins, — Sullivan in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., ix, 210, 1804. An- 

 moughcawgen. — Smith (1629), Virginia, ll, 177, 

 repr. 1819. Annirkakan. — La Potherie, Hist. Am., 



III, 189, 17.53. Aresaguntacooks. — Colman (1726) 

 in Mass. Hist. Sue Coll., 1st s., VI, 11.5, 1800. 

 Arisaguntacooks. — Drake. Bk. Inds., bk. 3, 152, 

 1848. Arosagantakuk. — Keane in Stanford, Com- 

 pend., 500, 1878. Arosaguntacook. — Drake, Trag. 

 Wild., 144, 1841. Arosaguntakuk.— Vater, Mith- 

 ridates, pt. 3, sec. 3, 390, Isk;. Arouseguntecook. — 

 Douglass, Summary, i, l,s5. 1755. Arrasagunta- 

 cook, — Falmouth conf. (1727) in Maine Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., Ill, 438, 18.53. Arreaguntecooks.— Falmouth 

 treaty report (1726) , ibid., 386. Arreguntenocks. — 

 Penhallow (1726) in X. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., I, 129, 

 1824. Arreraguntecook. — Falmouth treaty report, 

 op. cit. Arreruguntenocks. — Niles (ca. 17(il) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. ,4th s.,v,.36.5, 1861. Arresagon- 

 tacook.— Cased colli. (1727) in N.H. Hist. Soe. Coll., 

 II, 261, 1N27. Arresaguntacooks. -Falmouth conf. 

 report (1727) in Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., ill, 413, 

 18.53. Arresaguntecook.— Falmouth treaty report 

 (1726), ibid., 386-390. Arreseguntecook. — Ibid. 

 Arreseguntoocook. — Falmouth treaty journal 

 (1749), il)id., IV, 1.57, 18.56. Arresuguntoocooks, — 

 Ibid., 1.55. Arseguntecokes. — Document of 17t)4 in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 641, 1856. ArsikantegS.— 



