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before the middle of tlie 18th century and 

 may have become incorporated in the 

 Piankashaw, whose jn-incipal village was 

 on the Wabash at tiie junction of the 

 Vermilion. (.i. m. ) 



Kipikavvi.— StCosme;(1699) in Shea, Rel. do hi Mis- 

 sion du Miss., 17, 1861. Eipikawi. — St Cosme 

 (1699) in Shea, Early Vov. Miss., 50, 1S61. Kipi- 

 kuskwi.— St Cosme (1699) in Shea, Rel, de la Mis- 

 sion dii Miss., IS, 1861. Pegoucoquias. — Memoir of 

 1701 in Margry, Dec, iv, 592, ISSO. Pepepicokia. — 

 Coxe, Carolana, 12, 1741. Pepepoake,— I^a Salle 

 (1682) in Margry, Dec, ii, 216, 1877. Pepicoquias. — 

 Bacqneville de la Potherie, iv, 56, 1753. Pepi- 

 coquis.— Writer of 1695 in N.Y. Doc Col. Hist., l.\, 

 621, 18.55. Pepikokia.— La Salle (1683) in Margry, 

 D^C, II, 319, 1877. Pepikokis.— Bacqueville de la 

 Potherie, ii, 261. 1753. PepiKouKia. — Jes. Rel., 

 LVIII,40,1899. Pepikoukia.— Tail han.Perrot Mem., 

 222,1864. Petikokias. — Chauvignerie (1736) in N. 

 Y. Doe. Col. Hist., ix, 10-57, 1855. Petitscotias.— 

 Memoir (1718), ibid., 891. Pettikokias.— Chauvi- 

 gnerie (1736) quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, 

 III, 5.55, 1853. Tepicons.— Longueuil (1752) in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., X, 246, 1858 (identical?). 



Pequaock. See Pooqnaw. 



Pequawket (a name of disputed etymol- 

 ogy, the mo.'^t probable rendering, accord- 

 ing to Gerard, being 'at the hole in the 

 ground,' from pehvakik). A tribe of the 

 Abnaki confederacy, formerly living on 

 the headwaters of Saco r. and about 

 Lovell's pond, in Carroll co., N. H., and 

 Oxford CO., Me. Their principal village, 

 called Pequawket, was about the pres- 

 ent Fryeburg, Me. The tribe is famous 

 for a battle fought in 1725 near the vil- 

 lage, between about 50 English under 

 Capt. Lovewell and 80 Indians, the entire 

 force of the tribe, under their chief, Pau- 

 gus. Both leaders were killed, together 

 with ;^6 of the English and a large part of 

 the Indian force. By this loss the Pe- 

 quawket were so weakened that, together 

 with the Arosaguntacook, they soon after 

 withdrew to the sources of Connecticut r. 

 After being here for a short while, the 

 Arosaguntacook removed to St Francis 

 in Canada, while the Pequawket re- 

 mained on the Connecticut, where they 

 were still living under their chief at the 

 time of the Revolution. Some of them 

 seem to have found their way back to 

 their old home some time after the Love- 

 well fight. (.1. M. ) 

 Pagwaki.— Kendall, Trav., iir, 173, 1809 (correct 

 form). Paquakig.— Gyles (1726) in Me. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., Ill, 358,18.53. Peckwalket— Sullivan in N. H. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., I, 27, 1824. PegSakki.— French 

 letter (1721) in Mass. Hist. .Soc Coll., 2d s., vill, 

 262, 1819. Pegouakky.— Vaudreuil (1721) in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 904, 1855. Pegwacket.— Denison 

 (1676) in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., I, 223, 1865. Peg- 

 ■wackit.— Georgetown treaty (1717), ibid., iii, 373, 

 1.H.53. Pegwackuk.— Martin(1676),ibid.,l, 223, 1865. 

 Pegwaggett.-Winthrop in N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 I, 27, 1824. Pegwakets.— Kidder in Me. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., VI, 23.5, 18.59. Pehqwoket.— Drake, Ind. 

 Chron., 173, 1836. Pequakets.— Drake, Bk. Inds., 

 X, 1848. Pequaquaukes.— Potter in Schoolcraft, 

 Ind. Tribes, v, 222, 18.55. Pequauket.— Writer in 

 N. H. Hist. Soc Coll., v, 207, 1837. Pequawett.— 

 Willis in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., iv, 109, 1866. Pequaw- 

 ket— Pike (1703) in N. H. Hist. Soc Coll., ill, 51, 

 1832. Pickpocket.— Pike (1704), ibid., .54. Pick- 

 wacket.— Docof 1749in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., iv, 15.5, 

 1856. Pickwocket— N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll . i, 27, 

 note, 1824. Picqwaket.— Freeman {ca. Is30) in 

 Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., I, 333, 1865. Picwocket— Ken- 



dall, Trav., Ill, 173, 1809. Piggwacket.— Symmes 

 (ca. 1725) quoted by Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 3, 131, 1848. 

 Pigocket.— Jefferys, Fr. Doms., pt. 1, 123, 176l! 

 Piguachet.— McKeen in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., in, 324J 

 18-53. Pigwachet.— Sullivan in Mass. Hist. Soc! 

 Coll., 1st s., IX, 210, 1804. Pigwacket.— Penhallow 

 (1726) in N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., i, 20, 1821 Pig- 

 wackitt.— Wendell (1749) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 VI, 542, 185.5. Pigwocket.— Portsnioutli treaty 

 (1713) in Me. Hist. Soc Coll., vi, 2.5o. 18.59. Pig- 

 woket.— Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 3. 135, isjs. Pig- 

 wolket.— Kendall. Trav. ,111, 173. 18(19. Piquachet — 

 Me. Hist. Soc Coll., ni, 358, note, 18.53. 



Pequea {Piqua, 'dust,' 'ashes'). A 

 Shawnee village on Susquehanna r., at 

 the mouth of Pequea cr., in Lancaster 

 CO., Pa. It was settled by the tribe on 

 its removal from the S. about the year 

 1694, and abandoned about 1730 for an- 

 other location. (.j. m. ) 

 Pequa.— Lewis (1824) quoted by Day, Penn., 208, 

 1843. Pequea.— Barton, New Views, xxxii, 1798. 

 Pequehan.— Evans (1707) quoted bv Dav, op. cit., 

 381. Piqua Town.— Johnston (1812) in Am. St. 

 Papers, Ind. Aft., l, 807, 1832. Piqued.— Putnam, 

 Mid. Tenn., 365, 1859. 



Pequen. An unidentified pueblo in 

 New Mexico in 1598.— Onate (1598) in 

 Doc. Ined., xvi, 103, 1871. 



Pequimmit. A village of Christian In- 

 dians near Stoughton, Norfolk co., Mass., 

 in 1658.— Homer {ca. 1798) in Mass. Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., 1st 6., v, 267, 1806. 



Pequot (contr. oi Paquatauog, 'destroy- 

 ers.' — Trumbull). An Algonquian tribe 

 of Connecticut. Before their conquest by 

 the P]nglish in 1637 they were the most 

 dreaded of the southern New P^ngland 

 tribes. They wereoriginally but one peo- 

 ple with the Mohegan, and it is possible 

 that the term Pequot was unknown until 

 applied by the eastern coast Indians to this 

 body of Mohegan invaders, who came 

 down from the interior shortly before the 

 arrival of the English. The division into 

 two distinct tribes seems to have been ac- 

 complished by the secession of Uncas, who, 

 in consequence of a dispute with Sassacus, 

 afterward known as the great chief of the 

 Pequot, withdrew into the interior with a 

 small body of followers. This body re- 

 tained the nameof Mohegan, and through 

 the diplomatic management of Uncas 

 acquired such prominence that on the 

 close of the Pequot war their claim to the 

 greater part of the territory formerly sub- 

 ject to Sassacus was recognized by the 

 colonial government. The real territory 

 of the Pequot was a narrow strip of coast 

 in New London co., extending from Nian- 

 tic r. to the Rhode Island boundary, 

 comprising the present towns of New 

 London, Groton, and Stonington. They 

 also extended a tew miles into Rhode 

 Island to Wecapaug r. until driven out 

 by the Narraganset about 1635. This 

 country had been previously in posses- 

 sion of the Niantic, whom the Pequot 

 invaded from theN. and forced from their 

 central position, splitting them into two 

 bodies, thenceforth known as Eastern and 

 Western Niantic. The Eastern Niantic 

 put themselves under the protection of 



