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Connecticut Water Trails Association

Only after the last tree has been cut down;

Only after the last fish has been caught;

Only after the last river has been poisoned;

Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten.

- Cree Indian Prophecy

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Connecticut Water Trails

Basic Concepts

History Of Connecticut's Water Trails

Native Americans

Connecticut Water Trails Program

History Of Connecticut's Water Trails

Native Americans

The Machimoodus

Location

Moodus

Name Origin

A Wangunk Indian name meaning ''place of noises.''

Language Spoken

The Machimoodus spoke a language of the Algonquin family. R-dialect. All of the Machimoodus tribe spoke a common language which has been called either Quiripi or Wampano. It is identical to the dialect spoken by the Metoac tribes of central Long Island and the Wappinger on the east side of the lower Hudson River. This language is now extinct.

Connecticut Village Locations

Moodus

Population

Culture

History

The Machemoodus Indians (a Sub-Tribe of the Wangunk) , who lived there when the first European settlers arrived about 1670, warned their new neighbors of the peculiar sounds. Tribal meetings were called when the noises sounded, for reasons not recorded. Perhaps they considered the sounds a supernatural summons. In one Wangunk myth, an angry god created the noises by roaring through a cave.

The Moodus Noises