Connecticut Water Trails Association
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Connecticut Water Trails Program
History Of Connecticut's Water Trails
Native Americans
The Naugatuck
Location
Naugatuck Valley
Name
Naugatuck - which is an Algonquin Indian word meaning "lone tree by the fishing place
The language was certainly Algonquin and seems to have been closely related to the Mohican dialects.
Connecticut Village Locations
Naugatuck River, Derby, Naugatuck, Orange, and Seymour
They were devastated by smallpox and other European diseases. Like other Native Americans of New England, the survivors merged together, and many original tribal distinctions were lost
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