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| Subject: Pre-colonial era Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:31 am | |
| Pre-colonial era A prehistoric giant beaver species may have been the basis of the Pocumtuck legend Native Americans occupied the river valleys surrounding the Metacomet Ridge for at least 10,000 years. Major tribal groups active in the area included the Quinnipiac, Niantic, Pequot, Pocomtuc, and Mohegan. Traprock was used to make tools and arrowheads. Natives hunted game, gathered plants and fruits, and fished in local bodies of water around the Metacomet Ridge. Tracts of woodland in the river bottoms surrounding the ridges were sometimes burned to facilitate the cultivation of crops such as corn, squash, tobacco, and beans.[1][21] organo coffeeStephen Pierce International | |
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