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A Paugus Among Us

Posted on August 29, 2025December 14, 2025

I learned something today. The mountain I climbed Wednesday was named for Chief Paugus, who was the head of the Pequawket tribe, a sect of the Abenaki. He lived near Conway, New Hampshire, in the early 1700s, and was killed at the Battle of Pequawket (or Lovewell’s Fight) in 1725. Paugus means “The Oak,” implying…

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