Paugusset

Historically, they lived along both banks of the Housatonic River near the Naugatuck River. as well as Fairfield and Litchfield counties. The Paugusset and Schaghticoke both lived in Chusetown, a Native settlement in present-day Seymour, Connecticut. == Name ==

Paugusset translates to "where the narrows open out" or "place where forks in a river join." The name Paugusset is also commonly spelled Paugussett. Their name was recorded in numerous other ways, including Pagasett, Paugasset, Wepawaug, and Wopowage. == Language ==

Anthropologist Frederick Webb Hodge wrote that the Paugusset spoke an Algonquian language. The Connecticut State Department of Education states that they spoke an Iroquoian language related to Natick. == History ==

. Site of a 17th-century Paugussett fishing village 17th century The Paugusset's first recorded contact with Europeans was in 1637, when the English fought a war with the Pequot, who took refuge with Paugusset. The final determination found that the state-recognized tribe was formed from Golden Hill Paugussets and Turkey Hill Paugussets, who had not constituted a single, unified government through history. == See also ==