Indian Names of Places in Worcester County Massachusetts With Interpretations
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, 3, p. 173). Poohookapog, Pookookappog, Poohpoohsaug. Or Alum pond. In the northwest corner of Sturbridge. This pond was in the original tract of land of 1, 000 acres given to the Rev. John Eliot by the Indians (see Wallum). On a map made from a survey of this land June 2, 1725, this entry is made : ' ' The name Poohpoohsaug or Alum pond signifies cats and dogs in the Nipmuck tongue. " From another source "It has been ascertained that both these names are of native dialect ; Alum signifies dog..., and Poohookapog is a corruption of the word that signifies cats, Poohpoohsnog, cat i^ Poopoh. " (Amidon's Hist. Coll. , page 11, vol. 2. ) Popoloup. An island in Monomonack lake, N. E. Part of Winchendon. Poquaig, Payquaoge. (Worcester Magazine. ) Indian name of land about Winch- endon, also of Athol, and of Miller's river, which rises m Minomee pond in Winchendon, flows through Royalston and Athol. This name originally must have applied to the land about the river, and it is undoubtedly derived from Pauqu ^unauke, sig- nifying ' cultivated land ; ' ' cleared land.
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