Androscoggin people
The Androscoggin were an Abenaki people and an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. They historically lived along the Androscoggin River in what are now the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire. By the 18th century, they were absorbed by neighboring tribes and migrated north to Canada.
Name
The Androscoggins' name was written at least 20 different ways, including Arosaguntacook. The name Arosaguntacook was a Native village at Saint-Francis, across the St. Lawrence River from Odanak in Quebec.The name of the Androscoggin is derived from an anglicization of the Abenaki-language term Ammoscongon, which was the name given for the portion of the Androscoggin River from Lewiston Falls northward, as stated by Pere Pole in 1793.
Distribution
The Ammoscongon once lived in the Androscoggin River watershed, located in present-day southern Maine and northern New Hampshire. Their main village was located in the vicinity of present-day Lewiston, Maine. Together with the Pequawket near Fryeburg, Maine they formed the southernmost of the Abenaki tribes and were therefore one of the first in contact with the English colonists of New England.History
17th century
In 1675, the Androscoggin took part in King Philip's War. The renowned hunter, trapper, fisherman and guide, Metallak, was a member of the Androscoggin tribe.18th century
In 1725, the Androscoggin joined the Pequawket and migrated to the Connecticut River in New Hampshire. Historian David L. Ghere wrote that several Androscoggin families returned in Maine after the 1727 Drummer's War and that they were written about in Maine through the 1730s.They later migrated north to Canada, where they settled in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, present day Abenaki First Nations of Odanak.