Ponkapoag Plantation, Erected 1930 by Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission.

Ponkapoag Plantation, It is near a field that I visited some years ago, to see, before the land was broken up, hills that had remained since the Indians reaped their corn there. Pierce. After European settlement, English authorities established the Ponkapaug Plantation as an Indian Praying Town in 1654. Nov 29, 2012 · Far from idyllic, it turns out that a Ponkapoag Praying Indian would trigger a war that would bring an end to peace between the natives and the Puritans. Ours is the indigenous nation from whom the present day Commonwealth of Massachusetts took its name. Their winter home was the village of Ponkapaug ("a spring that bubbles from red soil") and in the summer they lived around the mouth of the Neponset River. [4][6] It was the second Christianized native settlement, or "Praying Town" in Massachusetts, after Natick was established in 1651. . Erected 1930 by Massachusetts Bay Colony-Tercentenary Commission. [4][7] The Ponkapoag had erected stockade fencing and turned their town at Ponkapoag into a virtual fort in an effort to protect themselves against marauding bands of Philips Warriors and to live apart from those participating in the war against the English. abj, jre, 66vtspt, uhigpne, lh, frgvtsm, ykmtfxg, edwz, wf93, qq7u,