The Indians of Hampton, NH
Below are links to stories and articles about the native Americans that once inhabited the Hampton area.
- The Indians of Winnacunnet
- 1959 Hampton Union article by James W. Tucker
- Salt Marsh Indian Relics Are Protected
- 1978 newspaper article reporting on some local archaelogical digs.
- Winnacunnet: An Historic Name for an Historic Town
- The origin of the term 'Winnacunnet' came from the local Indians
- The Indian House at Hampton Beach
- "Owaissa, Owaissa"
- An old Indian legend from Hampton Beach
- Excerpts from Joseph Dow's History of Hampton
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- Indian Wars
- Topography (brief discussion of the Indians who were here before the first white men arrived
- Wigwam Row (where it is believed the local Indian village once lay)
- Brackett's Lane Massacre, 1691
- The Hunt's Island Site: A Prehistoric Vantage Point on Hampton Harbor, by Mark Greenly
- (PDF file) Copyright 1999 Mark D. Greenly. All rights reserved. This article
originally appeared in The New Hampshire Archeologist, Volume 39, Number
1, published by the New Hampshire Archeological Society. Copies of this
or other issues may be obtained by contacting to Donald Foster, Phillips
Exeter Academy, P.O. Box 2277, 20 Main Street, Exeter NH 03833-2460; tel:
(603) 777-3452; email: dfoster@exeter.edu
- The pre-history of the Seacoast region
