FDI - Nauset

The Nauset were a sedentary hunter/ farmer nation. They occupied all but the west end of Cape Cod. They allied with the Pilgrims and became Christianized early. They took severe losses from epidemics. Descendants remain in the aboriginal territories, but have absorbed into the local culture.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages)

MA Hyannis or Iyanough or Wiananno, Monomoy, Nauset (23)

Year	*History*
1606	Samuel de Champlain visited Cape Cod and found that the Nauset were not friendly
1614	Seven of tribe carried off by Hunt and sold into slavery in Spain; pandemic killed 75% of tribe
1620	Attacked Pilgrims who were unwittingly desecrating graves of recently died
1621	Tribe returned lost Pilgrim boy
1622	Chief Aspinet began friendly relations with Pilgrims
1623	Epidemic killed Aspinet and others
1640	The missionary efforts of John Elliot succeeded in converting most of the Nauset to Christianity
1675	Stayed out of King Philip's War

Year	Total MA Population	Source
1600	1,200	Mooney estimate
1621	500	Swanton
1698	515	Swanton
1700	500	NAHDB calculation
1767	292	Swanton
1800	300	NAHDB calculation
1900	300	NAHDB calculation
1920	230	Speck estimate (all mixed bloods)
2000	1,000	NAHDB calculation

*Ethnie:*	NAUSET
*Language:*	Wampanoag
*Family:*	Eastern Algonquian
*Stock:*	Algonquian
*Phylum:*	Algic
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands
Speakers	None