Nipmuc
The word Nipmuc, meaning,fresh water, identifies the Native peoples also known as Chaubunagungamaug, Hassanamisco and Wabbaquasset. Their homelands are in present-day central and eastern Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. Culturally and linguistically, they are eastern Algonkian Indians.The Nipmuc around Natick joined villages of Praying Indians in the 1660s. In 1675-76, they joined with the Narragansett and Wampanoag in Metacoms Rebellion or King Philips War.