The Massachusett

Before the arrival of European Traders or English settlers to the coast of Massachusetts indigenous Massachusett Villages spanned from Salem to Cape Cod along the coast and Inland as far west as Worcester. The Massachusett people led by the Sachem lived, worked, practice their religion, built their homes, raised their families and enjoyed prosperity. One of the Massachusett tribes was the Neponset and their Sachem was Chickataubut, principal chief of the Massachusett when the English came into his territory to settle. Sachem Chickataubut had many residences throughout his territory but his principal seat was here at Passangusset. He buried his mother at Passangusset which suggests that it was his mother's a village and perhaps the birthplace of Chickataubut