Chittenden County VT Archives History - Books .....Chronology Of Western Abenaki History 1600-1700 1600 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/vt/vtfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jan Jordan jnrose@webtv.net June 6, 2006, 9:47 pm Book Title: "Missisco Valley" By Samuel Sumner, ©1860. "Chronology of Western Abenaki History 1600-1700 1600 Western Abenaki population estimated at about 10,000. 1609 Champlain explores Lake Champlain. [in New York and Vermont] His Indian guides tell him of rich cornfields on the eastern shore, but report that the inhabitants have withdrawn to avoid the ravages of war. 1616-19 Epidemic disease among the Indians of New England. 1633-34 Smallpox epidemic. 1650-51 Sokokis [St. Francis band], Pennacooks, and other join a French-inspired coalition against the Iroquois Confederacy. 1663 Sokokis of Fort Hill disperse under the pressure of Iroquois attacks. 1669 Multitribal expedition of New England algonquians defeated by the Iroquois. 1675-77 King Phillips War disperses tribes in southern and central New England; Abenaki and Sokoki refugees begin to arrive at French mission villages. 1688-97 King William's War; Abenakis participate in raids on New England." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/vt/chittenden/history/1600/missisco/chronolo81gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vtfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb