Paugus was chief of the

Pequawket The Pequawket were a Native American band of Abenaki people. In the 18th century, they lived in New Hampshire and Maine. Territory The Pequawket lived near the headwaters of the Saco River and near what is now Carroll County, New Hampshire a ...

tribe which lived along the

Saco River The Saco River ( , Abenaki: ''Sαkóhki'') is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, emptying into the Atlantic O ...

in present-day

Conway, New Hampshire Conway is a New England town, town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous community in the county, with a population of 9,822 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from ...

, and

Fryeburg, Maine Fryeburg is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,369 at the 2020 census. Fryeburg is home to Fryeburg Academy, a semi-private preparatory school, and the International Musical Arts Institute. The town is also si ...

. He was killed at the Battle of Pequawket in 1725 during

Father Rale's War Dummer's War (1722–1725) (also known as Father Rale's War, Lovewell's War, Greylock's War, the Three Years War, the Wabanaki-New England War, or the Fourth Anglo-Abenaki War) was a series of battles between the New England Colonies and the Waban ...

. Paugus translates into English as "The Oak". Paugus Bay and Mount Paugus in New Hampshire were named for him.

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* People of Dummer's War 1725 deaths Pre-statehood history of Maine Native American leaders Murdered Native American people Year of birth unknown People from Conway, New Hampshire People from Fryeburg, Maine Native American people from Maine Pre-statehood history of New Hampshire {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub

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