Mahackemo (or Mahackamo) was chief of the Norwalke
Indians
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** Indian people
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Associated with indigenous peoples o ...
, a small tribe of the
Siwanoy
The Siwanoy () were an Indigenous American band of Munsee-speaking people, who lived in Long Island Sound along the coasts of what are now The Bronx, Westchester County, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. They were one of the western ba ...
, who sold land to
Roger Ludlow
Roger Ludlow (1590–1664) was an English lawyer, magistrate, military officer, and colonist. He was active in the founding of the Colony of Connecticut, and helped draft laws for it and the nearby Massachusetts Bay Colony. Under his and John M ...
in 1640 (
Old Style
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or 1641
New Style
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) which later became
Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The city, part of the New York metropolitan area, New York Metropolitan Area, is the List of municipalities of Connecticut by population, sixth-most populous city in Connecticut ...
.
See also
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History of Norwalk, Connecticut
The history of Norwalk, Connecticut ranges from pre-contact cultures and Native Americans to the 21st century.
Population
Pre-Contact
During an era when Europeans had discovered the New World, Native Americans in the United States, Nati ...
References
Lenape people
History of Norwalk, Connecticut
17th-century Native American leaders
People from Norwalk, Connecticut
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