American Indian Names in RI References

Arnold, James N. Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, 21 vols. (Providence, 1891-1912)
Arnold, Samuel Greene. History of The State of Rhode and Providence Plantations By Samuel Greene Arnold, Vol. I, 1636-1700. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, London: 16 Little Britain, 1859. [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AFJ7769]
Arnold, Samuel Greene. History of The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations From The Settlement of The State, 1636, to The Adoption of The Federal Constitution, 1790By Samuel Greene Arnold In Two Volumes, Vol. II, 1700-1790. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 443 & 445 Broadway, London: 16 Little Britain, 1860. [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AFJ7769]
Bartlett. See Rhode Island (Colony). Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England (1636-1792).
Bliss, Leonard. The History of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; Comprising a History of the Present Towns of Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Pawtucket, From Their Settlement to the Present Time; Together With Sketches of Attleborough, Cumberland, and a Part of Swansey And Barrington, to the Time That They Were Severally Separated From the Original Town. Boston : Otis, Broaders, & Co., 1836.
Bright, William (ed.). Native American Placenames of The United States. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press (in press).
Brinley, Francis. "Francis Brinley's Briefe Narrative of the Nanhiganset Countrey". Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1900, 8(2):69-96. Providence.
Brodhead, John Romeyn. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York, Procured in Holland, England and France by John Romeyn Brodhead, Esq., Agent, trans. Edmund B. O'Callaghan, Berthold Fernow, Albany: Weed Parsons, 1856-87, 15 vols.
Church, Benjamin. Entertaining Passages Relating to King Philip's War, Which Began In the Month of June, 1675; as Also of Expeditions, More Lately Made Against the Common Enemy, and Indians Rebels, in the Eastern Part of New England. Thomas Church, comp. Boston: B. Green, 1716.
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824. A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay. Surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the northern district of North America. Published at the request of The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Howe. [London] 1776. map 104 x 75 cm.
Gahan, Lawrence K. "Methods of Translation of Indian Place Names." Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society 21 (October, 1959):41-47.
Goddard, Ives, "Linguist sheds some light on roots of word 'Aquidneck'". Letter to the Editor, The Newport (R.I.) Daily News, July 6-7, 2002, p. A7.
Huden, John C. Indian Place Names of New England. New York: Museum of the American Indian (Heye Foundation), 1962.
LaFantasie, Glenn W., ed. The correspondence of Roger Williams. Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University Press, 1988.
Masthay, Carl. "New England Indian Place Names." In R.G. Carlson (ed.), Rooted Like the Ashes: New England Indians and the Land. (Revised Edition). Naugatuck, CT: Eagle Wing Press, Inc., 1987
Mayhew, Experience. "Letter of Exp. Mayhew, 1722, on the Indian Language". New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 39, pp. 10-17, 1722/1855.
Moondancer & Strong Woman . "The Word 'Squaw' in Historical and Modern Sources". [http://www.indianeduresearch.net/squaw.pdf] 2000.
Moondancer & Strong Woman. Understanding Algonquian Indian Words (New England). Newport, RI: Aquidneck Indian Council, 1996 (rev.2001).
Moondancer & Strong Woman. Indian Grammar Dictionary for N-Dialect: A Study of A Key into the Language of America by Roger Williams, 1643. Newport, RI: Aquidneck Indian Council, 2000.
Parsons, Usher. Indian Names of Places in Rhode-Island: Collected by Usher Parsons, M.D. for the R.I. Historical Society. Providence, RI: Knowles, Anthony & Co., Printers, 1861. [U. of Mich. ]
Potter, Elisha R. The Early History of Narragansett: With An Appendix of Original Documents, Many of Which are Now for the First Time Published. 2ed. 1886. Providence: Marshall, Brown and Company, 1835.
Rhode Island (Colony). Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England (1636-1792). John R. Bartlett, ed. 10 vols. Providence: A. Crawford Greene and Brothers, 1856-1865.
Rhode Island (Colony). Early Records of the Town of Providence. 22 vols. Printed under the Authority of the Providence City Council and City Record Commissioners. n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth. 1 vol. Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, ed. Providence, Rhode Island: E. L. Freeman & Sons, Publishers, 1901.

Rhode Island (Colony). The Early Records of the Town of Warwick. 1 vol. Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, ed. Providence, Rhode Island: E. A. Johnson & Co. Publishers, 1926.

Rhode Island (Colony). Records of the Island of Rhode Island, 1637 - 1663. 1 vol. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00206.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Ancient Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Gyles Record), 1638 - 1670. 1 vol. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00207.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Portsmouth Town Records, 1638–1700; 1639 - 1697. 2 vols. Portsmouth, Rhode Island: Portsmouth City Clerk, n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Rhode Island Colony Records, 1646 - 1851. 30 vols. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00209.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Rhode Island Land and Public Notary Records, 1648 - 1776. 10 vols. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00481.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Proceedings of the General Assembly, 1649 - 1723. 9 vols. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00260.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Records of Deeds, Agreements & Orders: Prop. of Narragansett, 1651 - 1703 (Fones Record). 1 vol. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00209.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Body of Laws of the Colony of Rhode Island, 1663 - 1705. Acts & Resolves 1 vol. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00208.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Governor & Council Records, 1667 - 1753. 1 vol. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00558.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Governor & Council Records, 1667 - 1802. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#01185.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Narragansett Indians: Documents Relating, 1709 - 1842. Providence, Rhode Island. Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00213.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Public Laws of Rhode Island, 1719, 1730-36, 1744-52, 1767, 1772, 1798-1810. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00612.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Petitions to the General Assembly, 1725-1867. 72 vols. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00165.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Public Acts & Resolutions of the Rhode Island General Assembly, 1728-1996. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00210.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Committee Reports to Rhode Island General Assembly, 1728-1860. 14 vols. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00261.), n.d.
Rhode Island (Colony). Colonial and State Census: 1774, 1777, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1905, 1915, 1925, 1925, 1935. Providence, Rhode Island: Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives, n.d.
Rhode Island. Commission on Narragansett Indians Narragansett Indians, Commission on, Minute Book, 1880-1883. 1 vol. Providence, Rhode Island. Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island State Archives. (Assession Number C#00241.), n.d.
Rhode Island Historical Society Rhode Island Court Records Abstracts. 2 vols. Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1922.
Rhode Island Historical Society. Rhode Island Land Evidences 1648-1696, Volume 1 Providence: R.I. Historical Society, 1921, 1970.
Rider, Sidney S. The Lands of Rhode Island as They Were Known to Caunounicus and Miatunnomu When Roger Williams Came in1636: An Indian Map of the Principal Locations Known to the Nahigansets, and Elaborate Historical Notes. Providence, Rhode Island, 1904.
Staples, William R. Annals of the Town of Providence, from its Settlement, to the Organization of the City Government, in June, 1832 . Providence: Knowles and Vose, 1843.
Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 145. Washington, D.C., 1952.
Trigger, Bruce G. (Volume Editor, 1978). Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 15 (Northeast). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.
Trumbull, James H. and Charles J. Hoadly (eds.). Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776. 15 volumes. Hartford, Ct.: State of Connecticut, 1850-1890.
Trumbull, James H. Indian Names of Places etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: with Interpretations of Some of Them. Hartford, CT: Lockwood & Brainerd, 1881 (Reprinted, 1974).
Trumbull, James H. Natick Dictionary. Bureau of American Ethnology 25. Washington, DC, 1903. [http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/ConsultationTout.exe?O=0027474]
U.S. Geological Survey & U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the Nation's Official Geographic Names Repository. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey, National Headquarters, 2002. (http://geonames.usgs.gov/geonames/stategaz/RI_deci)

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H. F. Walling, O. Harkness, J. Hanson, and Library of Congress [Newport County (R.I.) - 1850: LC G&M land ownership maps on microfiche]. [Washington, D.C.]: LC G&M Division, [1983?]. Geography and Map Division. 28.5 x 38 in. Scale 1:42,500. Originally published 1850. PC 9894 [Microfiche 583, no. 827]
H. F. Walling, G. C. Brown, and Library of Congress. [Providence County (R.I.) - 1851: LC G&M land ownership maps on microfiche]. [Washington, D.C.]: LC G&M Division, [1983?]. Geography and Map Division. 2 sheets, 38.5 x 25.5 in. and 38.5 x 26.5 in. Originally published 1851. PC 9904 [Microfiche 583, no. 830]
Williams, Roger. A Key into the Language of America:, or, an Help to the Language of the Natives in that Part of America called New-England. Together, with Briefe Observations of the Customes, Manners and Worships, etc. of the Aforesaid Natives, in Peace and Warre, in Life and Death. On all which are added Spirituall Observations, General and Particular by the Author of chiefe and Special use (upon all occasions) to all the English Inhabiting those parts; yet pleasant and profitable to the view of all men. London: Gregory Dexter, 1643.

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