waurumba

Updated: May 27, 2025

The feeble remnant, panic-struck and heart-broken, fled northward, and, like the withered leaves of the forest flying before the strong east wind, were scattered and swept over the mountains into Canada; all but the family of Paugus, who took their stand on these lakes, where his son, Waurumba, took the empty title of chief and, dying, left it still more empty to Wenongonet, the last of the long line of sagamores, the last ever to stand here to tell the young white man the story of their greatness, and the fate of their tribe."

D. P. Thompson - Gaut Gurley