Schaghticoke

Alternative forms

 * ,, ; Pishgachtigok, Scachtacook, Scanticook, Schaacticook

Etymology
A -influenced form of the R-dialect.

Proper noun

 * 1) An Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.
 * 2) The Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.
 * , incorporated in 1788.
 * 1) A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.

Derived terms

 * , (nearby communities)

Noun

 * 1) A member of this tribe.