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=== Native Americans === Archaeological evidence of [[indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] has been found in arrowheads and spearheads near the shores of Lake Pleasant. Many historians believe Lake Pleasant was the hunting and fishing grounds of both [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] and [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquin]] tribes. These Native Americans would travel to the Adirondack Mountains to hunt only during the warm months, while their villages were located in the [[Mohawk Valley|Mohawk]] and [[Hudson Valley]] regions. There was a Mohawk man, who named himself Captain Gill, who lived in a [[wigwam]] at the outlet of Lake Pleasant during the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century. He had a wife named Molly, who had a daughter named Molly Jr., although Capt. Gill didn't claim the daughter as his own. Old Capt. Gill was a trail guide for the first settlers. He would show them places to hunt and fish. Capt. Gill was most famous for his story telling and would tell folklore of the [[Iroquois]] nation. One story told of a forgotten tribe that lived year-round near Round Lake (now known as [[Sacandaga Lake]]) near the present-day hamlet of Lake Pleasant. This tribe had their village on a hill which is now behind the Hamilton County buildings. The legend talks about an evil deed the tribe did and the [[Flying Head]] that came out of Lake Sacandaga and chased them out of the Adirondack Mountains.<ref name="Weaver, Anne A. 2010">Weaver, Anne A., and Beverly Hoffman. "Introduction." ''Lake Pleasant and Speculator in the Adirondacks''. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 2010. 7-8. Print.</ref><ref>Aber, Ted, and Stella King. ''Tales from an Adirondack County''. Prospect, NY: Prospect, 1981. Print.</ref><ref>Aber, Ted, and Stella Brooks King. ''The History of Hamilton County''. Lake Pleasant, NY: Great Wilderness, 1965. Print</ref><ref>Erdoes, Richard, and Alfonso Ortiz. ''American Indian Myths and Legends''. New York: Pantheon, 1984. Print.</ref>
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