Editing Yarmouth, Massachusetts (section)

===Wampanoag origins===

Prior to European settlement, Yarmouth was inhabited by the [[Wampanoag people|Wampanoag]], an [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] people. In the [[Massachusett language|Wôpanâak]] language the area was called "Mattacheese".<ref>{{cite book| title=Towns of New England and Old England| year=1920| publisher=State Street Trust Company| location=Boston, Mass| page=223}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Swift|1890|p=454}}: "The region in the vicinity of the habitations of the first comers was known by the Indian names of Mattacheese, Mattacheeset, Hockanom and Nobscusset, Mattacheese signified old lands, or planting lands, and the terminal t, was applied to places by the water, making Mattacheeset mean, old lands by the borders of the water. This general term described the region now the eastern part of Barnstable and the western portion of Yarmouth."</ref> Wampanoag tribes living in Yarmouth at the time of European settlement included the Pawkunnawkuts on both sides of the lower Bass River, the Hokanums in what is now northeastern Yarmouth, and the Cummaquids in what is now western Yarmouth.<ref>{{harvnb|Swift|1890|p=454}}: "From near White's brook to Dennis, was known as Hockanom; beyond which, to Brewster, the region was called Nobscusset. The Pawkunnawkuts occupied the vicinity of South Yarmouth and South Dennis, on both sides of Bass River."</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hsoy.org/history.htm| title= Overview of Yarmouth History - Native Americans| date=2001–2004| publisher=The Historical Society of Old Yarmouth, PO Box 11, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675| access-date=February 9, 2013| quote=Long before English settlers arrived in what is now Yarmouth and Dennis in the 1630s, many generations of Native Americans lived here. Several resident tribes fell under the collective Wampanoag nation. The Pawkunnawkuts occupied both sides of the southern section of Bass River. The Hokanums lived in the northeast section of the town, part of which still bears their name, and the Cummaquids lived in the western section. The area which bordered Nantucket Sound to the south was known as the "South Seas" and the whole of the area that is now Yarmouth was referred to as "Mattacheese." In the native tongue, Mattacheese meant "old lands by the borders of water."}}</ref>