Quaboag

Quaboag
Total population
<600
Regions with significant populations
United States (Massachusetts)

The Quaboag were an Algonquian-speaking people, one of the most widespread of Indian linguistic stocks, closely related to the Nipmuc, Nashaway, and other local tribes—collectively known to colonists as the “Fresh Water Indians” or “Nipnets” Their territory centered around the Quaboag Pond and Quaboag River, encompassing present-day Brookfield, New Braintree, Warren, Brimfield, and Sturbridge, Massachusetts.