Astronomy

Vocabulary

Anógqs

Anogqsog

 

Mishánogkus (mishe anogqs)  

Munnànnock  

Nepàus 

Nepàuzshad 

 

a star, noun animate.

stars, plural noun animate.

 

morning star or day star  

sun or moon  

sun  

moon  

 

Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903, Washington DC, GPO, Page 11

Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903, Washington DC, GPO, Page 11
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Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903, Washington DC, GPO, Page 11

Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903, Washington DC, GPO, Page 69

Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903, Washington DC, GPO, Page 84

Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903, Washington DC, GPO, Page 84

Constellations

Chippapuock: the ‘Brood Hen’, also known as the Western constellation the Pleiades 

Paukunawaw: the ‘Great Bear’, also known as the Western constellation the Great Bear (Ursa Major) or Charles Wain or Big Dipper 

Shwishacuttowwauog: a Wigwam with three fires, also known as the Western constellation the Belt of Orion 

 

Indian Place Names in Worcester County, Massachusetts, With Interpretation of Some of Them, Lincoln Newton Kinnicutt, 1905, Worcester, Massachusetts, Page 7

Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903, Washington DC, GPO, Page 120

Indian Place Names in Worcester County, Massachusetts, With Interpretation of Some of Them, Lincoln Newton Kinnicutt, 1905, Worcester, Massachusetts, Page 7