History Mendon, Massachusetts
1 history 1.1 history 1.2 pioneer settlement 1.3 colonial , revolutionary era 1.4 modern mendon history early history the nipmuc people once inhabited mendon, , nipmuc pond named them. nipmuc regional high school named after lake. nipmuc means small pond place or people of fresh waters . nipmuc name not refer specific village or tribe, natives inhabited of central massachusetts. on 500 nipmuc live today in massachusetts, , there 2 nearby reservations @ grafton , webster. nipmuc had written language, tools, graphite mine @ sturbridge, , well-developed agriculture, including maize (a variant of corn), beans , squash. during king philip s war in 1675, praying indians (natives converted christianity) settled praying indian villages. wacentug , rice city held 2 of these villages in mendon, in section later became uxbridge. these 2 of 14 praying indian villages established reverend john eliot, natick , roxbury, translated bible nipmuc language. pioneer settlement pioneers braintree petiti...