Talking about Nonnewaug (Woodbury CT)

 (For the nice fellow at the Senior Center yesterday)

My street address includes a Paugussett Place Name

That some people think is the name of the road

That the local high school is on,

   But it isn’t

  - and the man who looks at my driver’s license 

(so I can vote)

Knows that. 

He says: “Chief Nonnewaug - he’s buried over by there somewhere.”

And I have to answer truthfully, 

So I say “Well, no - not anymore.”

“But there’s that plaque that says that,” he says.

“Sachem Nonnewaug, he was known as,” I say, walking away...

I could have talked for a while about that, but I didn't.

I feel like I owe the fellow an apology for not explaining further, 

So here's some other things I've said about that name, "Nonnewaug:"

 

From 2005: http://nonnewaugfalls.blogspot.com/2010/09/word-nonnewaug.html

http://nonnewaugfalls.blogspot.com/2010/08/nonnawauk-9.html

https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2021/12/nonnewaug-fresh-water-fishing-place.html

https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2021/04/update-on-nonnewaug.html