Wantastiquet

Wantastiquet is an old name for the West River, which runs through the hills of southern Vermont to join the Connecticut. At its mouth, a steep mountain rises across the greater river; it too bears the name Wantastiquet. The Sokoki Abenaki lived in the region before European settlement. In 1724 the Massachusetts authorities built Fort Dummer near the confluence as an outpost on the northern frontier, and it was attacked later that year during the fighting between colonial forces and their Indigenous opponents.