Satuit is a Native American Wampanoag Indian word meaning "cold brook" (salt, cold stream?).[1] The town of Scituate, a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth; derived its name from this word.[2] Satuit changed name to Scituate in 1640.[3] The Wampanoag Indians inhabited the area and were referring to a brook by that name which runs into the inner harbour at what is now called Scituate.[4] Seteat was an alternative Indian spelling of Satuit.[5] Satuit Brook still flows into the head of the harbour, at the southern end of front street next to Bank of America. There is a locating marker on the south side of the road.[6]

More recently Satuit has been incorporated in the name of several businesses located in the greater Boston area.

References

  1. ↑ Huden, Charles J (1962). Indian place names of New England. New York, SC: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
  2. ↑ Clarke, Theodore G (2010). South of Boston: Tales from the Coastal Communities of Massachusetts Bay. Charleston, SC: History Press.
  3. ↑ Satuit Brook Street Sign, Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930. Adjacent to Bank of America, 2017
  4. ↑ Estes, Lee (27 May 2015). Embassy Cruising Guide New England Coast, 11th ed. ebooks2go.
  5. ↑ Satuit Brook Street Sign, Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930. Adjacent to Bank of America, 2017
  6. ↑ Estes, Lee (27 May 2015). Embassy Cruising Guide New England Coast, 11th ed. ebooks2go.
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