Peskeompskut  
The place name Peskeompskut indicates the "split rock at the falls," a traditional fishing encampment on the Connecticut River where Pocumtuck and Sokoki homelands overlapped. Native peoples from several nations traditionally gathered to trade and fish at the annual salmon and shad runs. For Native people, Peskeompskut, like other communal fishing places, was considered a safe zone that people could retreat to in emergencies.

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