Makunkokoag, Magunkahquog, Magunkook, Maggukaquog, or Mawonkkomuk 'Place of great trees,' 'granted place,' or 'place that is a gift.' Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Manchaug, Manchauge, Mauchage, Mauchaug, or Mônuhchogok 'Place of departure,' 'place of marvelling,' 'island of rushes,' or 'island where reeds grow.'(?) Sutton, Massachusetts. Manexit, Maanexit, Mayanexit 'Where the road lies,' 'where we gather,' 'near the path,' or 'place of meekness.' Thompson, Connecticut. Nashoba 'The place between' or 'between waters.' Littleton, Massachusetts. Also settled by the Pennacook. Natick 'Place of hills.' Natick, Massachusetts. Also settled by the Massachusett. Okommakamesitt, Agoganquameset, Ockoocangansett, Ogkoonhquonkames, Ognonikongquamesit, or Okkomkonimset 'Plowed field place' or 'at the plantation.' Marlborough, Massachusetts. Packachoag, Packachoog, Packachaug, Pakachog, or Packachooge 'At the turning place,' 'bends,' 'bare mountain place, or 'treeless mountain.' Auburn, Massachusetts. Quabaug, Quaboag, Squaboag 'Red pond,' 'bloody pond' or 'pond before.' Brookfield, Massachusetts. Quinnetusset, Quanatusset, Quantiske, Quantisset, or Quatiske, Quattissick 'Long brook' or 'little long river.' Thompson, Connecticut. Wabaquasset, Wabaquassit, Wabaquassuck, Wabasquassuck, Wabquisset or Wahbuquoshish 'Mats for covering a lodge,' 'place of white stones,' or 'mats to cover the house.' Woodstock, Connecticut. Wacuntuc, Wacantuck, Wacumtaug, Wacumtung, Waentg, or Wayunkeke 'A bend in the river.' Uxbridge, Massachusetts. originally Mendon, Massachusetts sold by Nipmuck as "Squnshepauk" Plantation Washacum or Washakim 'Surface of the sea.' Sterling, Massachusetts. Also settled by the Pennacook. King Philip's War The Massachusetts Bay Colony passed numerous legislation against Indian culture and religion. New laws were passed to limit the influence of the powwows, or 'shamans', and restricted the ability of non-converted Native Americans to enter colonial towns on the Sabbath. The Nipmuc were also informed that any unimproved lands were fair game for incorporation into the growing colony. These draconian measures and the increasing amount of land lost to the settlers led many Nipmuc to join the Wampanoag chief Metacomet in his war against colonial expansion, known as King Philip's War, which would ravage New England from 1675 to 1676. The Native Americans that had already settled the Praying towns were interned on Deer Island in Boston Harbor over the winter where a great many perished from starvation and exposure to the elements. Although many of the Native Americans fled to join the uprising, other Native Americans joined the colonists. The Praying Indians were particularly at risk, as the war made all Native Americans suspect, but the Praying towns were also attacked by the 'wild' Native Americans that joined Metacomet's struggle. The Nipmuc were major participants in the