Rumford maine native american tribe?

Question:

Rumford maine native american tribe?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: (It looks like your answer may be the Androscoggin. They were part of the Abernaki/Abenaki Nation.)

The Abernaki Nation was made up of many tribes that lived in the Northeast. The Abernaki, the Aroostook, the Penobscot, the Passamaquoddy, and the Androscoggin were only a few of the many tribes that lived in this region.
http://www.lewiston.k12.me.us/~dletourne...

(short excerpt from website cited below)
Rumford ME - aka New Pennecook Plantation

There were few Indians here, except scattering ones, traveling to and fro ...

Small parties came here occasionally to fish and to hunt, but they were peaceable and friendly, and seemed desirous of being on amicable terms with the early white settlers.

when the first settlers came to Rumford, there were strolling bands of St. Francis Indians frequently in the settlement. They sometimes brought their furs here for sale, which they had secured in the region of the lakes and their tributaries

[aft.1796] a number of Androscoggin Indians lived in Rumford, Bethel and Canton.

http://www.avcnet.org/ne-do-ba/menh_oxf....

Androscoggin which in turn is derived from the name of an Indian tribe which lived on the banks of the river. The word Androscoggin is an Indian term meaning "fishing place for alewives" or "spear fishing."
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a9/and...