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Chief Paugus
Chief of the Pequawket tribe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paugus was chief of the Pequawket tribe which lived along the Saco River in present-day Conway, New Hampshire, and Fryeburg, Maine. He was killed at the Battle of Pequawket in 1725 during Father Rale's War.
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Paugus translates into English as "The Oak". Paugus Bay and Mount Paugus in New Hampshire were named for him.