  urn the pages back to 1585 when adventuresome Europeans landed on mainland
Hyde County near Wysocking Bay and discovered an Algonkian Indian village
named “Pomeiooc”. Expedition artist John White portrayed Pomeiocc as a
settlement encircled by stakes located somewhere between what is now
Middletown and the great lake the Indians called “Paquippe”. Although many
Indian artifacts have been found in the vicinity, archaeologists have yet to
unearth Pomeiocc. Paquippe, or Lake Mattamuskeet as it is now known, was
then as now a haven for wild birds and fish. (link) (photo)
Painting of Pomeiooc Village by artist John White
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