Waban

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Waban (1604-1685?) was an American Indian tribal chief of the Nonantum Tribe and was the first American Indian converted to Christianity in Massachusetts.^[1] On October 28, 1646 (Julian calendar), the Rev. John Eliot, preached his first sermon to Native Americans in their own language in Waban's large wigwam in Nonantum, Massachusetts and Waban and many of his tribe were converted.

One of the villages of the city of Newton, Massachusetts is named Waban, while Nonantum is another village in the city. Waban Hill is a geologic feature in the village of Chestnut Hill in the eastern part of Newton.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Praying Indian
• Waban (MBTA station)
• Waban, Massachusetts

[edit] References

1. ^ Waban, the Wind
2. ^ Praying Indians

[edit] External links

• Praying Indians
• Waban, the Wind, by Arthur M. Southwick