The Massachuset Indian word, Natick,
means A place of hills. (South Natick,
the
original settlement, is a hilly section along the Charles River.) To
the
Natick
Praying Indians, Natick also means,
My home.
Other Naticks,
named after ours, exist in Rhode Island and Nebraska. And then there's
what once was Natick Island,
or Capoag Island. South of Cape Cod in the Atlantic Ocean lies Martha's
Vinyard and, at its east, Chappaquiddick Island. At "Chappy's" northern
tip, Natick Island stood across a channel until, about 1725, a storm
filled the channel with sand and added Natick Island to Cape Poge.
