‘Rambles’ describes 1890s Amherst

Quoquinnapassakessananagnog. I have no clue how that collection of letters should be pronounced. If I copied it correctly, it is what the native Penacooks called the area around the mouth of what people in Amherst now call Beaver Brook. Whether it is one word or a collection of words, I have no idea. I had heard that there was a Native American name for the brook, but didn’t know the spelling until I recently came across a delightful little book called “Rambles About Amherst.” It was written in 1890 by W.B. Rotch, publisher of the Amherst Farmers’ Cabinet.