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It says "Tennesse Chicopee" in the data (which attempts to look up a "Chicopee Trail" in North Carolina) but Chicopee is actually a city near Springfield Massachusetts.

Chicopee being a Nipmuk word referring to the local river.

The Nipmuks were pushed out of the region by settlers in the late 17th century (despite their best efforts to stay... their numbers were dramatically reduced by disease brought by the Europeans).



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