| rdfs:comment | - Waban is a village in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb of Boston.
- From earliest prehistory American Indians of the Chattagoochi tribe lived in this fertile green valley. However, in 1609, Waban -- which means "Nimble Bird" -- was colonized by natives of the Indonesian archipelago who, stumbling upon the green and fertile valley which reminded them so much of home, thought it to be holy ground. These peaceful and well-mannered invaders named the townsite for their late chief, Quehunbap "Nimble Ostrich" Bingsalog (The tribe's award-winning public relations department believed "Bird" would sound less-exotic to the upscale New England tourist trade than "Ostrich"), their fat swarthy leader who had died on the voyage from the Island nation of Biak. His weeping followers had eaten him, roasted at 400o with manioc, truffles, and carmelized cheese (garnished wit
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| abstract | - From earliest prehistory American Indians of the Chattagoochi tribe lived in this fertile green valley. However, in 1609, Waban -- which means "Nimble Bird" -- was colonized by natives of the Indonesian archipelago who, stumbling upon the green and fertile valley which reminded them so much of home, thought it to be holy ground. These peaceful and well-mannered invaders named the townsite for their late chief, Quehunbap "Nimble Ostrich" Bingsalog (The tribe's award-winning public relations department believed "Bird" would sound less-exotic to the upscale New England tourist trade than "Ostrich"), their fat swarthy leader who had died on the voyage from the Island nation of Biak. His weeping followers had eaten him, roasted at 400o with manioc, truffles, and carmelized cheese (garnished with parsley and a touch of dill). They finished off the last delicious scraps just as they reached Waban, another reason they believed the Valley to be holy, and promptly settled there. The Indians living in the valley had named it Alachusouri, roughly translated as "Land of the Blessed", and when the Indonesians peacefully seized their land the Indians were understandably furious. They could do nothing to resist, however, because their purchasing department failed to buy enough winter coats, and their entire tribe passed away peacefully during the winter. It seemed that the people of the island of Biak in the Indonesian archipelago were there to stay. Indeed, their prosperous reign would be uninterrupted until 1649.
- Waban is a village in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb of Boston.
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