What would've been the impact on hist had native American placenames taken a greater hold on the development of European settlements in the Americas, beyond such instances as the naming of colonies like Massachusetts or Connecticut ? Say, if the Wampanoag name of Shawmut had been retained instead of Boston, or if such Praying Village names as Hassanemessitt, Squeakeag, Naumkeag (?) and Nashoba had continued to be accepted by the English colonists instead of being renamed with English towns and villages ?