Saukiog

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The Saukiog was a Native American people who lived in the Hartford, Connecticut vicinity around the early 17th century. [1]

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Name

Saukiog has also been spelled Sickaog, Suckiaug, [2] and Suckiauk. [3] It translates as "Black Soil." [4]

Territory

The Saukiog lived in what is now Hartford, Connecticut, within the sachemdom of the Siacaog, whose territory extended into present-day Hartford, Connecticut. [5]

Language

The Saukiog spoke an Algonquian dialect and were part of the Algonquian confederation. [2]

History

In 1636, Sequassen, their sachem or chief, sold their land to the British. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Spiess, Mathias (1933). The Indians of Connecticut. Tercentenary pamphlet series. Vol. 1. New Haven: the Yale University Press. pp. 14–17.
  2. 1 2 "The History of Early Hartford, CT". Founders of Hartford. Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 47.
  4. ↑ Decker, Robert Owen (1987). Hartford Immigrants: A History of the Christian Activities Council (Congregational), 1850–1980. Hartford, CT: Christian Activities Council. p. 213. ISBN   9780829805772.
  5. ↑ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 45, 47.
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