Chaptico
Group of Native Americans
Ethnic group
Cecomocomoco | |
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Total population | |
Extinct as a tribe | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Southwestern Shore of Chesapeake Bay | |
Languages | |
Eastern Algonquian | |
Religion | |
Native American religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Patuxent people |
The Chaptico, also known as the Cecomocomoco,[1] were a group of Native Americans who lived along the Southwestern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in what is today St. Mary's County, Maryland. They were loosely dominated by the Patuxent in the pre-colonial time. While little is known about their culture, the Chaptico spoke an Algonquian language that was possibly similar to their Patuxent neighbors, who they absorbed in the 1690s.
It is thought the Chaptico were assimilated into nearby Piscataway tribes and/or English settlements in the early 18th century.
Sources
- Maryland: A Colonial History p. 22.
- Maryland.gov
See also
- Chaptico, Maryland, a present-day community in the area
References
- ^ "Native Americans, Maryland". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
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Native Americans in Maryland
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- Assateague
- Chaptico
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- Lumbee
- Mattawoman
- Nacotchtank
- Nanticoke
- Patuxent
- Piscataway Indian Nation
- Piscataway
- Pocomoke
- Potapoco
- Powhatan
- Shawnee
- Susquehannock
- Tockwogh
- Tuscarora
- Yaocomico
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- Arundel Cove Archaeological Site
- Barton Village Site
- Beck Northeast Site
- Biggs Ford Site
- Brinsfield I Site
- Buckingham Archeological Site
- Bumpstead Archeological Site
- Elkridge Site
- Grear Prehistoric Village Site
- Heath Farm Camp Archeological Site
- Heath Farm Jasper Quarry Archeological Site
- Hoye Site
- Iron Hill Cut Jasper Quarry Archeological Site
- Katcef Archeological Site
- Martins Pond Site
- McCandless Archeological Site
- Meyer Site
- Monocacy Site
- Nolands Ferry I Archeological Site
- Sandy Point Site
- Shoemaker III Village Site
- Walker Prehistoric Village Archeological Site
- Willin Village Archeological Site
- Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries
- Magothy Quartzite Quarry Archeological Site
- National Archives Archeological Site
- Old Colony Cove Site
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