The Saukiog tribe (sometimes spelled Sickaog or Suckiaug[1]) was a Native American people who lived in the Hartford, Connecticut vicinity around the early 17th century.[2]
The Saukiog spoke an Algonquian dialect and were part of the Algonquian confederation.[1] In 1636, sachem (chief) Sequassen sold their land to the British.[2] Some Saukiog may have subsequently joined the Mattabeseck, and after 1650, the Pocumtuc tribes.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b Spiess, Mathias (1933). The Indians of Connecticut. Tercentenary pamphlet series. Vol. 1. New Haven: the Yale University Press. pp. 14–17.