Thursday, June 2, 2011

MACHAPUNGA INDIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA

THE NAME. MACHAPUNGA, MEANS BAD DUST OR MUCH DIRT IN ALOGONQUIN LINGUISTIC STOCK.THEIR ONLY VILLAGE IS IN MATTAMUSKEET, A LAKE ON HYDE COUNTY. THEY WERE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE SECOTAN IN 1585. BY 1701 THEY WERE REDUCED TO ONE VILLAGE. IN 1761 REVEREND STEWART BAPTIZED SEVEN INDIANS ND MIXED BLOOD CHILDREN. TWO YEARS LATER HE BAPTIZED TWENTY ONE MORE. IN 1928 THEY HAD 1200 FOLKS.

CAROLINA.COM

No comments:

Post a Comment