Chaptico
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Total population | |
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Extinct as a tribe | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Western Shore of Maryland | |
Languages | |
Eastern Algonquian | |
Religion | |
Native American religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Patuxent people |
The Chaptico were a group of Native Americans who lived along the Western shore of Chesapeake Bay in what is today Maryland. They were loosely dominated by the Patuxent in the pre-colonial time. The Chaptico spoke an Algonquian language.
Sources
- Maryland: A Colonial History p. 22.
See also
- Chaptico, Maryland, a present-day community in the area
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