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Mascouten Total population Extinct as a tribe Regions with significant populations Wisconsin and Illinois Languages Algonquian
Related ethnic groups Piankashaw and Kickapoo
The Mascouten (also Mascoutin, Mathkoutench, or Musketoon) were a tribe of Algonquian-speaking native Americans who are believed to have dwelt on both sides of the Mississippi River adjacent to the present-day Wisconsin-Illinois border.
They are first mentioned in historic records by French missionaries, where they were described inhabiting southern Michigan. In 1712, they united with the Kickapoo and the Fox, after almost being exterminated by the French and the Potawatomi.
Survivors migrated westward. Their name last appears in historic records in 1779, when they were living on the Wabash River in Indiana with the Piankashaw and the Kickapoo. The surviving Mascouten are noted in United States records of 1813 and 1825 as being part of the Kickapoo Prairie Band.
Their name apparently comes from a Fox word meaning "Little Prairie People". Historians do not know what they called themselves (autonym).[1]
References
- ^ Lee Sultzman, "Mascouten History", Dickshovel, accessed 5 July 2010
- Johnson, M. and Hook, R. The Native Tribes of North America, Compendium Publishing, 1992. ISBN 1-872004-03
External links
- Mascouten history
- Access Genealogy - Mascouten Indian Tribe History
"Mascoutens Indians". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
Categories:- Native American tribes in Illinois
- Native American tribes in Wisconsin
- Native American tribes in Iowa
- Native American tribes in Michigan
- Algonquian ethnonyms
- Indigenous peoples of North America stubs
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