Machapunga

Machapunga

The Machapunga (meaning bad dust or much dirt) were a very small Native American tribe of Algonquian descent, now disappeared, who once occupied a coastal area of northeastern North Carolina, living in a village called Mattamuskeet on the shore of Lake Mattamuskeet. The tribe was described by Europeans in 1701 as containing roughly 100 members. In 1711 they participated in the Tuscarora War. By 1715, the remaining members of the Coree, who lived to the south, had been merged into the Machapunga and lived together with them in Mattamuskeet.

External links

* [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/algonquian/machapungaehist.htm Machapunga Indian Tribe, Access Genealogy]

There are still descendants of the Machapunga tribe left. They reside in Hyde County, North Carolina. The descendants originally carried the surname Mackey, sometimes spelled Mackee, Mackie or Macky. Other known surnames were Barber, Collins, Morris, and King. The tribe eventually intermarried, but still carry the blood line is carried thru their children and grandchildren.

Some topic names to look for JOHN MACKEY, LONGE TOME, and JOHN SQUIRES King of Aromattskeet/Mattaumuskeet Indians.

Most of the Indian tribes were listed as Mulattos in the records of the white people, when they should of been listed as Native Americans.


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