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Machapunga

*Ethnie:*	MACHAPUNGA
*Language:*	Powhatan
*Family:*	Eastern Algonquian
*Stock:*	Algonquian
*Phylum:*	Algic
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands
Speakers	None

The Machapunga were a sedentary coastal hunter/farmer tribe. They occupied the peninsula between Albemarle Sound and the Pamilco River. They suffered from conflicts with Whites and neighboring tribes, and eventually absorbed into the local culture, some joining the Tuscarora.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages)

NC Machapunga (2), Bear River (1)

Present Locations

Extinct, though a few may have joined the Tuscarora and a few mixed blood remnants remain in their aboriginal territory

Year	*History*
1585	Contact with Raleigh colony established on Roanoke Island
1701	Reduced to a single village
1711	Joined other tribes in Tuscarora War
1712	Settled with Coree on Mattamuskeet Lake
1761	Reported in same place, some baptized by Rev. Alex Stewart

Year	Total NC Pop.	Source
1600	1,200	Mooney estimate
1700	100	NAHDB calculation
1701	100	Lawson estimate
1761	25	Rev. Alex Stewart
1800	0	NAHDB calculation
1900	0	NAHDB calculation
2000	0	NAHDB calculation

Other speakers of the same language:

Chowanoc, Hatteras, Moratok, Pamilco, Powhatan, Weapemeoc

Machapunga Sites:

Cultural Anthropology of Indian Villages http://www.lost-colony.com/cultural.html

Indian Trader John Lawson's Journal http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6379

Machapunga Indian Tribe http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/algonquian/machapungahist.htm

Remnants of the Machapunga Indians of NC http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmack/algonqin/speck.htm

Powhatan Dictionary http://www.wicocomico-indian-nation.com/pages/dictionary.html

Powhatan Language http://www.native-languages.org/powhatan.htm

Powhatan Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pim

Powhatan Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=pim