Chaptico

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.

Chaptico
Total population
Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
Western Shore of Maryland
Languages
Eastern Algonquian
Religion
Native religion
Related ethnic groups
Patuxent people

Sources

  • Maryland: A Colonial History p. 22.

See also


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