Indians of Maryland

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A useful history of the Native American tribes of Maryland to 1700 is found in:

Semmes, Raphael T. Captains and Mariners of Early Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins Press, 1937. The book has an extensive bibliography, an index to the names of persons, and a separate index to names of Indians.

The following list of tribes is compiled from:

Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institutuion, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907.
Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #145

Conoy, Delaware, Nanticoke, Piscataway, Powhatan, Shawnee, Susquehanna, Wild Potato Band

Nanticoke Group:Annemessex, Assategues, Chicacones, Choptanks, Nanticokes, Wicomicoes

Piscataway Group: Anacostans, Chopticans, Kittamaqundi, Mattawomans, Nanjemoys, Patuxents, Piscataway, Potomac, Potopacs, Taocomcoes

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 A useful history of the Native American tribes of [[Portal:Maryland|Maryland]] to 1700 is found in:
-*Semmes, Raphael T. ''Captains and Mariners of Early Maryland.'' Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins Press, 1937. (FHL book 975.2 H2sr; fiche 6049133.) The book has an extensive bibliography, an index to the names of persons, and a separate index to names of Indians.
+*Semmes, Raphael T. ''Captains and Mariners of Early Maryland.'' Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins Press, 1937. The book has an extensive bibliography, an index to the names of persons, and a separate index to names of Indians.
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 '''Piscataway Group:''' Anacostans, Chopticans, Kittamaqundi, Mattawomans, Nanjemoys, Patuxents, Piscataway, Potomac, Potopacs, Taocomcoes
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