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of the colony. The Rickohockans were thus close enough to the 

 Virginia Colony to have been the Richahecrians. The similarity in 

 names is also suggestive. 



11. RICKOHOCKAN-ERIE CONNECTION 



The identity of the Rickohockan with the Erie is suggested by the 

 general similarity of geographical location and by linguistic evidence. 

 The first name easily can be broken down into ''ricko-" and "hockan" 

 and compared to the name "rigue" or "rique" in "riquehronnon," 

 the Iroquois name for the Erie of Rique, and to the stem "haga" or 

 "haka" meaning "people of." Thus the name "Rickohokan" possibly 

 can be interpreted as an Iroquois name meaning "People of Rique." 



CONCLUSIONS 



From the material which has been considered here it is apparent 

 that Iroquoian tribes played an important part in the early history of 

 Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and that a particularly im- 

 portant group in this respect included the Erie, Black Minqua, 



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Map 9. — Protohistoric and early historic archeological phases of the Eastern United States. 



Aspects: /, Mouse Creek; S, Dallas; 3, Large Log; 4, Duck Kiver; B, Cumberland; 6, Kincaid; 7, Angel; 8, 

 Late Fort Ancient; 9, Clover; 10, Iroquois; 11, Shenk Ferry; IS .Allegheny; IS ,Clarksville;/4, Hillsboro; 

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