SIOTTAN 

 MDONEY 



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their lan^iage. From a letter obtained by him two or three years 

 later, however, it appears that there was then at least one other Tutelo 

 living' somewhere else in Canada, probably with the Canghnawaga 

 Mohawk or the Moravian Delaware, and still claiming title to lands 

 in Virginia. As already stated there are probably a few Saponi still 

 with the Caynga in New York. 



To this i>itifiil handful have come at last "the honestest and bravest 

 Indians Yirginia ever knew." 



THE OCCANEECHI. 



S 11 no 1111)1111. 



Aeconeecluj. — Map of 1715; Winsor, History of America, 1887, vol. v, p. 34G. 



Arhoniclios. — Lawsou (1714), History of Caroliua, reprint 1860, p. 384. 



Achonechy. — Hjid., p. 93. 



Aconeche. — Moll map, 1720. 



JcoH(c/i*.— Alcedo, Diccionario Geog., 1786, vol. i, p. 19. 



Acoouedy. — Vangoudy map, Partie de rAm6rique Septentrionale, 1755 (misprint). 



Akenalzy. — Lederer, Discoveries, 1672, p. 2 (Latin pronunciation). 



Akonichi. — Lotter map, about 1770. 



Botshenins.—liale, Proc. Am. Phil. See, 1883-84, vol. xxi, p. 10 (same? Tutelo form). 



Ocamechcs. — Drake, Aboriginal Races, 1880, vol. ix (misprint). 



Occaanechy. — Byrd (1728). Dividing Line, 1866, vol, i, p. 190. 



Occatiechcs. — Ibid., p. 188. 



Occanecches. — Beverley, History of Virginia, 1722, p. 161. 



Occaneechy. — Byrd, Dividing Line, op. cit., vol. li, p. 8. 



Ochinecches. — Albany Conference (1722) in New York Col. Docs., 1855, vol. v, ji. 663. 



Ockiiiagee. — An anonymous writer of 1676; Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., 4tli series, 1871, 



vol. ix, p. 167. 

 Okenechee. — Batts (1671) in New York Col. Docs., 1853, vol. iii, p. 193. 

 Oficnmeche. — Domenecb, Deserts of North America, 1860, vol. i, p. 442 (misprint). 

 Patshenins, — Hale, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, 1883-84, vol. xxi. p. 10 (same? Tutelo form). 



The history of the Occaueechi is so closely interwoven with that of 

 the Saponi and Tntelo that little remains to be said of them as a dis- 

 tinct tribe. Their history begins with Lederer's journey in 1G70. After 

 leaving the Saponi, who lived then, as has been stated, on a tribu- 

 tary of the Staunton, he went, as he says, abont 50 miles south by west 

 of the Saponi village and thus arrived next at the "-Akenatzy" village 

 (Latin pronunciation), situated on an island in another branch of 

 Ifoanoke river. His estimate of the distance is too great, as usual, 

 and the direction was rather east than west of south of the Saponi. 

 There can be no quf^stion of the location of the Occaneechi village, as 

 the island retained the name long after the tribe had abandoned it." It 

 was on the middle and largest island, just below the confluence of the 

 Staunton and the Dan, and just above the present Clarksville, Meck- 

 lenburg county, Virginia. 



He described the island as small, though having a large population, 

 well protected by natural defenses of a swift river current on all sides, 

 with mountains or high hills round about. The lields of the Indians 

 were on the northern bank of the river, and they raised immense crops 



