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MONAOAN 



A tribe, or confederation of small tribes, on James River, Va., be- 

 tween the falls and the mouth of the Rivanna, the name being often 

 extended to include the Saponi and Tutelo on the higher reaches of 

 the two rivers. They were first noted by the Virginia colonists in 

 1607, and the following year Captain Newport visited two of their 

 towns. The village nearest the falls was known as Mowhemcho and 

 is the one to which the term Monacan is usually applied. By 1670 

 it is probable that the people of the two other settlements, Massinacack 

 and Rassawek, had concentrated here. In 1699 part of the area was 

 occupied by Huguenots, but a Monacan town continued in the neigh- 

 borhood and is mentioned by the Swiss traveler Michel in 1702. Their 

 name does not appear in the list of tribes stationed at Fort Christanna, 

 but there is little reason to doubt that they joined those Indians when 

 they moved to New York and established themselves among the 

 Iroquois. 



Monacan population. — ^In 1669 they had 30 bowmen, or about 100 

 souls. Mooney estimates 1,500 in the year 1600, including the Tutelo 

 and Saponi. 



MONETON 



In 1671 Batts and Fallam came upon "oldfields" of this tribe west 

 of the Blue Ridge in Virginia, and later met some of the Indians 

 themselves in the Tutelo town, but the only white man to visit their 

 village was Gabriel Arthur in 1674. Then they seem to have been 

 living on Kanawha River, W. Va. Whether they afterward joined 

 the Tutelo, as seems most probable, or moved farther west is un- 

 known. 



Moneton population. — Arthur speaks of the town as "great" and 

 says that "a great number of Indians belong unto it." That is all of 

 the information we have as to its size. 



MORATOK 



An Algonquian tribe called Moratok has recently been noted as 

 located in 1585-86 on Roanoke River, N. C. (Mook, 1943 a). 



MUGUIiASHA 



See Quinipissa, page 176. 



MUKLASA 



This was a town affiliated probably either with the Alabama Indians 

 or the Koasati. It makes its appearance on the lower course of the 

 Tallapoosa in 1675, but after 1799 we lose sight of it, though it 

 probably continued in the same region until the Creek War, when the 



