History Moneton

1 history

1.1 first explorations of trans-alleghany region virginians 1650–1674
1.2 other inhabitants of area
1.3 protohistory

history

james mooney declared moneton lived in western part of colonial virginia , said name eastern siouan word. scholars suggest monetons part of monacan, different names being consequence of variable colonial spelling.

the first explorations of trans-alleghany region virginians 1650–1674

the word monetons siouan, though may cherokee instead. mohetan told batts , fallam villages halfway between peters mountain , ohio river. hale , mooney defines siouan mon , ma , man meaning people s land. mone has been defined mean water, , ton means large. doctor rankin observed tutelo of virginia have closer linguistic ties crows of montana catawbans of carolina. recent study of 9 thousand pottery shards fort ancient sites in kanawha , ohio river valleys showed thirty 7 percent of them bore corncob impressions similar produced in siouan villages of virginia between 1400 , 1600. doctor rankin concluded @ 2009 west virginia archaeology annual meeting siouan spoken in kanawha valley.

using topographic maps, geographic landmarks , travel distances, briceland demonstrates batts , fallam reached matewan on tug fork. islands near logan resembles falls of james river near wood s fort in virginia, though gravel bar near matewan, west virginia not resemble these descriptions of village s location of batts , fallam.

other inhabitants of area

locations in wv of shatteras, monetons, mohetans , susquehannocks archeological sites. (brashler 1987)(kent 2001)

another tribe known tomahittons has been been reported in ohio valley. reports mohetan given batts , fallam regarding tribe correspond reports moneton arthur. batts , falla credited having discovered kanawha falls. ouabano band of mohicans or eastern lenape lived within region. earlier scholars have site found on campbells creek near belle, west virginia.

the iroquois league, huron confederacy, , andaste (sultzman) reported blocking nation du chat attaining fire arms. andaste served middlemen french , dutch trade, , dutch provided andaste fire arms. neighbor east, in allegheny mountains, conestoga (quaker andaste), earlier called susquehannocks (virginian). susquehannocks first mentioned in voyages of samuel champlain 1615, , calls 1 of twenty villages carantouan . carantouan close new york , pennsylvania border on tributaries of susquehanna river on map approaching towards region saint lawrence seaway. grant county, west virginia, hampshire county, west virginia , hardy county, west virginia , allegany county, maryland possess archaeological sites having susquehannock ceramics. susquehanna site located @ moorefield, west virginia.

the tribes on south eastern allegheny mountains of west virginia in region of blue stone , greenbrier river tributaries can found in batts , fallows september, 1671 expedition. records arrival of les tionontatacaga or guyandotte, named guyandotte river in cabell county. journal not identify salt village on kanawha, but, mehetan associated these sites, , may not have been associated sites further down ohio river.

protohistory

augustin herrman printed sussquahana , sinaicus indians went on black mincquaas river , destroyed nation, contemporary telling of trade, mountain s weather , iroquois nation building, 1670.



clip 1671 french map



guyandottes appear in region after siouan occupation, 1715 nicolas de fer

anthropologist james b. griffin concluded in 1942 no historical evidence existed indicate siouan speaking tribes resided there. on other hand, james mooney, in monograph surveying siouan tribes of east, lists mohetan 1 of @ least 9 groups siouan.

calicuas reported @ cherokee falls (valley falls) in 1705. indian trader charles poke s trading post dates 1731 remnant calicuas of cherokee falls still in region previous century. monetons may distant cherokee branch, partially evidenced antipathy shawnees,), located on both sides of ohio in vicinity of mouth of scioto river.