The Saukiog tribe (sometimes spelled Sickaog or Suckiaug[1]) was a Native American people who lived in the Hartford, Connecticut vicinity around the early 17th century.[2]

The Saukiog spoke an Algonquian dialect and were part of the Algonquian confederation.[1] In 1636, sachem (chief) Sequassen sold their land to the British.[2] Some Saukiog may have subsequently joined the Mattabeseck, and after 1650, the Pocumtuc tribes.

References

  1. 1 2 "The History of Early Hartford, CT". Founders of Hartford. Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Spiess, Mathias (1933). The Indians of Connecticut. Tercentenary pamphlet series. Vol. 1. New Haven: the Yale University Press. pp. 14–17.
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