Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Naming the Matinnecock

The English named the Indians who lived in this part of Long Island the Matinnecocks. Tooker said these Indians, after contact with Europeans, moved east and lived along the modern-day Nissequogue River in Smithtown.
www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs210b,0,5388218.story

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