Acquintanacsnak Tribe

Acquintanacsnak Indians. A tribe or sub-tribe which Capt. John Smith locates on the west bank of Patuxent river, St Mary’s County, Maryland. They were near to and in friendship with the Patuxent and Mattapanient, the 3 tribes numbering 200 warriors. The principal village bore the tribal name and is supposed by Bozman to have been situated at the mouth of a small creek about 2½ miles above Cole’s inspection house. Smith describes them as “the most civil to give entertainment.” Although this people had their werowance, or chief, it is doubtful whether they formed a distinct tribe; it is not … Read more